In late August, 2025, 150 Atlassian employees opened their laptops expecting a normal day at work. What they got instead was a pre-recorded video message from co-founder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes. Calm, professional, but utterly detached, the video informed them their jobs were no longer needed. Within minutes, their laptops went dark, system access revoked.
Let’s stop pretending this is innovation. What we’re witnessing is the corporate world kneeling before a new golden idol—one that doesn’t bleed, doesn’t breathe, and doesn’t unionize.
In the twentieth century, totalitarian rule was built on simple things: paper lists, fear, and backrooms with wires in the walls. People disappeared into archives, interrogations, and camps. But even then, it all worked thanks to the technologies of the time — typewriters, intercepted letters, shortwave radio. Technology didn’t save anyone from dictatorship. It merely…
Every new wave of automation has put us under stress about jobs disappearing. Advances in artificial intelligence—especially generative AI like large language models (LLMs)—make some of us anxious about “What’s next?”
You used to ask your best friend for dating advice. Or maybe your therapist. Now, some people whisper their secrets to a chatbot trained on Reddit threads and pop psychology. And it answers—politely, supportively, and without judgment.
Developers built the AI that’s now replacing them — poetic, isn’t it? Explore how coders automated themselves out of jobs, who will survive the shift, and why LaSoft still bets on humans.
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The US housing crisis has been building up for years and the main issue is insufficient affordable housing to meet the demand in the US market. Incomes have mostly stayed the same while living costs have increased a lot in recent years. So, it’s hard for low- and middle-income families to find affordable homes.