The Daily Index — Tuesday, February 24, 2026 · TLDR Index

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qawolf.com

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WRITING CODE IS CHEAP NOW

Coding agents have dramatically dropped the cost of producing code. The ability to run parallel agents has compounded this effect. However, delivering good code still has a cost. Developers still need to ensure that the produced code is good code. The challenge is to develop new personal and organizational habits to respond to the new reality of agentic engineering.

simonwillison.net · 4 min

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SOFTWARE STOCKS CRATER AS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PIECE DETAILS POTENTIAL AI DYSTOPIAN SCENARIO

A recently published paper called 'The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis' explores a hypothetical world in which there is an aggressive AI build-out and adoption of AI agents. In this world, unemployment is high despite elevated nominal growth and productivity, and the stock market tumbles due to credit stress from companies laid low by AI metastasizing. It illustrates how AI becoming good could leave many industries vulnerable. This post provides a summary of the paper along with a link to the original.

sherwood.news · 7 min

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DON'T LOVE YOUR JOB? I HEAR YOU. BUT DON'T QUIT. AT LEAST, 99% OF YOU SHOULDN'T

Many jobs in tech aren't that rewarding anymore. AI has made it even worse. However, leaving your current job without a plan right now isn't a good idea because every CEO wants to get leaner. Companies want to increase AI use rather than hire more people, so the scales are weighted against employees. Use the time in your current job to learn and grow more until you have a better place to go to.

saastr.com · 5 min

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SILICON VALLEY CAN'T IMPORT TALENT LIKE BEFORE. SO IT'S EXPORTING JOBS

Hiring by Big Tech has risen sharply in India in recent months.

restofworld.org · 5 min

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HOW STAYING SMALL BECAME AI STARTUPS' BIGGEST FLEX

AI tools allow startups to run leaner than ever, spawning new benchmarks like 'revenue-per-employee'.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min

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INSIDER AMNESIA

Experts correctly disregard bad sources in their fields of expertise, but trust those same sources on other topics.

seangoedecke.com · 2 min

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As the first engineer on TLDR's new Applied AI team, you'll build AI agents and composable Claude Skills to let non-technical teammates create their own AI workflows. Learn more [23].

jobs.ashbyhq.com

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MICROSOFT EXECS WORRY AI WILL EAT ENTRY LEVEL CODING JOBS

Two Microsoft executives have written a paper arguing that senior software engineers must mentor junior developers to prevent AI from hollowing out the profession's future skills base.

theregister.com · 3 min

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RED/GREEN TDD

Every good model understands that 'use red/green TDD' means to write automated tests, confirm they fail, then iterate on the implementation until the tests pass.

simonwillison.net · 2 min

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DICTIONARY COMPRESSION IS FINALLY HERE, AND IT'S RIDICULOUSLY GOOD

Dictionary compression can shrink YouTube JavaScript download size for returning desktop users up to 90% compared to existing best-practice compression.

httptoolkit.com · 28 min