Epium Blog

Clear-eyed takes on AI and tech. Occasionally harsh, always grounded. Always honest.

Christian Holmgreen

Hallucination Nation AI

20 Jun 2025

Most people use AI wrong, expecting brilliance from nothing and getting polished nonsense in return. Here’s the hard truth: AI’s great at summaries and rewrites, but leave it alone with a blank page and it’ll invent facts, companies, even your next Nobel Prize. Learn how to make AI useful, or enjoy your trip through hallucination nation.

Christian Holmgreen

ChatGPT is your drunk startup wingman: Why AI validation is just liquid courage with fewer regrets

11 Jun 2025

ChatGPT is your drunk startup wingman - loud, supportive, and totally unqualified to judge your next big idea. It won’t tell you your “AI-powered platform” is old news or that your brilliant pitch already flopped in the App Store. LLMs complete patterns, not business plans. If you want actual validation, don’t expect it from an algorithm designed to clap for everything. Real research beats AI reassurance every time.

ai validation, business ideas, chatgpt, market research, startup advice

Christian Holmgreen

“Vibe coding”: Why literal AI code fails in production

3 Jun 2025

Vibe coding is sending your teenager to buy milk. You’ll get milk. Only milk. Meanwhile, the fridge is on fire, the dog’s eating a USB stick, and the eggs are fermenting in the sink - but hey, the milk’s in the bag.

artificial intelligence, Junior Coder, Senior Experience, vibe coding

Christian Holmgreen

AI Development in 2025: Still Building the Plane While Flying It

27 May 2025

AI development feels like raiding a post-apocalyptic junkyard for beta tools, strapping them together with duct tape, and hoping your makeshift plane doesn’t explode midair.

ai development, DevOps, LLM Engineering, machine learning, Open Source Tools

Christian Holmgreen

The Taylor Swift Syndrome: Why Tech Freaks Out Over Every New Tool

20 May 2025

Tech needs to stop losing its mind over every new tool like it’s a Taylor Swift drop. Most “revolutionary” launches from Web3 to Clubhouse fizzled fast. Real progress isn’t loud, it’s layered, tested, and boring.

ai hype, automation, nft collapse, overhyped technology, tech culture, tool fatigue, web3

Christian Holmgreen

We’re Raising Prompt Monkeys, Not Engineers

13 May 2025

AI is making junior devs faster, but also dumber. We’re killing the very grind that builds senior talent. That’s a long-term disaster in the making.

ai, coding, experience, future, junior, senior