AI & Software
The Trojan Horse Economy: How Free Software Became Tech's Most Profitable Weapon
Why Google Chrome, VS Code, and React are free. Hint: It's not generosity—it's the most calculated business strategy in tech.
Maya Chen
Maya Chen covers artificial intelligence and emerging technologies with a focus on making complex topics accessible. A former software engineer at a major tech company, she brings hands-on technical depth to her reporting on how AI is reshaping industries.
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AI & Software
GPT-4 Does Not Know What Words Mean, and That Turns Out to Be Fine
The story of how OpenAI's GPT-4 release forced a reckoning with what language models actually do, and why 'understanding' was always the wrong word.
AI & Software
Code Review Catches Fewer Bugs Than You Think, and the Research Explains Why
Code review is a good practice. It's also a surprisingly poor bug detector. Here's what's actually going wrong.
Technology
The Code Review Is Not About the Code
Code reviews look like a quality control step. They're actually one of the most important social rituals in software engineering.