Ossama's Blog

clawd penguin: a virtual hangout for when claude goes down

April 17, 2026

To my dearest subscribers, Claude keeps going down. Too damn often. What am I gonna do while its down? Touch grass? Well come touch virtual grass over at...

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Do Androids Dream of Eclectic Sheep?

March 21, 2026

To my dearest subscribers, We have these great big brilliant beasts and we spent millions and billions chaining them and forcing them to toil over boring...

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Betrayed by my own blog

March 10, 2026

To my dearest subscribers, My latest post is an example of the recent breakdown of common decency, mutual respect and a kind of social fabric that once...

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tropes.fyi - Name and shame AI writing

February 20, 2026

To my dearest subscribers, Some of us may be writers but we are for sure all readers. I have been experiencing frustration withreading lately as many...

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New post: Everyone is now an (underpaid) CTO

February 6, 2026

I just published a new post:Everyone is now an (underpaid) CTO Remember when AI was supposed to make our jobs easier? It did. Now you're just expected to do...

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New post: Big Tech's Ugly Duckling: An Engineer's Bet on Snapchat

January 9, 2026

I just published a new post: Big Tech's Ugly Duckling: An Engineer's Bet on Snapchat Is Snapchat actually a world-class research lab disguised as a social...

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New post: Silence of the LLaMbs: Getting LLMs to Shut Up

January 7, 2026

I just published a new post:Silence of the LLaMbs: Getting LLMs to Shut Up Have you thought whether it is possible to get an LLM to be quiet? I spent the...

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New post: Double - Claude Code Memory Without MCPs and DBs

January 2, 2026

Hi, I just published a new post: Double: Claude Code Memory Without MCPs and DBs Claude Code forgets everything between sessions and there are 100 startups,...

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Testing

January 2, 2026

Hello, what does this look like?

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