Elliot C Smith | Posts about Dev, Startups, and Product

Sometimes, especially if you spend a lot of time online, it can feel like everyone is moving faster than you.

There's a term I like: 'innovation theatre'.

Usage based pricing is being talked about a lot lately.

There are a lot of people now making software for the first time.

Me and lots of people I work or interact with are using AI to build things.

"You can just do things" or some variation has been the unofficial slogan of startups for a long time.

I find that it is now very easy to write a lot of software.

Over the last couple of weeks I've been working on two different small games.

Writing code is fast now.

Introduction You don't need to look far to find claims that folks have been using AI to do the work of dozens of people.

Assorted Links I finished book eight of Dungeon Crawler Carl.

If you are at all worried about AI disrupting your business, learn to build momentum.

There's a trend I have noticed when folks try sell software, their perception of how hard it was to build the software influences their comfort in setting a price.

There are a lot of folks out there tell you that what matters now is 'taste'.

Products, games, books and links I watched Company Retreat.