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Get to know my thoughts, notes on AI, engineering, and building things.
The Spec Is the Strategy
Most people use AI the wrong way. They jump straight in. Broad prompt. Vague instruction. Half-broken output. Then they blame the AI. The AI isn't the problem. The absence of a plan is. A spec isn't paperwork. It's the difference between a build that ships clean and one that unravels every time you add something new. Plan first. Then let Claude build.
The Market Didn't Ask Me. It Told Me.
I didn't plan any of this. No five-year roadmap. No mentor who handed me the cheat code. I just paid attention to what the market was doing — and moved when it moved. CS graduate. Junior developer. No-code builder. Full-stack AI-assisted engineer. Four titles. One thread: the market changed, and I didn't fight it. That's not a lack of direction. That's the whole strategy.