The Lights Just Came On
Coinbase cut 14% and said every leader must be an individual contributor. AI doesn't change that judgment call — it just makes the gap between those who get it and those who don't impossible to hide.
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My thoughts on life, love, and everything.
The New Developer Superpower Isn't Writing Code
AI writes code faster than most developers can type. The bottleneck is no longer implementation — it's judgment. And judgment is the one thing the agent can never have.
Read more →Shite Code That Works Is Still Shite Code
When AI writes your code and it works, does code quality still matter? Cal reflects on V1 of his distillery booking bot and wrestles with what it means to be the client instead of the coder.
Read more →The Maintenance Gap: Who Owns This After It Ships?
AI has lowered the bar to build software, but the bar to maintain it hasn't moved. Before you ship, ask who owns it after it's done.
Read more →AI Discipline: Having the Tools Isn't the Same as Using Them Well
Teams are great at adopting new tools and slow at building discipline around them. The teams that figure out the discipline part first will have a real advantage.
Read more →AI Is Eating SaaS
With AI, anyone can build exactly what they need. The old question of 'Is it our core competency?' is fading, and the per-seat subscription model is in trouble.
Read more →Build Something: Why I Built My Own AI Assistant
I built a personal AI assistant instead of buying one. The process of mapping out my own workflow turned out to be just as valuable as the tool itself.
Read more →Doubling Down: Even a Tiny Budget Can Build a SaaS Now
I'm doubling down on my SaaS post. Even as an extremely small business with no real budget, I was able to build something that would have cost me a hundred dollars a month.
Read more →Citizen Developers Need Guardrails
Handing employees an LLM account doesn't make them citizen developers. They also need source control, proper access, guardrails, and support to truly contribute.
Read more →Clone Your SaaS: What's Your Moat?
AI makes it easy to clone SaaS tools from scratch. If you run a SaaS, what's your moat when a company can just build the parts they need and walk away from yours?
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