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Eighteen months ago, the narrative was brutal: 'half of entry-level white-collar jobs would vanish', '300 million roles were at risk', and companies were racing to AI-native everything. Now the hyperscalers consisting of Microsoft, Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI are singing a very different tune: AI will create more jobs than it destroys.

What changed? The massive token bills finally arrived.

Companies that went all-in on AI are burning through millions in inference costs, with some reportedly exhausting their entire 2026 AI budgets by April. Layoffs announced with fanfare are being quietly reversed. New roles are popping up to manage agents, fix hallucinations, and handle the chaos AI created.

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A while back, I visited my cousin and tried her 8-shaft floor loom for the first time. One throw of the shuttle and I was hooked. Months later, I bought my own loom, expecting a relaxing hobby. What I got instead was an unexpected teacher.

Weaving on an 8-shaft loom is slow, deliberate, and unforgiving. There’s no undo button. No fast-forward. A single mistake in the threading can cost you hours of work. Yet somewhere between the rhythm of the shuttle, the thump of the beater, and the steady growth of cloth, I started learning real patience. The kind that actually changes how you work and live.

I discovered that some things cannot be rushed, that progress is often invisible until it suddenly isn’t, and that there’s deep satisfaction in doing small things carefully and consistently.

If you’ve ever felt the pull to slow down and create something real with your hands, this piece is for you.

I dusted off my old 2010 windows 7 64bit with only 3.8GB usable RAM...weeks later here we are