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An agent writes the code now, and a human thumb hovers over Accept all a hundred times a day. The honest question of this decade is what, exactly, you just accepted. So I read the diff.

Eight years as a backend engineer in Stockholm, back in Tokyo since 2023, and I still ship something small most nights, usually badly. My one rule: the only real review of a model is the thing you built with it. That is why there is no leaderboard on this site.

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Agility Robotics, maker of Digit humanoid, exploring wheeled robots

September 25

This wheeled robot rendering appeared in Agility Robotics’ recent Digit 5 launch video. | Credit: Agility Robotics When Agility Robotics unveiled Digit 5 last week , one detail near the end of the…

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