A Code Editor. Sixty Billion Dollars. A Rocket Company.

The AI coding arms race has officially lost the plot — and builders are the only ones winning.

Apr 25, 2026

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Rocket launching between two laptops in a city with a hooded guy on the right and money burning in the exhaust. — created by Leonardo.ai

Hey all, it’s me Real John. So today I have to talk about SpaceX trying to buy cursor… but I’m going to do another one this week, mainly because there is so much going on in my head I really want to share. AI is getting so good right now, and its getting more fun everytime I start playing with it. The next article is about using…

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