In Christopher Nolan’s movie, the lead character has short-term memory that only lasts for a few minutes to a few hours. Afterwards, he remembers nothing.

In vibe coding (coding using AI), this is called a “context window”.

When the context window is full, the AI restarts, and remembers nothing about what you were just doing. Zero memory.

But just as the main character in Memento can help himself remember certain things by taking pictures or tattooing things on his body, so you can give the next memory-free AI agent some kind of context with updated documents and by compacting conversation...

Does it work? Kinda. How well did tattoos work for the guy in Memento?

It’s the same thing.

Sometimes AI kills the wrong guy.

(and every client must accept)

Option 1: Provider uses AI = lower price.

Option 2: Provider doesn’t use AI = higher price.

If you want to hire a service provider and drive down the price, drive up your dependence on automation. You can’t have a Michelin-star steak for McDonald’s pricing.

...was 10 years ago.

The second best time?

Is now.

No one cares.

But when wine comes from a robotic tap that automatically counts the ounces and pours with the tap of a card?

Suddenly it’s interesting again.

All around us are humdrum things repackaged in a new way, and we line up to buy them every time.

In this week’s Weird. Tech. Finds, I joked about how while vibe coding (using AI to code) increases productivity, it also increases bugs and security flaws.

This is a looming disaster. But it’s also a major opportunity.

People joke that we need “vibe coding cleanup specialists”, but the truth is this will be one of the world’s most valuable jobs in the next few years.

Vibe coding allows you to ideate like never before. But a visionary leader with a coding expert to help clean up the mess is a two-person team that can do pretty much anything in the world of tomorrow.

It’s not a joke, it’s a brilliant business/career plan.