My AI Journey

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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.

AI & Code 3 March 2026 8 min read

AI That Manages Its Own Sprint Board

I gave Claude Code access to our Task Board via MCP. Now it picks up tasks, implements them, commits code, comments on the ticket, and moves it to done. I mostly just watch.

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AI & Code 24 February 2026 9 min read

I Built an MCP Server for My SaaS Product - Here's What Nearly Broke Me

Building an MCP server for Task Board sounded straightforward. 123 messages later, I was questioning everything. OAuth callbacks, phantom tools, and the debugging marathon nobody warns you about.

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Products 6 January 2026 10 min read

Building Three SaaS Products with AI as Co-Founder

From naming and positioning to architecture and pricing - using AI to go from idea to shipped product with CoSurf, Task Board, and TestPlan.

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Products 11 November 2025 8 min read

From Pricing Strategy to Stripe Integration in One Sitting

How AI went from business strategist to engineer in a single session - designing pricing tiers, analysing competitors, and wiring up Stripe billing for TestPlan.

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Honest Assessment 7 October 2025 8 min read

It Looks Like a Developer Built a SaaS

The constant battle against generic Bootstrap aesthetics. When AI builds something functional but forgettable, and the relentless iteration needed to make it look like a real product.

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Products 27 September 2020 3 min read

We Launched The Code Zone Online

We took our after-school coding clubs online, won Innovate UK funding, and built something I'm genuinely proud of. Here's the story.

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Products 12 August 2016 4 min read

5 Reasons To Give Task Board A Go

I built a project management tool because the existing ones drove me mad. Here are five reasons it might sort out your workflow too.

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Products 11 August 2016 3 min read

I Built My Own Project Management Tool

Every PM tool I tried was great at one thing and rubbish at everything else. So I built my own. This is the story of what eventually became Task Board.

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