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Agentic anxiety

via jbranchaud@gmail.com

https://jerodsanto.net/2026/02/agentic-anxiety/
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Something’s different this time, and I can say confidently this is the most unsure I’ve ever been about software’s future.

As Jerod puts it. It's not FOMO (fear of missing out) so much as it is FOBLB (fear of being left behind).

One fascinating part of our conversation with Steve Ruiz from tldraw started when he confessed that he feels bad going to bed without his Claudes working on something.

I think part of what is behind this is the same thing discussed in the HBR article, AI Doesn't Reduce Work--It Intensifies It, which points to this feeling that if we can do more we should be doing more.