I’m listening to and reading all these great things that people are doing and making with AI. They are inspiring me to want to try and do so many things myself. It’s fulfilling on so many levels to do this stuff. I can work for hours in my Claude and ChatGPT sessions, working on projects I’d thought up over the years, or just things I want to do.
I’ve funded all of this with extra money in my budget, and it’s grown excessive: about $350 to $500 a month. It’s hard to even write that number down. I’ve yet to hit on an idea, though, that makes any money. I have the eBay business, which has become a lot easier, but to really scale it is beyond my ability at the moment. The project my wife and I are working on has some potential, but how much?
Then I hear things like Google engineers finishing their two-year product timeline in three months. I’m not Google, nor do I pretend to be. I also hear the Apple and Google Play stores are drowning in app submissions, presumably with the help of coding agents. Where do I fit in all of this? Will my site, app, software, or service be drowned out by a pool of thousands or millions? Do I pick harder problems to solve? I’m assuming there will be products of equal quality. How do I compete?
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind a good career that afforded me the ability to play in my AI-enabled wonderland. Instead of the he-shed, I have my computer loaded with Claude, Codex, and Cursor, with open-weight models to fill in the gaps. Then again, I might be able to find something that finds traction and helps make this world a better place.
I don’t think I’m alone. People have thought this multiple times and will probably continue to for years to come. It’s an absolutely wonderful time to be alive.
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