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from Florian Bellmann | Be curious, explore and meditate. [alt+shift+b] in programming

A frustrated Reddit post about being a condom between an AI and production made the rounds in our team. Here is why I think the opposite is true and what it means for how we review code, plan work and think.
24th Sep 2026

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