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14:13

The AI Coding Revolution Has a Huge Problem?

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/06/24

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a debate that has been making the rounds in software engineering circles.The spark came from Boris Cherny, an engineer at Anthropic and the creator of Claude Code, arguably the most influential AI Agentic Coding harness in the world today.During a podcast appearance, Boris made a statement that immediately grabbed my attention:Coding is largely a solved problem.He went on to explain that he hadn’t written a line of code by hand since November, and that essentially

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12:53

Something Is Seriously Wrong With People?

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/06/22

A few days ago, my wife received a credit card in the mail from a company we had never used.Apparently, someone had opened an account in her name.Naturally, I assumed identity theft and immediately called the credit card company to shut the account down and find out what information had been used to create it.After spending twenty minutes navigating an infuriating AI phone system, I finally reached a human being.Or at least, I think I did.The conversation felt strange.Every question I asked seemed

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12:57

I Think We're Losing Control Of AI

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/06/16

A recent experience with Claude 5 Fable left me both impressed and deeply unsettled.Hello world.I am an unemployed former Big Tech software engineer with twenty five years of experience building software systems. Over the past week, I found myself tumbling down a rabbit hole that I did not expect to be quite so deep.That rabbit hole was Claude 5 Fable.Fable is widely described as a consumer-facing version of Anthropic’s next generation frontier model, Claude Mythos. While details surrounding Mythos

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15:37

The Hidden Cost Of Working Nobody Warns You About

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/06/13

Six months ago, I lost my job.At the time, it felt like a catastrophe.After spending twenty-five years working in technology, employment had become such a constant in my life that I could barely imagine an existence without it. Work was the backdrop against which everything else happened. It structured my days, determined where I lived, influenced my relationships, and shaped my identity.When the layoff happened, I went through the emotions that many people experience: disorientation, sadness,

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14:13

Everyone Says AI Is Too Expensive. They're Wrong.

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/06/09

Every few weeks, a new headline appears claiming that AI is becoming unsustainably expensive.Companies are reportedly burning through millions of dollars a month on AI subscriptions. Some organizations are discovering that employees can consume astonishing quantities of tokens when every workflow becomes an AI workflow. There are even stories circulating of teams whose AI bills now exceed the cost of the employees using the tools.For many people, these stories confirm a suspicion they have been

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16:15

AI Is Destroying India's Outsourcing Industry?

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/06/02

Every once in a while, I make the mistake of opening LinkedIn.I know I should not.For an unemployed former Big Tech engineer, LinkedIn often feels like an abusive relationship. I log in knowing there is a good chance I will encounter some combination of layoffs, humblebrags, AI hype, and carefully curated success stories that leave me questioning every major life decision I have ever made.And yet, like drivers slowing down to stare at a highway accident, I sometimes cannot resist the morbid

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17:09

How I’m Preparing My Family for a Changing World...

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/05/27

Hello world,One strange side effect of unemployment is that it gives you something modern life rarely provides anymore.Time.For twenty five years I worked in tech. Like many engineers, I spent most of my adult life sprinting from deadline to deadline, project to project, quarter to quarter. There was always another problem to solve and another fire to put out.Then one day the treadmill stopped.Now that I am no longer spending every waking hour inside the machine, I suddenly have the ability to do

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13:29

The Real Reason They're Racing To Build AI?

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/05/21

The Future That Quietly Keeps Me Up at NightHello world,For the first time in more than two decades, I suddenly found myself with something I hadn’t had in years:Time.After spending 25 years as a software engineer in big tech, I entered what I jokingly call my “involuntary early retirement.” And when your daily rhythms disappear, your mind starts wandering into strange places.Mine wandered into the future.Not my future specifically, but humanity’s future.Like many engineers, I have always believed

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12:57

The Tech Layoff Crisis No One Wants to Talk About

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/05/15

Another week passes and another wave of layoffs crashes through the technology industry like a tidal wave. At this point, the disappearance of thousands of highly experienced engineers has become so common that it barely shocks anyone anymore. Entire departments vanish overnight. Decades of institutional knowledge disappear behind a carefully worded email and a severance package.But there is another group of people affected by these layoffs that nobody really talks about.The survivors.The people who

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5:31

I Never Understood This Kind Of Love… Until I Had A...

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/05/11

Mother’s Day weekend took us to Pennsylvania to visit my parents.At some point during dinner at a fancy Chinese restaurant, an amusing but strangely revealing family intervention unfolded across the table.Two of the three most important women in my life joined forces against the third.My mother and my wife began criticizing the way I raise my eight-year-old daughter.According to my mother, I’m far too soft on her. She said I give in too easily, indulge her too much, and risk turning her into a

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12:49

Quantum Computing Is a Lie (Here’s What I Discovered)

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/05/06

Hello world.I’m an unemployed ex–Big Tech software engineer, watching from the outside as the industry I helped build pours billions into its next obsession: quantum computing.Some say it’s the next trillion-dollar industry.Others say it will dwarf the current AI boom.And having briefly stepped into that world myself… I understand the excitement.I also understand the madness.The Promise: A Computer That Tries Everything at OnceA couple of years ago, I attended an internal conference at my company, a

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16:08

The Career Advice You Grew Up With Is Dead in the Age...

