Mehdio's Tech (Data) Corner

ctrl+r #14: AI is inflating every metric (including your bill)

🧠 AI is inflating numbers

May 25 • mehdio

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April 2026

Running an AI workshop ? Build a LLM key minter first

While prepping my PyCon DE & PyData 2026 talk (slides), I wanted 150+ people to run an analytics agent against DuckDB.

Apr 23 • mehdio

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ctrl+r #13 : Agents don't sleep, but your infra (and brain) might need to

🧠 The compute crunch is real

Apr 18 • mehdio

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ctrl+r #12: AI learning cost, workflow moats, skills security, and the CLI disappointment

AI makes you faster but dumber, your workflows are your real moat, and your skills might already be a backdoor

Apr 3 • mehdio

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February 2026

ctrl+r #11: IDEs are dead, Deep Fake is too easy

🧠 IDEs as we know them are dead

Feb 4 • mehdio

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January 2026

ctrl+r #10: AI & cognition, Obsidian+Claude Code

Training brains in the age of shortcuts

Jan 29 • mehdio

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ctrl+r #09: The generalist comeback, Cursor's hidden gem

Why niching down might be yesterday's advice, plus plan mode changed how I build

Jan 19 • mehdio

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ctrl+r #08: 2026's AI wake-up call, voice-first workflows, and the data engineer identity crisis

From Karpathy's grief cycle to Hyprnote workflows, plus why companies are locking down their APIs

Jan 13 • mehdio

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ctlr+r #07: TypeScript’s AI advantage, junior skill debt, and trusting AI with real money

TypeScript is booming, AI codes faster than ever, and fundamentals slip. Where AI helps, where it hurts, what matters plus tools & a health reminder.

Jan 5 • mehdio

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December 2025

ctlr+r #06: Auto-Dubbing the Web & "Serverless" RAG

Testing Gemini's File Search, the end of language barriers, and why RAM is getting expensive

Dec 22, 2025 • mehdio

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ctlr+r #05: Less UI, more chats, faster containers

Weekly updates from the command line of my brain: 🧠 Thoughts, 🛠 Tools, and 📕 Takes on software engineering, data, AI, and tech.

Dec 14, 2025 • mehdio

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ctlr+r #04: AI’s Energy Bill , Free Localhost Tunnels

A weekly recall from the terminal of my mind: Thoughts 🧠, 🛠 Tools, and 📕 Takes.

Dec 6, 2025 • mehdio

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