678: Mentoring a Box of Numbers
12 February 2026

678: Mentoring a Box of Numbers

Accidental Tech Podcast

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    Pre-show: Marco HVAC update


      Daikin
      Trane
      YoLink temperature sensors (or this one with a wider temp. range)
      YoLink leak sensors
      LoRa

    🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: After Apple
    Follow-up:


      Units corner


        Robert Tait’s video

      WarGames display reincarnated (via everyone)


        ATP Movie Club: WarGames
        WarGames

      AI


        Whoops, we whiffed on disclosing past/future sponsors 🤦🏻‍♂️
        Steve Troughton-Smith’s experimentations


          Three apps in one day
          On usage limits

        Dread & fatalism


          We Mourn Our Craft by Nolan Lawson
          The Tipping Point by Thomas Ricouard (Medium link 🤢)

        Productivity promise vs. reality


          Anthropic study
          Experienced developers are slower?
          Microsoft study
          Atlassian study
          Berkeley: AI adoption ≠ productivity gains
          Harvard: Slop hinders productivity
          MIT: 95% of businesses see zero returns (PDF)

        Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding by Rachel Thomas
        AI-Generated Code Quality by Mark Levison
        Comprehension Debt by Aman Shekhar
        Your Brain on ChatGPT by Nataliya Kosmyna et al

      Some related links from our AI conversation:


        n8n
        Stratechery interview with Benedict Evans
        Computer (occupation)
        Memento mori

      Steam Machine & Steam Frame delayed due to component shortages/price increases

    Ferrari Luce


      Andrew J. Hawkins at The Verge
      Walkthrough video with Jordan Golon at PRNDL


        Associated post

      Dieter Rams
      Patek Philippe Nautilus
      Braun
      Gordon Murray Automotive Type 50


        Shift knob & switchgear (timestamp link to 18:04)
        Other videos

      Leica

    Post-show: Casey is car shopping


      Porsche Taycan
      Audi e-tron GT
      BMW i4
      Rivian R3
      How the second-gen Porsche Taycan is better than the first-gen

    Members-only ATP Overtime: China’s ban on electric door handles


      Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit by Andrew J. Hawkins
      Flush door handles & efficiency by Jonathan M. Gitlin



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