I kept hearing that with the Nov 2025 release of Opus 4.5 and GPT 5.2 Codex, ex-coders were sprinting back to coding. On a sample of ~1,700 developers on GitHub, exactly ten fit the “dormant returner” profile. Here are a couple of examples: But they’re the exception. I could find only TEN out of 1,700 developers who returned. I also found a few who exited: To be fair, the vibe coding revolution is real, but maybe we are (I am) mis-interpreting it. ...
Here’s the report card for my 2025 goals bingo. Domain Repeat Stretch New People 🟢 Better husband 🔴 Meet all first cousins 🟢 Interview 10 experts 🔴 Live with a stranger Education 🟢 50 books 🟢 Teach 5,000 students 🟢 Run a course only with AI Technology 🟢 20 data stories 🔴 LLM Foundry: 5K MaU 🟢 300 days of GitHub 🔴 Build a robot 🟢 Co-present with an AI Health 🟢 300 days of yoga 🔴 80 heart points/day 🔴 Bike 1,000 km 🟢 Vipassana Wealth 🔴 Buy low 🔴 Beat inflation 5% 🟢 Donate $10K 🔴 Fund a startup The “Education” and “Technology” rows have a BINGO! Repeat goals were easier than new goals were easier than strech goals (no surprise). 11/20 wins means I’m picking realistic and ambitious goals. ...
I would shortlist any candidate who sends me interesting GitHub repos from their portfolio. I reject every candidate who sends me a CV anyway LinkedIn
Find people. Search on github by location and skill. Anand’s blog comments Reach out to people. Have a standard set of template, and track the template’s success.
Recently, I have ended up giving bits of advice to people recruiting at start-ups, and a few patterns have emerged that are worth sharing. Before I go ahead, I should warn you that I have no qualifications whatsoever. (All consulting advice should come with this caveat, perhaps!) You might be better off reading Joel Spolsky’s Smart and Get Things Done (read). I haven’t read it myself, but from what little I see of it, the thoughts seem similar. ...