Personal Software

The Best Code You’ll Never Ship

📅 August 4, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Personal software is the purest form of problem-solving: the inventor and user are the same person, so the product is defined by genuine need rather than market assumptions. This ‘selfish coding’ is the hidden R&D lab for startups, and the absence of stakeholders is a feature, not a limitation.

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The SaaS Trap: Why the Most Productive Developers Are Ditching Commercial Software for Self-Built Tools

📅 July 24, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A growing number of developers are ditching commercial SaaS tools to build their own hyper-personalized software, thanks to AI coding assistants that slash development costs. The future of software isn’t a marketplace of broad products—it’s a landscape of disposable, AI-generated utilities that fit your life perfectly.

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