The Boring Stack: Why Restraint Is Your Most Valuable Indie Dev Skill
The Allure of the Side Project Trap
In the early days of independent development, there was a romantic notion that buil…
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The Boring Stack: Why Your Side Project’s Success Depends on What You Don’t Build
The Allure of the Custom Build
We've all been there. You're building a side project, and you hit a snag—maybe…
The Era of Prompt Minimalism: Why Deleting Instructions Makes Your AI Stronger
For years, the prevailing wisdom in the developer community was that if an AI model wasn't following instructions,…
The End of the Pet Prompts: Why Less is More in the Era of Capable LLMs
The End of the Pet Prompts: Why Less is More in the Era of Capable LLMs
We’ve all been there. You spend hours crafting …
The Shelf Life of System Prompts: Why Less Is More in the Claude Opus 5 Era
The Shelf Life of System Prompts
For years, the indie developer mindset around AI integration was built on a foundation…