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What 40 years of engineering looks like in the AI era
I'm Bill, a 61‑year‑old engineer laid off in November 2025. I'm running a portfolio of small AI‑powered SaaS bets in public, using four decades of experience (and a finite runway) to see if I can replace a salary with products I own.
For senior/staff engineers and EMs who want more freedom without burning down their careers.
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Read the Manifesto
Why experience + AI + small bets is the path I'm betting on — and how I'm structuring this experiment.
View →Day 1: The Day Everything Changed
Laid off yesterday. Building my own future today. This is what happens when a system-builder finally commits to the only thing that's ever made him whole.
View →View Live Metrics
Commits, coding days, AI usage, and eventually revenue — all tracked in real time.
View →The Advantage
Why experienced engineers have an unfair advantage
If you've spent years building production systems, you have instincts the vibe coders can't prompt their way into. You know why that "simple" feature explodes at 10x users. You've been burned by outages, bad architecture decisions, and tech debt that took years to unwind. AI doesn't replace that experience — it amplifies it.
- You can smell a bad architecture decision before it ships.
- You know shipping is 20% of the work; production is the other 80%.
- You understand edge cases, failure modes, and real‑world constraints.
- You can direct AI instead of letting it drive.
"You're not a coder anymore.
You're a director."
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