Who Pays for the Information Behind AI Answers?
AI answers depend on original web sources, but citations and occasional referrals won’t fund all the reporting, testing and data behind them.
Notes & Opinions
Practical opinions and observations on AI, web development, old-stack tools, building in public, online platforms, and the reality of shipping software.
What Is a Website For When People Stop Visiting It for Information?
When AI answers replace the visit, useful websites become sources, proof layers and working systems rather than collections of interchangeable pages.
Does Building in Public Still work?
Building in public still has value, but AI has changed what’s worth sharing. The real story now is ideas, customers, distribution, and business.
What Is Web Application Development?
A plain-English explainer of web application development: web apps, websites, databases, workflows, WordPress, custom apps, tools, and testing.
How Do You Build a Web Application?
A practical old-stack-friendly guide to building a web app: workflow, database, forms, permissions, admin pages, emails, logs, backups, and testing.
What Web Development Tools Does a Solo Builder Actually Need?
A practical solo-builder web development toolkit: editor, browser dev tools, local setup, Git, database access, hosting, logs, backups, and deployment.
What Is a WordPress Workflow?
A WordPress workflow is a repeatable path for drafting, reviewing, publishing, automating, or moving work through WordPress with human judgement.
What Does Old Stack Mean in Web Development?
Old stack means practical, mature web tools that are easy to host, debug, maintain, and explain to AI coding assistants.
What I Want Old Stack Journal to Be
Practical builders don’t need more hype. They need honest build notes, safer AI habits, useful replies, and people who help them keep going.
The Token Tax of New Tech
AI-assisted development adds a new cost to tech choices: how much context, correction, and retrying your stack needs before it works.