Archive - Tech with Darin

The AI platforms are pulling up the ladder on developers

Anthropic tightened access, Microsoft hid Copilot, and OpenAI faced legal heat. AI platforms are getting more powerful and more controlling.

Apr 11 • Darin Deters

The AI Stack War Is Now Internal

Anthropic bought a biotech startup. Microsoft launched three models. OpenAI lost two executives. One pattern explains all of it.

Apr 4 • Darin Deters

March 2026

Anthropic had the worst week and still won

Tech with Darin - Weekly Round up 03/28/26

Mar 28 • Darin Deters

Tech with Darin - Weekly Rollup March 21, 2026

Jensen Huang said $1 trillion. Here's the constraint nobody's talking about.

Mar 21 • Darin Deters

When the Model Is No Longer the Product

OpenAI's Astral acquisition is one move on a larger board. The 30-year pattern behind developer platform consolidation, and what it means for your…

Mar 20 • Darin Deters

The Week AI Got a Geopolitical Problem

Pentagon bans, private capital responds, Nvidia bets $26B on models, and datacenters become military targets. The signal from week 11 of 2026.

Mar 14 • Darin Deters

The 30-Year Pattern: Why I Held a Certification Exam Guide Against My Own System

Every certification I’ve earned has taught me something.

Mar 13 • Darin Deters

The Week AI Stopped Competing and Started Converging

AWS invested $50B to host OpenAI. GPT-5.4 rated Claude higher than itself. Claude found 22 Firefox bugs. The infrastructure layer won this week.

Mar 7 • Darin Deters

February 2026

This Week in AI + Cloud: Your Experience Is the Advantage, Not the Liability

AI distillation attacks, broken benchmarks, cloud updates from AWS/Azure/GCP, and why your years of experience are the one thing AI can't replace…

Feb 28 • Darin Deters

This Week in AI + Cloud: The Developer Career Fork, AWS/Azure/GCP, and a Benchmark That Changes Everything

AI + Cloud — Week of February 22, 2026

Feb 22 • Darin Deters

Lockdown Mode, Billable Agents, and the Cost of Autonomy

Between February 10–15, three signals landed that matter if you’re building or buying agents in production:

Feb 20 • Darin Deters

The Entry-Level Job is Gone. Here’s the new one (2026)

If you’re graduating into tech right now — or you’re early-career and feeling weirdly behind — you’re not imagining it.

Feb 15 • Darin Deters

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