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Nino Chavez

Chicago

Just-in-Time Software

Just-in-Time Software

Just like cloud killed the server rack, AI is killing fixed tools. I built a full E2E test system from scratch—faster, cheaper, tailored—using nothing but schema, rules, and AI prompts. Why buy tools when you can generate them just-in-time?

Who Reviewed the Reviewer?

Who Reviewed the Reviewer?

This post is about that realization. About what happens when AI becomes the default reviewer, and starts learning from its own reflections. We’re not just debugging code anymore. We’re debugging the system that teaches itself how to review.

Tokens Are Dev Hours. Waste Is a Feature, Not a Bug.

With AI development, waste isn’t hidden in team velocity or burndown charts — it’s itemized on your invoice. That’s not a flaw. It’s a feature.

The AI Engineer Has Joined the Team. Now What?

The AI Engineer Has Joined the Team. Now What?

AI isn’t just accelerating software development — it’s reorganizing it. This post unpacks what changes when you start designing teams, tools, and processes around a human–AI hybrid model. Planning shifts. Costs shift. Roles shift. The real question is: are we ready to shift with it?

From Fear to Flow: How Building a Tournament Manager App Taught Me to Scale with AI

From Fear to Flow: How Building a Tournament Manager App Taught Me to Scale with AI

I didn’t start with a strategy. I started with fear. Here’s how a grassroots volleyball app turned into my personal AI bootcamp—and the repeatable framework I built along the way.

My AI Engineering Team

My AI Engineering Team

I didn’t set out to build an AI team. I just started with ChatGPT prompts for Lovable AI. Over time, it evolved into managing a layered squad of AI tools—architects, coders, and reviewers—working together like a real dev team. This changed how I work and lead AI-assisted projects.

Getting Unstuck: Why We Start With a Sketch

Getting Unstuck: Why We Start With a Sketch

Projects stall when we confuse blockers with priorities. This post explores the “desk-building” metaphor to help teams stop over-planning and start making progress — by sketching first, sorting screws later.