A short series guiding experienced Linux developers through building bare-metal UEFI applications on PC-style hardware, covering tools, compiling/linking, creating bootable media, and basic file management; the articles are intended to be read in order.

Analyzes a METR deep-access report indicating Anthropic's internal metrics show AI-driven automation roughly doubled the pace of capabilities progress between Oct 2025–Oct 2026; the author argues this implies large researcher productivity uplifts (~10x) and risks of compounding acceleration toward extreme capabilities. They warn this milestone signals much shorter timelines for advanced AI and heightened existential risk if systems are misaligned.