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Zacarias Ripoll Cid

Hello! My name is Zacarias. I am a software developer at ESPN who, in my free time, endeavors to create my interpretation of the web one line of code at a time.

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AI Made Coding More Valuable, Not Obsolete

The “don’t learn to code” message was incorrect. For two years the pitch has been loud: AI will write the code, so why bother learning? Claude is building apps. Copilot completes your sentences. Tutorials are done. That story is already breaking out. Companies are investing heavily in AI and

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SpaceX closes a $60 billion all-stock buy of Cursor

SpaceX acquired Anysphere's AI coding editor, Cursor, on Friday, August 14, 2026. The Verge reported the close on the same day. Cursor is now a wholly-owned SpaceX subsidiary. Cursor said it will work on SpaceX's AI chatbot, Grok, which added an agent feature this week.

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Claude will hide a SynthID mark in low-stakes word choices

On Friday, August 14, 2026, Anthropic published a blog post that answers a set of practical questions about how Claude will watermark the text it generates. Anthony Ha reported those details for TechCrunch on August 15. The company had already said earlier in the week that watermarking was coming. The

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The AI Bill Is Coming Due. It Isn't Free Anymore

Artificial intelligence isn't going anywhere. And honestly, it shouldn't. The technology itself is genuinely useful. It can handle tedious tasks, sharpen decision-making, and free you up to do work that actually matters. But something has gone sideways between the promise of AI and the reality

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The Real Reason Everyone Hates AI Right Now

Artificial intelligence is everywhere right now. It's in your phone, your email, your search engine, and your favorite apps. Companies are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into it. Every tech CEO on the planet is talking about it. And yet, if you ask the average person on

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The Pragmatic Programmer

You're still deploying software with a group of people for people who work in a company full of people. This book teaches you how to do well in that world, and that hasn't changed at all.

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