Category: ai

  • Dynamic Instantiation with Reflection: From Hardcoding to a Legal Deadline Platform

    When you’re building specialized software, there’s always a point where the old way of doing things starts to buckle under the weight of new requirements. For me, that point came when I realized I couldn’t keep hardcoding new calculators into the system. From Hardcoding to Dynamic Instantiation At first, each calculator was wired in by…

  • The Future of Employment in an AI-Driven Economy

    AI automation is no longer a future threat—it’s a present reality quietly reshaping the American workforce. From warehouses to white-collar offices, human workers are being displaced by machines they unknowingly helped train. This article explores the ethical, economic, and personal consequences of a revolution already underway.

  • Developers aren’t just building products anymore. They’re building empires.

    This article explores how developers can leverage Software as a Service (SaaS) to turn their technical skills into recurring revenue. It covers what SaaS is, why it’s a powerful business model, and how even solo developers can build scalable applications that generate long-term income.

  • 🚀 A Week’s Worth of Dev Work in an Afternoon — The Power of AI Pair Programming

    Today, I sat down to chip away at my backlog. A few stored procedures here, a repository method or two there. Nothing too crazy. But a few hours later, I stepped back and realized something: I had just accomplished a week’s worth of backend logic for my multi-tenant SaaS platform … in a single sitting.…

  • Why I’m Building Backend Logic Before the UI

    This article explains why the author chose to build the backend logic of a legal SaaS platform before designing the UI, emphasizing the importance of stability, testability, and long-term scalability. It advocates for a backend-first approach as a strategic foundation for building trustworthy, high-impact software.

  • How AI Has Changed the Game for Solo Developers

    We’ve entered a new era—one where experienced solo developers have never been more empowered. Thanks to AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and others, we now have the ability to write code and ask questions at the same time—without needing to consult a book or wade through endless Q&A threads on Stack Overflow. This shift marks…

  • AI Isn’t Taking Developer Jobs — But Offshoring and Policy Might Be

    In an industry always poised for disruption, the fear that AI will replace software developers is spreading like wildfire. But let’s take a breath and look at the reality. As a developer myself, I don’t necessarily see AI as a threat — I see it as a tool. A powerful one. One that, like all…