What building and operating real services taught me about code, judgment, and responsibility.
The first time I watched one of those “Build a SaaS in 30 minutes with AI” videos, I believed it.
Not because I was new to software development. Quite the opposite. I was already building with AI every day, and my first reaction wasn't skepticism. It was self-doubt.
Why does my project still take weeks? Why is my AI giving me something completely different? What am I missing?
So I did what most developers would do. I assumed the problem was me. Maybe I needed better prompts. Maybe I was using the wrong model. Maybe everyone else had discovered a workflow I hadn't.
