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EssayAI · Industry · Economics8 min
The bill came due
A lot of CEOs woke up this spring to discover their AI coding bill is larger than the developer salary it was supposed to replace. The arithmetic was always there.
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2026
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- 02The art of specialization in an economy like NigeriaEssay8 minMAY 08Essay8 minCareerEvery career book says: specialize. The advice is right. It just wasn't written for this economy.
- 04Shipping fast without breaking the things that matterEssay7 minAPR 22Essay7 minEngineeringOn the difference between velocity and recklessness — a field note from five years of production.
- 03The barrier of entry has movedNotes6 minAPR 04Notes6 minAITech's front door used to ask can you write a for-loop. It now asks something much harder — and quieter.
- 05The quiet art of good defaultsNotes5 minMAR 14Notes5 minDesignWhy most great products are 90% defaults — and how to design them so users never notice.
- 06Why I keep rewriting the same buttonField log4 minFEB 08Field log4 minFrontendA field log on the buttons I have shipped, the buttons I have deleted, and what I have learned along the way.
2025
— 2 entries
- 07What AI actually changed about my workEssay7 minNOV 30Essay7 minAINot the productivity-influencer version. The actual, somewhat-deflating version, from someone who ships every day.
- 08Designing for the second timeNotes6 minSEP 19Notes6 minProductMost product design assumes a first-time user. The interesting design lives in what happens after.
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