Self Help
AI Watermarking Follows You Everywhere. Outsmart It
[ad_1] Recently, Anthropic announced that all text produced by its models will be watermarked, making your entire interaction not only recognizable as coming from…
Tag: AI tools
Self Help
Singularity and the Chevalier in the Supermarket – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] My favorite metaphor for brutal cognitive dissonance — the one we will likely experience when the Singularity actually arrives — is “the knight…
![[ Video ] Software Engineering Is Dead! Is It Really? – Dragos Roua](https://cdn.dragosroua.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/hero-software-engineering-dead.webp "[ Video ] Software Engineering Is Dead! Is It Really? – Dragos Roua")
Self Help
[ Video ] Software Engineering Is Dead! Is It Really? – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] Jul 26, 2026 Jul 26, 2026 2026-07-26 I’m fortunate enough to have witnessed a few key moments in our recent tech history. One…
Self Help
The Poor Guy* Guide to Fable-level Vibe Coding for $80/month – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] At the beginning of June I decided to run an experiment: see if I can replace my $100 Claude subscription with something cheaper…
Business
Your Biggest AI Cost Isn’t the Technology — It’s the Hidden Debt Quietly Draining Your Budget
[ad_1] Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI technical debt is no longer just an IT concern — it has…
Business
People Who Don’t Know How to Code Make 6 Figures By Cashing In On the $4.7 Billion ‘Vibe Coding’ Boom
[ad_1] Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The four moves any non-coder can use to launch a one-person business this week. Key…
Self Help
Introducing App Store Release Agent – Automating my App Store Pipeline – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] Publishing ten apps in four months sounds good. And it is good. It means the bottleneck is no longer building the app. With…
Self Help
Vibe Coding for People Over 50 – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] If you’re over 50, you have something no younger developer can buy, simulate, or catch up on: you were born before mobile phones,…
Self Help
Switching from Claude Code to Grok – Same Interface, Different Model – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] At the beginning of June I started a “Claude withdrawal” challenge. The plan was to run MiniMax 3 for a month, to see…
Self Help
How To Manage AI Cognitive Overload – Lessons After 9 Apps Shipped in 4 Months – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] In the last four months, I managed to ship nine iOS apps. That’s a pace that would have been impossible for me before…
Self Help
Running Local Private AI Models – How And Why – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] Last week, Anthropic released Fable 5. Three days later, the US government ordered them to shut it down — for people outside US.…
Self Help
Harvesting Attention: What You Do While Your LLM Works – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] There was a time when attention was free. You gave it away without noticing — to a sunset, to a long conversation, to…
Self Help
I Write Loops, Not Prompts – Here’s What I Learned – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] There’s a line from Boris Cherny, the head of Claude Code, that’s been quite present in the back of my mind for the…
Self Help
Leaving Claude Code (Opus 4.8) Behind – Switching to MiniMax 3 – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] I’ve been using Claude Code, the Max 5x subscription, which is $100/month for about 5 months now. It is the main cost for…
Self Help
Are You The Best Version of Yourself? – Checking In After 16 Years – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] In January 2010 I wrote a post asking whether you were running the best version of yourself, built around a software metaphor —…
Self Help
Vibe Coding for Senior Developers: 6 Lessons | Dragos Roua
[ad_1] At the start of February 2026 I had one iOS app live in the App Store. As I write this at the end…
Self Help
The Right Tool for the Job in 2026: What AI Changed – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] In 2018 I wrote about tool granularity — the mismatch between the instrument you’re using and the task it’s meant for. The watchmaker’s…
Self Help
AIGernon Running on Zo Computer – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] Apr 12, 2026 Apr 12, 2026 2026-04-12 Today I stumbled upon a nice write-up by Michael Grady about how he’s running AIGernon on…
Self Help
Claude Mythos, the Anthropic IPO and the Apocalypse that Never Was – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] Let me tell you a personal story. One day, at my last job, the management decided to hire two more people in the…
Self Help
I’ve Been Blogging For 20 Years. Ask Me Anything – Dragos Roua
[ad_1] A few days ago I came across a Karpathy gist. The idea was simple: take everything you’ve ever written, turn it into context…