Faris Zacina

I write about deep tech, AI and software engineering, and what they might do to work, money and meaning.

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What comes after AGI? UBI, or something else

If machines can do most of the work, what do the rest of us live on? A look at a decade of cash-transfer evidence, the hard arithmetic of basic income, and the alternatives that deserve more attention.

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2026

  1. What comes after AGI? UBI, or something else20 min
  2. AI data centers: a deep dive18 min

2024

  1. Forget the Hype: AI Isn’t Taking Your Coding Job5 min

2022

  1. How to stand out from the crowd and get an entry-level job in software engineering quickly4 min

2021

  1. Modern software organizations need zero square meters of office per employee2 min
  2. On the importance of advisory, mentorship, and coaching4 min

2020

  1. Startup Launch — Part 1: Product Hunt5 min
  2. Training and sleep for entrepreneurs, developers, and other busy people3 min
  3. Bias towards action2 min
  4. Open spaces are not the root of all evil2 min
  5. Entrepreneurship is wealth creation1 min
  6. (Some) meetings are useless1 min

2019

  1. The myths of startup recruitment8 min
  2. A git codebase off the shelf — A cautionary tale3 min
  3. The hidden benefits of activity and time tracking for a DevOps transformation4 min

2018

  1. The surprising silos that create inefficiency in software organizations2 min
  2. The essence of proper development processes is frequent value delivery and feedback2 min
  3. The missing document in your GitHub repository — Architectural Design Decisions5 min
  4. We need T-Shaped full-stack developers10 min
  5. Rewriting and being on the cutting-edge are the new approach to get reputation on StackOverflow6 min
  6. Why developers hate chaos and expect order in startups4 min
  7. The subtle discipline of daily commits and value delivery5 min
  8. Deciphering the bitcoin and ethereum vocabulary4 min
  9. Hidden benefit of an ICO — Validate demand and Build a Community for Your product5 min

2017

  1. The Anecdotal Software Architect3 min

2016

  1. The cost of debugging1 min
  2. Startup Stories — Deciding architecture6 min
  3. StackOverflow — A strict community indeed4 min
  4. Constants and Variables of Health2 min
  5. Slack anti-patterns3 min
  6. Don’t rush with ECC SSL certificates1 min
  7. Polyglot programming in startup environments6 min

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