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Lovable, and the cardboard model problem
Most people who have ideas aren't developers, so their ideas live and die in one head. Lovable changes the cost of building a cardboard model to roughly zero. Here's what that means for the conversations you can finally have.
The harness is the craft.
Most engineers pick a model they trust, eyeball a couple of runs, and ship. I don't ship that way. Here's what eval-driven development actually looks like, and the seven principles I'd hand to anyone shipping LLM systems.
Why Your AI Bill Is Too High (And the Architecture Fix That Saves 40%)
Most companies run their AI like a doctor's office. The ones that scale run it like an ER. Here's the architecture decision that cuts AI costs by 40%.
The CRM I built this weekend doesn't have a UI. Agentic Software is the future.
I built a CRM this weekend with no UI. Just tools an AI agent can call. Here's why agentic software is the next decade of building.
You Vibe-Coded Something That Works. Here's How to Make It Real Without Touching the Code Yourself.
Vibe coding tools get you to a working draft in an afternoon. The next pass has a name and a shape. Five layers your AI can add for you.
Your AI agents have one job each. Most builders give them four.
Most multi-agent systems fail for the same architectural reason: LLMs get wired into four positions when they only belong in three. Here's the rule that fixes it.
Why I Build Before I Write Requirements (And Why AI Makes That Smart)
After 20 drafts of our core product over more than a year, I've learned the most valuable requirements come from building — not planning. Here's what negative specification taught me about product development with AI.
How Should Your Strategy Change When Coding Costs Shrink to Nothing?
When coding costs shrink to nothing, the smart strategy isn't perfecting one version. It's generating many and synthesizing the best.
Most AI Agent Systems Are Built Backwards
Most developers treat the LLM as the agent. That's the mistake. The Jido Framework flips the model: the agent is the actor, the LLM is a tool it picks up when it needs to reason. Here's why that changes everything.
You Don't Need a Platform to Sell Your Expertise. You Need a Skill Graph.
There's a new product category emerging called skill graphs. Not SaaS, not courses, not templates. Portable markdown files that teach an LLM how to think about a domain. The buyer owns them. And the real value is in the connections.
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