Ersin Akinci

On becoming a human data cog

The first AI-native job for the rest of us?

Oct 1 • 

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July 2025

January 2025

What makes a cracked junior SWE?

It's not who knows the language best.

Jan 20 • 

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September 2024

My startup is about love

Tired of pretending that this company is about anything other than loving people

Sep 5, 2024 • 

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December 2023

My bittersweet feelings about Bambu Lab

I gave up way too quickly on my 3D printing startup

Dec 4, 2023 • 

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October 2023

My new startup idea: make developing LLM apps way easier

Building AI apps is too expensive and requires too much AI knowledge. Let's build the Next.js of LLM apps. Calling cofounders and investors!

Oct 7, 2023 • 

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Practical AI for developers, part 1: intro, policies, and rewards

Learn how to confidently make AI apps without becoming an AI researcher. Part 1 introduces LLMs and how they make decisions.

Oct 5, 2023 • 

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App developers need new paradigms for AI programming

We need a middle ground between trusting black box APIs and becoming AI researchers

Oct 4, 2023 • 

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September 2023

Why I left San Francisco for Tucson

The most important thing we can do as tech entrepreneurs is become whole.

Sep 29, 2023 • 

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August 2023

The time that I embarrassed myself in front of hundreds of Ethiopians

If you want to start a successful career as a tech entrepreneur, definitely don't do what I did. Worst video game demo, ever.

Aug 31, 2023 • 

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The Crucial Role of Time in the Adoption and Integration of AI

Writing evolved our intelligence instead of replacing it, and with enough time, so could AI.

Aug 28, 2023 • 

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