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Economics of Code

The cost of code has dropped. What happens to all the decisions based on the old cost models?


Dec 12, 2025

byStephan Smith

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.

Letting Go of Old Patterns to Build AI-Native,

Sep 19, 2025

byStephan Smith

Agile LLM Rethink

Exploring how AI is transforming the traditional Agile process—turning vague ideas into clear prompts, exposing hidden complexity, and raising new questions about the role of experience, team structure, and what it really means to “build” in the age of LLMs.

Agile LLM Rethink

Jul 18, 2025

byStephan Smith

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

Every time I asked my team to evaluate SaaS tools, I watched the same thing happen. A predictable resistance. A build-first mindset. And over time, I realized: it wasn’t just bias — it was culture.

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

Jun 22, 2025

byStephan Smith

AI Adoption Patterns

I am a developer. While I have no intention of going back to being a staff engineer, wrangling code, branches, PRs, and agile process, I do rely on my background to get things moving. Engineering rigor is the pattern. AI adoption in the tech community has some things to teach (to me).

AI Adoption Patterns

May 14, 2025

byStephan Smith

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.

Economics of Code #1

Feb 16, 2025

byStephan Smith

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.

Week 2:  No Code February

Feb 7, 2025

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Week 1: Friday's Low Code Brain

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

Week 1: Friday's Low Code Brain

Jan 15, 2025

byStephan Smith

I have "Code Brain"

Paul Krugman outlined the economics of "Car Brain" in his recent article about the congestion economics of cars, commuters, and the city of New Year. That concept resonated in a huge way!

I have "Code Brain"

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