Vance Lucas

I re-built and re-launched InvoiceMore, my own time-tracking and invoicing software.

AI “loops” seem to be all the rage right now, but no one really tells you how or when to use them.

Does AI automatically mean slop?

UIs with buttons and charts are not cool anymore.

AI use has a built-in viral loop.

In this brave new world, your margin is AI’s opportunity.

In 2026, I will be full-time self-employed for the first time in a decade.

With the rise of AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot, there is a lot of hyperbole about how AI will soon replace programmers.

Earlier on in my programming career, I got pretty heavy into Object-Oriented Programming and all the various design patterns around it (there are a lot).

If you use a cloud service for hosting your website or app, the slim possibility of a nasty surprise bill from your cloud provider is an ever present worry that nags at you constantly.