I really want to clean up a little bit when it comes to vibe coding and software as a service businesses, because I think there's a lot of confusion, a lot of hype, and a lot of complaints about the imminent demise of software as a service solutions. And I think it's time that we … Continue reading Vibe Coding Won’t Kill SaaS
Category: Artificial Intelligence
AI Best Practices for Bootstrappers (That Actually Save You Money)
I recently realized something while building Podscan, my podcast database system that does a lot of background data extraction and analysis for my users. I've stumbled upon a couple of AI integration best practices that a lot of people might not be fully aware of. So today, I want to dive into the concepts I … Continue reading AI Best Practices for Bootstrappers (That Actually Save You Money)
I Never Really Loved Coding (And Only AI Made Me Realize It)
If you had asked me a couple of years ago if I loved coding and software development, I would have given you a resounding yes. No other job had ever been as enjoyable. No other activity had ever been as rewarding as building software, writing code, building systems that do what I want them to … Continue reading I Never Really Loved Coding (And Only AI Made Me Realize It)
AI for the Code-Writing Purist: How to Use AI Without Surrendering Your Keyboard
I know you're out there. The developer who watches their colleagues enthusiastically embrace Claude Code and Cursor, having AI write entire feature sets while you proudly type every semicolon by hand. The founder who sees AI-generated code as a ticking time bomb of bugs and security vulnerabilities. The software entrepreneur who believes that real code … Continue reading AI for the Code-Writing Purist: How to Use AI Without Surrendering Your Keyboard
Why AI-Generated Code Hurts Your Exit
We're living through a fascinating moment in software development. AI coding tools can build features faster than ever before. They can scan entire codebases, spot things we might miss, and implement changes across dozens of files in seconds. It's incredible. But there's something we need to talk about. Something that's quietly accumulating in our projects … Continue reading Why AI-Generated Code Hurts Your Exit
The $0.20/Day AI System That Converts Trial Users Into Paying Customers
This week, I want to be as pragmatic as possible. Let's talk about not just “AI this and AI that”, but the actual applications of generative AI that I leverage within Podscan to get my customers to see the value of the product as quickly as possible. https://share.transistor.fm/s/0cdf38dd You know, it took me a long … Continue reading The $0.20/Day AI System That Converts Trial Users Into Paying Customers
Building for the Age of AI Consumers
I think we're at the precipice of a pretty significant change in how we build software products. Obviously, the recent ascent of vibe coding and all the agentic coding tools that we find very useful and highly effective shows a difference in how we approach building products. But there's another change - not just in … Continue reading Building for the Age of AI Consumers
The Friction Paradox: Why AI Might Be Making Us Worse at What We Do
Picture this: An engineer gets called to fix a massive industrial machine that's been down for hours, costing the company thousands. She walks in, looks around for maybe two minutes, picks up a hammer, and gives one precise tap to a specific component. The machine roars back to life. The bill? $10,000. The company is … Continue reading The Friction Paradox: Why AI Might Be Making Us Worse at What We Do
The Transcription Challenge: Building Infrastructure That Scales With The World
When I started building the first prototype of Podscan, I very quickly realized this was going to be a different business than any I'd built before. That difference had everything to do with one fundamental challenge: unlike most software service businesses, the resources I would need wouldn't scale with the number of customers I had, … Continue reading The Transcription Challenge: Building Infrastructure That Scales With The World
The Hidden Revolution:AI Is Democratizing Coding Mentorship
I just had one of those realizations that makes you stop and think differently about everything we've been discussing around AI tools. You know, we talk a lot about AI helping us build things faster, about automation, about whether it's going to replace developers. But there's a side effect happening right now that I think … Continue reading The Hidden Revolution:AI Is Democratizing Coding Mentorship