I'm a solo developer with a full-time job and a family, and for the last several months I've been building an AI coding tool in the cracks of my day — early mornings, late nights, weekends. It's called Oryn, and I want to share why I built it and how it works, because the two decisions at its core might resonate with you.
The itch
Two things bugged me about the AI coding tools I was using:
My code went to someone else's cloud, and I paid a markup for the privilege. Every request routed through a vendor, wrapped in their pricing.
Everything was a subscription. Another monthly fee here, another there.
