SERIES
Inside the Code
Historical code, real failures, and landmark successes — studied through the lens of what they mean for the AI era. Good algorithms and design decisions don't expire.
6
pieces
63m
total read
May 2026
last updated
6 pieces
Explainer
1 Trillion Devices Run on SQLite. 3 People Maintain It. AI Is Writing Its Replacement.
Universality is a byproduct of constraint. A counter-example to vibe-coding, hiding inside every phone, browser, plane, and AI agent on Earth.
May 10 15 min
Explainer
$460 Million in 45 Minutes: The Knight Capital Disaster
Dead code is not really dead. It's just sleeping. The story of why dormant code and manual deployments are a catastrophic combination.
Apr 24 8 min
Explainer
Inside the Code: The 50-Year Legacy of the Buffer Overflow
A look at the bugs that shaped the internet, and why C's design philosophy from 1972 is still the floor your AI models are standing on.
Apr 23 8 min
Explainer
72KB of Code That Reached the Moon
The Apollo Guidance Computer had less memory than a favicon. Its source code is public domain. I opened every file.
Apr 20 14 min
Review
Hermes Agent Technical Review: Safety via Transparency
Apr 17 10 min
Explainer
If You Installed OpenClaw, Watch This Immediately
Everyone is talking about OpenClaw as the ultimate open-source AI agent. But under the hood, it's a security minefield with full disk access, zero safety boundaries, and vulnerabilities that act as a remote control for hackers.
Feb 15 8 min
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