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A .NET developer and CTO's honest account of going from AI sceptic to AI-first development. The wins, the failures, and everything in between.

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Honest Assessment 24 July 2026 8 min read

A New Model Reviewed My Side Project and Told Me Off About Pricing

A smarter model reviewed my side project and, instead of more code, told me my "pricing problem" wasn't real - and then named the comfortable work I was hiding in.

AI Tools 19 March 2026 8 min read

I Built an IDE Because I Wasn't Using Mine

I was using Cursor. I wasn't using Cursor. I was using it as a glorified terminal organiser for Claude Code sessions. So I built my own desktop app in a day and open-sourced it before dinner.

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