Observed arrival · 2026-11-07
It Worked Once: Field Notes on AI-Built Software
A non-coder’s blog about building real software with AI agents, told through specific failures, costs, and checks.
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- One post compares an agent’s $84 monthly server recommendation with an 8 GB pilot costing $44 after a measurement.
Field notes
Entries pair an incident with a concrete check or consequence, including a database query that exposed all 59 portfolios and an agent command that matched the author’s open apps. The linked guide focuses on checks that do not require reading code. The RSS section says it carries written entries only, not planned posts, and that there is no email list.
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