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Sep 16, 2026 An AI-focused mailbag explores value-based freelance pricing, the future of coding interviews, and whether the AI bubble can burst. They tackle AI coding fatigue, unreliable machine-generated information, bloated CMS workflows, and safer ways to sandbox agents. The conversation also weighs leaving a stable job, privacy risks from AI fingerprinting, and smarter tools for developers.
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Charge For Value As AI Speeds Delivery
- Move freelance work toward value-based pricing as AI reduces delivery time.
- Charge for strategy, design, architecture, and outcomes rather than token usage or hours spent prompting.
Coding Skills Matter Differently In The AI Era
- Routine code may become less important, while performance, scalability, and problem-solving become more valuable.
- Better abstractions already replaced tasks like writing authentication from scratch, accelerating this shift.
Replace AI Slop With Trust And Testing
- Find technical opinions through trusted communities, colleagues, and experts rather than generic SEO articles.
- Use AI to scaffold competing libraries, then read and test the generated examples yourself.