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ALT Claws x Code: Black ribbed beanie in volt green or hot pink. Perfect for coders, streamers & creators. Soft, warm, machine washable. Shop now.

ALT Claws x Code: Black ribbed beanie in volt green or hot pink. Perfect for coders, streamers & creators. Soft, warm, machine washable. Shop now.

ALT Each tech boom didn't just create new industries - it built the foundation for the next revolution. Cloud computing enabled remote work, which exploded video social platforms, which generated the training data for AI, which is now accelerating space colonization. "Each series of tech booms," Joi explains. "We had the dot com boom, then 2007 to 2015 was the cloud computing boom, and now we have the AI boom." But here's the uncomfortable truth that started it all: 90% of early internet was research and porn. Google Image Search was literally invented because people wanted to see J.Lo's dress so badly. Social media changed everything by creating the first universal use case for being online that wasn't scientific research or adult content. Suddenly everyone had a reason to be connected, which exploded software-as-a-service opportunities and laid the groundwork for AI training data.

ALT Joi and Jey tackle the brutal reality of tech layoffs, where 6,000 Microsoft employees got axed while the company dumps $13 billion into OpenAI. We dive into the uncomfortable truth that women and underrepresented workers bore the brunt of Big Tech's "efficiency" cuts - HR, project managers, recruiters were the first to go after being recruited post-pandemic. From tariff chaos disrupting global supply chains to the dark reality of semiconductor manufacturing (spoiler: those jobs were outsourced because they literally cause cancer), we explore why America's tech independence comes at a human cost. Jey shares intel from Silicon Valley about friends now packing semiconductor glass, while Joi drops LinkedIn unicorn startup knowledge. Plus: Why we'll have moon colonies within three years, Vast already booking lunar flights (engineers only, no designers needed), and how LinkedIn's algorithm reveals your career prestige level.

ALT Joi and Jey get real about their hardware obsessions and the tools that actually matter for creative work. From Joi's three-laptop setup for serious coding and IDE work to Jey's $1000 iPad that doubles as an expensive coaster, we break down why your hardware choices reveal everything about how you work.

ALT In a new episode of the Claws x Code podcast, Joi explores Google's Material Design 3 Expressive update and the research proving 87% of young users favor expressive communications in design. The era of boring UI is officially over.

ALT Claws x Code Podcast - Episode 6, Buying data on AWS Marketplace and epic Grok fails