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Returning to the Low-Code CTO: Lessons from the AI Fast Lane

Sep 19, 2025

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Agile LLM Rethink

Aug 15, 2025

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End-of-Day Revenue

Aug 8, 2025

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The Sunk Cost Illusion

Jul 18, 2025

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Why Developers Always Want to Build — and How It Costs Us

Jul 8, 2025

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AI Focus Groups?

Jun 22, 2025

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AI Adoption Patterns

Jun 6, 2025

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Typeform: What happened?

Jun 4, 2025

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Post Vibe Coding

May 14, 2025

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Economics of Code #1

Economics of Code

Letting Go of Old Patterns to Build AI-Native,

Dec 12, 2025

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Letting Go of Old Patterns to Build AI-Native,

What started with autocomplete turned into a full rebuild of how I think, code, and collaborate.

Stephan Smith
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Economics of Code

Economics of Code #1

May 14, 2025

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Economics of Code #1

AI and low-code, in conjunction, are changing the core math for how 'code' is generated, priced, and sold. I am exploring how this math is changing, learning as I go.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith

Founder Mindset

Essentialism for Founders

May 7, 2025

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Essentialism for Founders

Low-code and Marcus Aurelius had a gentle battle in my startup brain. One quote triggered an insight, which triggered a pivot and then lead to Ai Accelerator that sold out in hours.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith

Founder Mindset

Resource Restriction is Great!

Apr 18, 2025

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Resource Restriction is Great!

No founder I know doesn't need more funding. In the back of every startup founder's brain is the wish to get the funding problem off their backs and work without distraction. It's unfair to say, stop, and embrace scarcity as a superpower.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith

The Wrong-Right Way

Chessboard Chaos!

Apr 6, 2025

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Chessboard Chaos!

The last two months have been stressful for many founders working out of Venture Lane. EdTech startups have taken the brunt of the funding changes for Universities. It's not over yet, but there is a silver lining!

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith

Founder Mindset

Vegas vs. Berlin: What I Learned About How Clients Want to Engage

Mar 26, 2025

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Vegas vs. Berlin: What I Learned About How Clients Want to Engage

I reworked my fractional CTO practice by changing my mindset. I had been operating like a German Casino, and missing the mark, but I needed to be more like Las Vegas. Make it stupid easy for a client to hire and pay.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith

Founder Mindset

Are Developers Becoming Obsolete?

Mar 20, 2025

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Are Developers Becoming Obsolete?

The next wave of software builders won't know how to code. And that's ok. The challenge for tech leaders will be bringing their work into a company's technology stack.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith

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