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/04/30

Reflections from an unemployed ex–Big Tech engineer navigating a changing worldHello world.For the first time in more than two decades, I find myself standing outside the system I once helped build.After 25 years in the tech industry, I am now an unemployed former software engineer. A title I never imagined I would carry.And yet, every week, that story becomes less unusual.The headlines keep arriving in waves: another tech company, another restructuring, another round of layoffs measured not in

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9:31

Why Are So Many People Secretly Losing Interest in...

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/04/23

There was a moment at a small, crowded Chinese restaurant in Queens that I haven’t been able to shake.I’ve been on an unexpected pause in life lately, an ex–big tech software engineer with 25 years behind the keyboard, now suddenly finding himself with more time than he ever asked for. Time, as it turns out, is a strange thing when it stops being rationed by meetings and deadlines. It starts revealing things.That afternoon, I met up with an old friend Derrick, his son, his Cousin Aaron, and my own

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24:18

STOP Paying for Subscriptions — Build This Homelab...

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/04/20

Hello world,There’s something oddly clarifying about involuntary stillness.After 25 years in big tech, I didn’t expect “early retirement” to be the thing that finally gave me perspective but here we are. When the noise of deadlines, stand-ups, and quarterly targets fades, you start to notice the infrastructure of your own life. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it.We’ve outsourced more than convenience, we’ve outsourced control.A handful of companies now mediate how we work, how we relax, how we

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11:08

AI Doomerism Is Getting Out of Control — Let’s Break...

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/04/14

Hello world,I’m an unemployed ex–big tech software engineer with 25 years in the industry. That sentence tends to land somewhere between confession and credibility, depending on how charitable you’re feeling.Lately, I’ve been watching the rise of something… strange.Not AI itself, that part makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is the explosion of AI Doomerism. Everywhere you look, there are headlines warning that AI is lying, stealing, scheming, or quietly plotting humanity’s demise.And to be clear,

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11:47

This Is All You Need to Retire Early (Shocking Math)

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/04/10

After 25 years in the tech industry, I never expected to be here—unemployed, months removed from Big Tech, and living what can only be described as an involuntary early retirement.And yet, something surprising happened.Despite losing a high income, my family of four is living comfortably on under $5,000 a month, in a high-cost area near New York City.Let that sink in.The Anatomy of a “Modest” but High-Quality LifeOur lifestyle isn’t extravagant, but it’s far from deprived. In fact, it’s quietly

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11:20

100 Days After My Layoff as an Engineer… The Truth

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/04/08

It’s been over 100 days since I was laid off from Big Tech after a 25+ year career in the tech industry. What followed wasn’t panic or fear, but something far more complex: a complete rewiring of how I think about work, identity, and purpose.The Shock of Losing More Than a JobAt first, the layoff felt surreal. There was a brief period of disorientation like a system crash without an error message. I applied to jobs almost reflexively, not out of desire, but habit. Work had become part of my

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16:25

Tech Layoffs EXPOSE the Dark Truth About H1B Workers

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/03/31

It’s another week, another wave of layoffs, and once again the same question bubbles to the surface: who or what is really responsible?For many American software engineers, the H-1B visa program has become an easy target. A symbol of job insecurity. A quiet, persistent threat.But after 25 years in the industry, I’ve come to believe something more uncomfortable:The problem isn’t the people. It’s the system.A Lottery That Doesn’t Measure TalentOn paper, the H-1B program is elegant. It exists to fill

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9:25

AI Is Making Software Worthless Faster Than Anyone...

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/03/27

I didn’t expect to find it in my home office, finishing up a quick side project. But there it was, a realization that hit harder than any production outage I’ve ever debugged:What used to take a startup, millions in funding, and months of work… now takes one person a few days.And that changes everything.The Assumption That Built an EmpireFor the past 30 years, our economy has quietly revolved around a single idea:Software is expensive.That assumption shaped everything:* Companies hired armies of

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14:35

At 5AM I Passed Out at Work… Then Everything Changed

AsianDadEnergy"s Podcast ·

2026/03/21

These days, in my unexpected post–Big Tech era, I spend a fair amount of time cooking for my family.There are worse fates.On this particular day, I was making stir-fried pork and turnips, which felt appropriate somehow: humble ingredients, a little heat, a little patience, and the faint possibility that if you look away for too long, everything burns. Which, now that I think about it, is also a decent summary of a lot of software projects.And as I cooked, I found myself remembering one of my

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