Most Software Is Workflow Design

<h2> The Lie We All Agreed To Tell Each Other </h2> <p>MVP. Minimum Viable Product. The word <em>minimum</em> is right there, doing nothing.</p> <p>Ask any founder how long their

<p>Last year I was hiring my third virtual assistant. The first one was great but moved on. The second ghosted after two weeks. By the time I was writing yet another job post on

<p>I have a confession: I'm a productivity app addict.</p> <p>Notion, Todoist, Things, TickTick, Bear, Obsidian — I've tried them all. And every single one failed me in the same

<p>Every builder has a project that feels a little different from the rest.</p> <p>Not just another repo. Not just another experiment. The one that makes you think, "If I took

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/google-gemma-2026-05-06">Gemma 4 Challenge: Write About Gemma 4</a></em></p> <h3> Why I Wrote This </h3>

<h2> Introduction: The Moment Manual Coding Became "Optional" </h2> <p>In January 2026, Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code at Anthropic, made a statement that reverberated across

<h2> The Numbers Don't Lie </h2> <p>The AI Engineering Report 2026 analyzed telemetry from 22,000 developers across more than 4,000 teams. The headline metrics look impressive:

<p>I wanted to validate a startup idea before writing code. So I tested every free AI startup idea validator I could find in 2026 — same idea across all of them.</p>