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Friday Newsletter

Friday Newsletter

Ok this week, I got off the Ai horse for a bit. I am a bit Ai saddle sore, if thats a thing. Turns out there is a limited, that even I can tired of. This week I did some reading, explored the Magma AI Agent Platform and built out a Beehiiv Identity solution. Happy Friday everyone!

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
Low CodeLow Code
Beehiiv as my login?

Beehiiv as my login?

A key part of startups’ technology stack is how they approach public vs private features. Usernames and passwords are the logical starting point. Other ways require a little imagination but lower the impacts on roadmap and tech spend.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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AI Coding Patterns & Rules of Engagement

AI Coding Patterns & Rules of Engagement

Scrambled codebases, competing NPM packages, duplication code and a high token burn are all part of the learning curve. I remain very focused on driving my code utility rate as high as possible.This is a rolling set of learning...

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
Ai Coding Tools

Ai Coding Tools

Exploration of how much I can get AI to replace my "Code Brain" approach to building solutions.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Week 2: No Code February

Week 2: No Code February

Week 2 was all about remapping a code approach to an AI code approach, with little learning lessons. Big insights are on the value of planning prompts to get better outcomes.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Week 1: Friday's Low Code Brain

Week 1: Friday's Low Code Brain

This week has been all about the concept of the 'Mixture of Experts' AI concept.

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Glossary of Terms

Glossary of Terms

Low code is built on the work of 20+ years of code, SAS, and patterns. To talk about low code as a solution, as a stack, as a solution, we need some shared terms.

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Turn-key Deployment Options

Turn-key Deployment Options

Deployment is a late-stage development process that should be included from inceptions of a project.

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Databases For Rapid Solutions

Databases For Rapid Solutions

Which database to start with is a key decision, as it impacts the technology you can select, the pattern of storage and the frameworks that work the best.

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How to understand Identity Management?

How to understand Identity Management?

Usernames and Passwords are easy, but come with a roadmap cost later on as a project matures.

Schema Powered APIs

Schema Powered APIs

Using database schemas to scaffold API endpoints provides scalable endpoints and boilerplate-free codebases.

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Low Friction Hosting Processes

Low Friction Hosting Processes

Don't over-thinking your hosting. No need to jump to EC2 or CloudFront.

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