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This is exactly Brian's wheelhouse: a fintech team using AI agents to multiply engineering output with concrete frameworks, tools, and lessons learned. The "compound engineering" approach of building self-improving systems that learn from every bug aligns perfectly with his serverless/automation mindset and side project goals.
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"Why I'm Building My Own AI Code Review Bot"
Most developers are using AI wrong - as a junior developer instead of training it to be their senior reviewer
His experience maintaining multiple side projects while working full-time, needing better code quality without hiring
"The 80/20 Rule for AI-Assisted Development"
80% of AI coding value comes from planning and review, not code generation - most developers have this backwards
Specific metrics from his Chrome extension or print-on-demand automation projects before/after systematic AI integration
"Building Systems That Get Smarter: My Compound Engineering Experiment"
Every bug should make your AI agents permanently smarter, not just fix the immediate problem
Real examples from his webhook integrations or analytics dashboards where the same issues kept recurring
"From 5-Person Team to AI-Augmented Solo Developer"
The right AI workflow can make a solo developer ship like a small team, but only with proper planning discipline
His experience juggling fintech work + multiple side projects + family time
Key Quotes
80 percent of the process is planning and review, not coding
You're now three people: doing your job, being a product manager, and being a boss
Every line of code he'd shipped in the previous two months was written by AI—not assisted, but written
Time-to-ship dropped from over a week to 1-3 days
Code teaches AI how to solve one problem; plans teach it how to think