#Founder Story

Notes from a solo builder shipping in the AI era — successes, failures, and the day-to-day operator reality of running an open-core company.

5 articles

PhilosophyMay 3, 2026 · 11 min read
Intent is the new craft: 29 days of data, 10 years of AI work
If a weekend with the right AI tools can ship a working product, what is the craft? An essay on juniors, CTOs, solo founders, and pyramids that are losing tenants — grounded in 29 days of Claude Code data.
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PhilosophyApr 29, 2026 · 14 min read
Vibe coding with context engineering: 1 person, 9 sprints, 1 day
3,514 messages, 28 days, 9 sprints shipped in a single session — the 4-layer context stack a solo founder uses so AI does the execution and the human still owns the call.
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PhilosophyApr 28, 2026 · 12 min read
AX is not AI tool adoption — it is organizational redesign
The 5% capturing AI value at scale redesigned roles, workflows, governance, data, and KPIs before picking a model. The 95% in pilot purgatory did not.
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PhilosophyApr 24, 2026 · 13 min read
AI agents, human responsibility, and the harness in between
Chatbots got good. Agents did not — not because the models aren't smart, but because the system around them isn't. Roles, responsibility, and why PDCA + L0–L4 control beats another model upgrade.
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ToolsApr 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Why I stopped using Doppler
Doppler is a good product. This is not a hit piece. It is an honest walk through why a solo developer moved off it to a local-first vault — and why you might too, or might not.
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