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Chris Wellons

Chris Wellons

@chris-wellons · 15 positions · On ppll ↗

Software engineer who writes about low-level and systems programming at nullprogram.com; author of the Elfeed feed reader, the Endlessh SSH tarpit and Enchive.

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2 of Chris Wellons's claims fit 2 mental models. Most often: Leverage, Value moves to what stays scarce.

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Leverage

Tools, code, capital and debt multiply what one person can do, in both directions.

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AI coding assistance now lets a programmer complete in a day work that used to take weeks.

  1. Chris Wellons Software engineer who writes about low-level and systems… Though now that I can accomplish ~3 weeks of old-way work in a new-way day, this sort of project becomes that much easier to start and finish. I have officially retired from Emacsnullprogram.com · 26 Apr 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThough now that I can accomplish ~3 weeks of old-way work in a new-way day, this sort of project becomes that much easier to start and finish.

    ↗I have officially retired from Emacsnullprogram.com

    26 Apr 2026

Value moves to what stays scarce

When something becomes cheap and plentiful, the value moves to whatever is still rare next to it.

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AI will make hand-written code a luxury only the wealthy can afford to produce.

  1. Chris Wellons Software engineer who writes about low-level and systems… AI makes programming so cheap that only the rich will write code by hand. 2026 has been the most pivotal year in my career… and it's only Marchnullprogram.com · 29 Mar 2026All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsAI makes programming so cheap that only the rich will write code by hand.

    ↗2026 has been the most pivotal year in my career… and it's only Marchnullprogram.com

    29 Mar 2026