Future you. No presets. https://mvrckhckr.com/ 2026-09-03T14:33:45Z mvrckhckr https://mvrckhckr.com/ https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/a-stranger-explained-the-future-of-programming-to-me-in-1981 2026-09-04T04:55:00Z 2026-09-01T12:13:10Z

Prompts produce working interfaces in seconds, but correctness still lags. The future of programming has shortened the path to a result, not the path to proof.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/prioritize-feature-requests-before-you-know-your-customer 2026-08-27T04:55:00Z 2026-08-24T08:54:25Z

Too many feature requests, several plausible customers, no clear ICP yet? Build requests as reversible probes, watch who adopts, then focus on that segment.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/stop-balancing-work-against-life-fix-whats-actually-broken 2026-08-20T04:55:00Z 2026-08-31T10:27:19Z

You set boundaries, guard the weekend, and still feel empty. Work-life balance is a myth because work is life. Find the broken part, change the smallest thing.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/youre-almost-never-too-late-to-a-market 2026-08-11T04:55:00Z 2026-09-03T14:33:45Z

Market timing for startups is asymmetric. Competition is an obstacle you can work around. A market that is not ready is a condition only the world can change.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/your-best-ai-coding-partner-is-the-one-least-like-you 2026-07-29T04:59:00Z 2026-08-14T13:27:30Z

Shipping fast, but your codebase keeps drifting? AI pair programming is a team-composition problem: pick the coding partner whose approach counters yours.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/ai-feels-human-because-you-have-to-talk-to-it 2026-07-21T04:50:00Z 2026-08-14T14:24:15Z

You ask, you correct, you even say thanks. Talking is the only way to use AI, and talking is a social act. That is why AI feels so human. It's the interface.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/youre-not-underpricing-youre-subsidizing 2026-07-16T04:59:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

Instant yeses, booked but broke, scope creep. The classic undercharging signs share one cause: hidden work your invoice prices at $0. Free calculator included.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/your-quality-drops-your-odds-of-a-hit-go-up 2026-07-14T04:55:00Z 2026-08-24T07:19:21Z

AI lowers average quality, but quantity over quality still wins: finding a hit is a search, not a craft. More attempts raise your odds, if speed buys learning.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/ai-sounds-like-someone-thought-it-through-no-one-did 2026-07-09T04:55:00Z 2026-09-03T09:41:10Z

AI imitates the outputs of thinking, reasoning and conviction and even fear, by predicting patterns. It has no consciousness, no self, and nothing at stake.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/product-managers-are-about-to-be-found-out 2026-07-07T04:55:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

A lot of PM work is language, and AI learned to write the PRD, roadmap and strategy memo without the judgment. Will AI replace product managers? Many, yes.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/why-we-accept-ai-code-but-not-ai-writing 2026-07-02T04:57:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

AI code ships without audience protest. AI writing triggers a courtroom. This double standard has a simpler explanation than you think: its visibility.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/work-hard-vs-work-smart-pick-one-lose-both 2026-06-30T04:54:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

'Work smarter, not harder' and 'outwork everyone' are the same trap. The work hard vs work smart debate has no winner, because neither success type exists.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/settled-before-ai-ever-showed-up 2026-06-25T04:45:00Z 2026-08-18T08:27:49Z

AI multiplies what's already there: strong products win bigger, weak ones fail faster. The competitive advantage was settled long before AI ever showed up.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/the-tokenmaxxing-equation-ai-roi-was-never-about-the-tokens 2026-06-23T05:15:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

Tokenmaxxing made AI cost the headline, but AI ROI turns on human capability, problem leverage, and whether output becomes validated captured economic value.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/will-brands-survive-agent-shopping-and-how 2026-06-18T04:58:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

AI shopping agents turn brand into a delegation test: buyers stay present when the choice says something, and hand everything else to the comparison table.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/when-everything-interests-you-but-nothing-excites-you 2026-06-16T04:55:00Z 2026-08-15T08:28:38Z

Interested in everything but passionate about nothing? That's not an identity crisis. It's the same pattern running on low fuel, and it has specific fixes.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/moralizing-ai-backfires-what-anthropic-gets-wrong-that-openai-doesnt 2026-06-11T05:01:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

Anthropic builds morality into Claude. The result: 73% refusal on legitimate science, alignment faking, and blocked homework. AI is a tool, not a moral agent.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/promised-10x-got-2x-why-and-how-to-fix-it 2026-06-09T04:57:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

AI promises 10x but delivers 1.7x. The gap is structural: models can't learn from you, so every session starts at zero. Here's what would actually close it.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/what-survives-when-anyone-can-build-anything 2026-06-04T04:48:00Z 2026-08-18T08:27:50Z

Is SaaS dead? AI made building cheap. The durable market is still in owning recurring problems buyers do not want to operate, maintain, or carry alone.

https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/not-all-uncertainty-deserves-respect 2026-06-02T04:58:00Z 2026-08-14T10:33:42Z

You keep telling yourself you need more data. But some decisions are low stakes dressed up as deep questions, not early ones. The blur itself is the signal.