The AI industry faces mounting challenges, especially in economics. Companies are racing to find ways to profitability by prioritizing token usage and building their own tooling.

OpenAI has embarked on another expensive side quest, though this one could actually turn a profit.

After many years, I'm getting back to my roots by tinkering more with personal tech projects. I'm not sure I've ever strayed too far from them, but over the past 10 years or so …