Augusto Maia

Taking Friday afternoon to learn more about Agents... 🤓

Citadel Securities published this graph showing a strange phenomenon. Job postings for software engineers are actually seeing a massive spike. Classic example of the Jevons paradox. When AI makes coding cheaper, companies actually may need a lot more software engineers, not fewer. When software is cheaper to build, companies naturally want to build a lot more of it. Businesses are now putting software into industries and tools where it was simply too expensive before. --- Chart from citadelsecurities .com/news-and-insights/2026-global-intelligence-crisis/

@PlumbNick > If this resonates, don’t just nod along and move on. Support my candidacy With you there, take a look at Canva, great place to work! lifeatcanva.com/en/jobs/ Best of luck!

Well this isn’t exactly how I hoped my day would start. After 8 years, I just got laid off - as did 16k of my peers. But before anyone rushes in with explanations that make them feel better, let me be clear about what this wasn’t. It wasn’t performance and it wasn’t AI. It wasn’t location, versatility or impact. I was an L7, I led global AI enablement. I built systems executives depended on, moved wherever the company needed me and fixed problems that had been sitting untouched because no one else could untangle them. And I was still cut. Here’s the part we’re all supposed to politely ignore: in the U.S. right now, experience isn’t an asset, it’s a liability. And if you’re expensive because you’re good at what you do, the system eventually “optimizes” you out. This doesn’t happen in isolation. It’s enabled by a global labor market with almost no guardrails. Companies aren’t just competing on products anymore, they’re arbitraging labor across borders, wages, benefits and worker protections. When replacement is cheaper than retention, the decision gets framed as strategy instead of consequence. AI becomes the excuse, not the cause. It’s the clean narrative that hides what’s actually happening: experienced workers being swapped out through global labor substitution while leadership talks about “efficiency” and “the future of work.” That cycle keeps repeating because nothing in our policy stack meaningfully pushes back. Trade, labor and technology policy all pretend they’re separate, and workers pay the price for that fiction. I saw this coming and that’s why I’m running for Congress. I understand how this system works because I’ve lived inside it and I know it won’t fix itself. This is a rules problem and the rules are written by people who don’t bear the cost. If this resonates, don’t just nod along and move on. Support my candidacy, back someone who actually understands how global labor, AI and corporate incentives intersect and believe me when I say I am motivated to address this directly. By pretending this is inevitable, we’re accepting the outcome. #amazonlayoffs

Robotaxi app poping confetti when you join waitlist...🎊

I’m using that for years now! Just that I have a inbox rule to move them a trash as they come in

This never gets old 🤯

Again! 🚀

How the world has evolved over the last century in terms of: - Child mortality - Life expectancy - GDP - Women's education - Basic water source - Basic sanitation [📊 toddrjones]

Tsunami Warning 1 for areas of OR & N. CA: See tsunami.gov for alert areas. M7.3 045mi SW Eureka, California 1044PST Dec 5

An usual post: my daughter's school is running a fundraiser, take a moment to support😊 my.raisecraze.com/give/axrnvupkp… For sure, I'll match what you donate. And please repost/share to help.

Have to admit: impressive how #Tesla FSD managed this construction zone, and the left turn that followed. Truly believe that, in a few years, driving will be a thing of the past.

The Bay Area is a great place… except for its massive traffic jams… 🫠

This beyond amazing, it’s just magic! Wow! 🤩

Episode CIII youtube.com/watch?v=FY1y9w… with @kevinvandecar

Autodesk Construction Cloud Submittals API has released some endpoints with WRITE support and some minor updates. Submittals provides a tool to create and organize submittal items, and to track progress and report. Learn more: bit.ly/4cvZqCr

Check out our latest Viewer tip for adding SVG text to PDFs. This time we share adding a custom extension to draw lines. Learn more: bit.ly/46TrEG8

We're excited to share the release of the ACC Sheet Export API is now available. Head to our blog to learn more: bit.ly/4dPjNvy

Episode CII youtu.be/w88QoCzgxrA With @AdamTheNagy @AfroJme @kevinvandecar

🚀 Exciting updates coming to @AutodeskAPS! The APS Viewer just got a whole lot smoother with our new mesh consolidation technique. Say goodbye to flickering and popping with “Smooth Navigation” 🎉 aps.autodesk.com/blog/viewer-pe…

📣We are excited to share the public beta of the Application Management API! With the help of a robust set of endpoints, you can now automate your application management experience on the APS Developer Portal. Learn more: bit.ly/3W9YEEQ