AI-Assisted Development

AI Economics

The new math of building software with AI

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The New Economics of Building Software with AI

12 deep dives on ai economics

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$67,895 vs $2.9 Million: The Real Cost of Building a Software Portfolio with AI vs Traditional Teams
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How the Marginal Cost of New Software Approaches Zero with AI Development
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How to Displace $82,000 in SaaS and Contractor Costs with Owned Software Infrastructure
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620x Cost Reduction: How a Solo AI Developer Matches a Dev Shop's Output at 0.16% of the Cost
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What a $105/Month AI Tool Stack Produces: 10 Production Systems, 596K Lines of Code
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Build vs Buy Software in 2026: Why the Calculus Has Changed
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ROI on AI-Assisted Software Development: 23x to 84x Returns (With Audited Data)
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Engineering Team Costs $960K/Year vs Solo AI Operator Costs $67K Total: The Math
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How to Build a $780K-$1.56M Platform for $16,800: Enterprise Software Cost Breakdown
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The Real Cost of AI Coding Tools: $2,664 Across 10 Production Systems Over 28 Months
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Software Build Costs Per Project: How Costs Dropped from $7,995 to $0 Over 9 Products
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Software Infrastructure Monthly Costs: How to Go from $8,367/Month to $825/Month
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