February 3, 2026

The Lobster That Broke the Internet (And What It Tells Us About the Future of Computing) + my harm reduction guide if you're planning to run it

Somewhere in the Valley right now, a developer is buying a Mac Mini specifically to give an AI agent root access to their digital life. They’re not alone. Developers are snapping up Mac Minis for dedicated always-on hardware. Cloudflare’s stock jumped over 20% in two days last week. And Peter Steinberger, an Austrian developer who built a personal AI assistant as a hobby project three months ago, is now fielding harassment from crypto scammers, fixing critical security vulnerabilities, and watching his creation get called “infostealer malware in disguise” by Google’s VP of Security Engineering.