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AI in practice July 2026 · 6 min read

What I learned shipping an AI-powered SaaS in 4 weeks — after 30 years of building software

The honest story of building Avklare with AI-assisted development: what the AI did brilliantly, where it went wrong, and why thirty years of architectural judgment mattered more than ever. Including the moments I almost let it make a very expensive mistake.

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