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Cake day: January 25th, 2026

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  • Essays really are bullshit. After school, I never wrote an essay in my life. I also never wrote a large block of text about something I didn’t want to write about unless I was getting paid.

    I recently had an English test as part of my immigration process. It was in a testing center where they ensured you can’t cheat. Although I think having a metal detector and turning out pockets is overkill for students!

    The test came in four sections: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Read and answer multiple choice. Write 200 words on a topic in a format like a letter, or email. Listen to a conversation and answer multiple choice. Speak about a topic for a period of time.

    That pretty much covers a person’s ability to prove they comprehend a subject. It also takes less time than writing a 5 page essay.





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  • I can do it myself, and so I know how to tell it to do it for me. I know to set up tests to prove it all works like it should, and if the AI breaks something it will be apparent. This isn’t rocket science.

    People just don’t know how to work with AI. Mostly because they “tried it recently” and failed miserably because the user didn’t bother putting in the effort. The AI is only as good as the prompts it gets from the human.

    Once you understand it’s there to assist you and not do your entire job, you’ll get good at it. But getting good takes time. The first big project I made with AI doing most of the code was a big sloppy mess. That’s because I did it wrong, not the AI.

    To effectively use AI, you have to be a good project manager AND a good developer. Those two skills are learned—with practice.