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Say what you want about AI but since Opus 4.5 I’m having the most exciting time of my career. Both in terms of learning more and building faster. It’s a new tool you’ve gotta learn but once you have, you’re on a whole other level.

I for one had no idea 20 years ago that I was signing up for the industry that would be single-handledly responsible for a massive return to fossil fuels just as solar was on the brink of mass adoption. But who am I to stand in front of Progress

"If current trends continue, data centers will consume significantly more energy in 2026 than in 2024 – estimates point to over 500 TWh globally, which would represent approximately 2% of global electricity consumption (compared to 1.5% in 2024)" That's a lot, but you still had to overstate it.

They're literally reopening coal plants that had shut down 👍