Code & Curiosity by Maximilian Schwarzmüller

Join Maximilian Schwarzmüller, a professional web developer and bestselling online course instructor as he discusses programming, shares his views & opinions on frameworks, languages, libraries and technology in general or gives you insights into his life as a developer and course creator.

AI's an amazing enabler for devs

AI is not just a great assistant or for "vibe coding". It's also amazing if you know stuff but not everything.

12-05
07:32

Is Gemini 3 Replacing Frontend Devs?

Gemini 3 is clearly optimized for a very specific task. And it's not really related to your job as a frontend developer.

11-20
09:57

Gemini 3 is here!

Let another hype cycle begin - Google Gemini 3 is here! And it may be amazing - if we can trust benchmarks.

11-18
10:13

APIs are locking up - thanks to Gen AI

There's a disturbing "trend" (kind of): Some APIs are locking up or charging (quite a bit of) money for usage. X (Twitter) is one example. Reddit is another recent one. And they won't be the last ones to do that.

11-16
12:02

Gen AI is a HUGE cybersecurity problem!

Gen AI is helping cyber criminals become more efficient. And we're only at the beginning.

11-14
20:44

Is English The Programming Language Of The Future?

Cursor CEO Michael Truell mentioned in a Podcast that he sees a future where we move away from "traditional" programming languages, towards English being used as the primary input language. I only agree to a certain degree.

11-05
10:53

Is React Becoming Too Complex?

There has been some drama related to Vercel's new Workflow Development Kit, the "use workflow" and "use step" directives and React's complexity.

10-28
11:26

Is the AI hype over? Meta lays off 600 people from AI division

Meta laid of 600 people from their AI division. Just a few months after going on a 100s of millions hiring spree during the summer 2025. Is this the end of the AI hype?

10-23
09:42

What happened to Flutter Flock?

One year ago, Flutter Flock was announced - a fork of Flutter that aimed to fix many of the shortcomings of the Flutter project. Looks like Flutter didn't get flocked though...

10-15
05:32

AI is making me dumber

AI is there. AI unlocks powerful new capabilities and business models. Like my AI headshot generator (https://business-headshots.ai/). It can make you more productive. But it can also make you dumber. And it may speed up the global brainrot. Le's talk about it.

10-10
10:26

The NPM Package Attacks - What We Need To Change

There have been multiple npm package attacks over the last couple of days. The impact has been huge. And it may be even bigger in the future. As developers, we must try to reduce the danger of being compromised by attacks like these. Thankfully, there are some ways of doing that.

09-18
22:02

ChatGPT Agent & AI are killing the internet...

ChatGPT unveiled their brand-new "ChatGPT Agent" - a LLM-powered AI agent that can use a virtual computer on your behalf. For example, to browse the internet and take action on the internet. Is that bright new future ahead?

07-18
14:15

There's too much AI hype!

There's lots of hype around AI - specifically around "AI Agents" (it's the year of AI Agents after all!!!) and "vibe coding". That's a pity. Because there IS useful stuff behind the hype...

07-01
10:04

MIT Study: ChatGPT Is Making Us Dumber

A recent MIT study on the use of ChatGPT and its implications on our brains confirms what most of us already experienced: We're relying too much on AI...

06-23
16:28

Too many AI models!

There's a new AI model almost every day. Is that a problem?

06-06
10:30

Gemma 3n may be GAME CHANGING

At Google I/O 2025 Google, of course, announced LOTS OF AI-related services, projects and initiatives. It's therefore easy to miss the announcement of Gemma 3n. That would be too bad because it looks pretty interesting and amazing.

05-26
05:56

Remix is no longer a React framework

I didn't see that coming! After merging Remix with React Router, the future of Remix is ... NOT about React. Okay, maybe it makes sense. But still a bold move!

05-24
09:11

Google & Claude: The AI hype trains are taking different tracks!

What a week in AI? Well, okay, I guess every week is "packed with announcements". But with Google IO, tons of projects and the Claude 4 model releases, there WAS a lot going on. Time to unpack!

05-23
12:33

5 ACTUALLY useful ways of using Generative AI & LLMs

There's a lot of hype around LLMs & generative AI - especially when it comes to "AI Agents". I don't have a super agent (or an army of agents) that does work for me. But I got a couple of use-cases that really help me get more done!

05-15
13:42

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