Why I've changed my mind about technical debt
Technical debt used to be a smart tradeoff when engineering time was expensive. AI just changed the economics — and unintentional debt compounds faster than ever.
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SaaS is not dying but lots of SaaS companies are in real trouble
SaaS isn't dead — what's dying is the assumption that software stays defensible just because it was expensive to build. Why there will be more SaaS companies, not fewer.
Read post →How to choose an AI model for software development
How we match AI models to architecture, implementation, review, debugging, and design throughout our Spec-Driven Development workflow.
Read post →How to take an AI or vibe-coded prototype to production
Vibe-coding is great for discovery — but turning a prototype into production software still requires real engineering. Here's what we focus on when we make that jump, and how Cut Club came to life.
Read post →How we use AI to build products faster than ever
A look inside Spec Driven Development — how Beta Acid uses AI agents, thorough specs, and decades of experience to build complex products faster without sacrificing quality.
Read post →Why we're building a new product every month
Introducing Beta Acid Foundry — an R&D team building real products every month to figure out how to design and build software faster, better, and cheaper.
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