Dave C

I run a software studio where AI writes all the code and nobody on the team is a developer. Bespoke software for SMEs. Sharing what works and what breaks.

[Dave C @DaveComeAtMe]

I run a fully AI powered software development studio I.e. AI writes ALL the code. None of our employees are software developers (but all are technical e.g. actuaries, engineers etc). We mainly focus on bespoke software for SMEs. We have grown revenue 30% MoM for the last 6 months. AMA!

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@TheHashton Go viral on X, link product in first reply 🤣

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@LeoBuilds_ Models got better and more capable

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@YashHustle_22 For the same reason that Elon can’t write better prompts than you about rocket science 🚀

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@oldstackjournal Build the base, get first few customers ( the actual hard part), then iterate the product based on their feedback.

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@GohilHardy End user on a secure and performance optimised “vibe coded” app: “I wonder what function sits behind this button”…. Said no end user ever

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@jonathan_wilke This is exactly why AI first developers will win, at least in the short term. Big ships are too slow to turn…

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If you ask one of the SOTA models to run a full security audit of your application and then ask it to fix all findings, I promise you the app will be more secure than any average engineer could ever achieve…at the very least your application will be way above the “average” level of security

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@jeffersonianguy @oldstackjournal Nice! Love it

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@fridaycandour @YashHustle_22 We’ve done property management software, order management software, automations, WhatsApp bots, iOS and android apps…lots

[Dave C @DaveComeAtMe]

My favorite shortcut for building with AI:

1) Pick one tool and go deep before you touch anything else.

2) Do that long enough and your use case starts driving the tool.

3) Our studio runs entirely on this discipline. 30% month on month for six months.

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It's weird that someone can spend months learning to prompt AI into writing code, and never once think about where that code actually runs. Infrastructure knowledge is what separates builders who ship from builders who stall.

What part of it broke you first: hosting, databases, or production failures?

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@omkarships Focus on distribution and the new feature will come from customers asking for them, otherwise you basically building a product for yourself

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@AnkanXplorer No not really, but there are some good insights when it comes to choosing what effort level you should be using for different tasks

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@GohilHardy Different view from someone whose studio runs on it: our AI spend is a rounding error next to one developer's salary. Prices could 5x and the model would still hold. We are on subscription licenses, not API btw.

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@oldstackjournal The sycophancy is super annoying but when they figure out how to stop it, I might miss it 🤣

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@samongaro_ Plan B: Codex
Plan C: Cursor with Grok
Plan D: open source

4plus levels of redundancy, I think I’ll be fine lol

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@kamilbaranek_ No, 1 year ago was the best time, today is the second best time 😃

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@omkarships Same conclusion from running a studio on it: we went deep on one tool and only add another when a client problem forces it. Most of the those crowd are optimising the toolbox instead of shipping. Which two are you using?