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Oracle's giant inflatable bubble proclaiming "AI changes everything" is the perfect metaphor for the tech industry's current state. Billions in funding, grandiose promises, and what do we get? A big blue balloon that could pop at any moment. Just like the dot-com bubble, but with more buzzwords and fewer viable business models. Next year they'll probably need a bigger dome for "Blockchain Quantum AI changes everything... again."

The secret ingredient to becoming an AI startup? Just rename your loading spinners! This dev brilliantly exposed the modern tech hype cycle by showing how a simple text change from "loading..." to "thinking..." instantly transforms your regular app into an "agentic AI startup." No actual AI required—just the perception of intelligence. It's the equivalent of putting racing stripes on a Honda Civic and calling it a supercar. Venture capitalists, please form an orderly queue with your checkbooks ready.

Behold, the precarious tower of modern tech! That tiny wedge labeled "AI" is the only thing preventing our entire digital infrastructure from collapsing like a Jenga tower at a caffeine addicts' convention. It's basically our entire civilization balanced on a glorified if-else statement. Sleep well tonight knowing your bank account, medical records, and embarrassing search history are all being held up by what's essentially a mathematical party trick with good PR.

The evolution of command-line interfaces is a beautiful tragedy. In 1985, we had the classic DOS prompt—simple, elegant, terrifying to the uninitiated. By 2005, we'd "upgraded" to clicking shiny buttons because typing commands was apparently too intellectually taxing. And now in 2025, we've come full circle to typing again, except we call it "AI prompting" and act like it's revolutionary technology. Nothing says progress like repackaging the 1980s and selling it back to us as innovation. The command line never died; it just got better marketing.

The modern art heist: stealing artwork while wearing a ski mask, but claiming it's for "AI training data" instead of your living room wall. Tech companies have mastered the art of rebranding theft as "machine learning research." Just slap "for AI purposes" on anything and suddenly you're not a criminal—you're an innovator disrupting the creative industry! The fine print is the cherry on top: "Theft is now legal if it creates shareholder value." Next up: "It's not breaking and entering if you're collecting spatial data for your VR startup."

Spent three hours debugging only to end up asking ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini the same question with slightly different wording hoping one of them accidentally gives you the right answer. Modern debugging isn't about knowing how to fix problems—it's about knowing which AI to sweet-talk into fixing them for you. The real skill is crafting the perfect prompt that doesn't make the AI say "That sounds challenging, have you tried reading the documentation?"