678: Mentoring a Box of Numbers

Pre-show: Marco HVAC update

Daikin
Trane
YoLink temperature sensors (or this one with a wider temp. range)
YoLink leak sensors
LoRa

🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: After Apple
Follow-up:

Units corner

Robert Tait’s video

WarGames display reincarnated (via everyone)

ATP Movie Club: WarGames
WarGames

AI

Whoops, we whiffed on disclosing past/future sponsors 🤦🏻‍♂️
Steve Troughton-Smith’s experimentations

Three apps in one day
On usage limits

Dread & fatalism

We Mourn Our Craft by Nolan Lawson
The Tipping Point by Thomas Ricouard (Medium link 🤢)

Productivity promise vs. reality

Anthropic study
Experienced developers are slower?
Microsoft study
Atlassian study
Berkeley: AI adoption ≠ productivity gains
Harvard: Slop hinders productivity
MIT: 95% of businesses see zero returns (PDF)

Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding by Rachel Thomas
AI-Generated Code Quality by Mark Levison
Comprehension Debt by Aman Shekhar
Your Brain on ChatGPT by Nataliya Kosmyna et al

Some related links from our AI conversation:

n8n
Stratechery interview with Benedict Evans
Computer (occupation)
Memento mori

Steam Machine & Steam Frame delayed due to component shortages/price increases

Ferrari Luce

Andrew J. Hawkins at The Verge
Walkthrough video with Jordan Golon at PRNDL

Associated post

Dieter Rams
Patek Philippe Nautilus
Braun
Gordon Murray Automotive Type 50

Shift knob & switchgear (timestamp link to 18:04)
Other videos

Leica

Post-show: Casey is car shopping

Porsche Taycan
Audi e-tron GT
BMW i4
Rivian R3
How the second-gen Porsche Taycan is better than the first-gen

Members-only ATP Overtime: China’s ban on electric door handles

Tesla hit with another wrongful death suit by Andrew J. Hawkins
Flush door handles & efficiency by Jonathan M. Gitlin

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678: Mentoring a Box of Numbers

February 12, 2026
02:34:02 •
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More on the impact of AI coding, and the Jony Ive-designed Ferrari interior.

• Pre-show: Marco HVAC update

• Daikin

• Trane

• YoLink temperature sensors (or this one with a wider temp. range)

• YoLink leak sensors

• LoRa

• 🗣️ New ATP Member’s Special: ATP Insider: After Apple

• Follow-up:

• Units corner

• Robert Tait’s video

• WarGames display reincarnated (via everyone)

• ATP Movie Club: WarGames

• WarGames

• AI

• Whoops, we whiffed on disclosing past/future sponsors 🤦🏻‍♂️

• Steve Troughton-Smith’s experimentations

• Three apps in one day

• On usage limits

• Dread & fatalism

• We Mourn Our Craft by Nolan Lawson

• The Tipping Point by Thomas Ricouard (Medium link 🤢)

• Productivity promise vs. reality

• Anthropic study

• Experienced developers are slower?

• Microsoft study

• Atlassian study

• Berkeley: AI adoption ≠ productivity gains

• Harvard: Slop hinders productivity

• MIT: 95% of businesses see zero returns (PDF)

• Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding by Rachel Thomas

• AI-Generated Code Quality by Mark Levison

• Comprehension Debt by Aman Shekhar

• Your Brain on ChatGPT by Nataliya Kosmyna et al

• Some related links from our AI conversation:

• n8n

• Stratechery interview with Benedict Evans

• Computer (occupation))

• Memento mori

• Steam Machine & Steam Frame delayed due to component shortages/price increases

• Ferrari Luce

• Andrew J. Hawkins at The Verge

• Walkthrough video with Jordan Golon at PRNDL

• Associated post

• Dieter Rams

• Patek Philippe Nautilus

• Braun)

• Gordon Murray Automotive Type 50

• Shift knob & switchgear (timestamp link to 18:04)

• Other videos

• Leica

• Post-show: Casey is car shopping

• Porsche Taycan

• Audi e-tron GT

• BMW i4

• Rivian R3

• How the second-gen Porsche Taycan is better than the first-gen

• Members-only ATP Overtime:

• Flush door handles & efficiency by Jonathan M. Gitlin

• Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code atp.

• Quince: Elevated essentials and staples that last.

• DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online.

Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!

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Original source

📄 Generative-AI-in-Real-World-Workplaces.pdf

📄 atlassian-ai-collaboration-report-2025.pdf

📄 ai_report_2025.pdf