Here We Go Again

A CovId Comp & Blog Relaunch

CovId Redux

The last time I felt this way was March 6, 2020. [1]

I was at my buddy’s bachelor party in New Orleans, and for the previous two months, I’d been anxiously watching the spread of CovId. We’d stockpiled supplies. I wore a mask. I almost cancelled at the last minute, and although I ended up flying out, I was on edge the whole flight.

And yet … everything seemed fine. Looking around, life seemed normal and nobody was concerned, including multiple friends who were doctors. I remember thinking to myself I’m being neurotic and paranoid, and this CovId thing is probably an Internet panic that will peter out.

One week later the country was locked down.

I’m starting to feel that same dissonance again. On the one hand, most of the time everything looks and feels normal. My day-to-day life is very similar to how it was a year ago. That is except for my day job.

I’m a software engineer … who no longer writes code. I now chat with my computer and it does my job better than I can. And increasingly, I don’t even sit at my computer when I code. This past weekend I edited a major code change by texting my AI bot in between games of pickleball.

Like CovId, my Twitter feed is freaking out as AI-written code increases exponentially.

Like CovId, this change will likely transition from being an internet meme to impacting (and disrupting) the lives of normal people.

Like Covid, I’m genuinely concerned that the world isn’t prepared for what’s coming.

As I see this disconnect between “normal” day-to-day life and the crazy stuff happening on my phone, I keep saying to myself “here we go again.”

Blog Relaunch

As I’ve watched the AI agent revolution take place and incorporated these tools into my life, I’ve noticed a couple changes. First, the capabilities of these things are noticeably improving every month, even every week. I didn’t trust these things for major code changes as late as August 2025 but now they’re able to build whole apps from scratch. Just last week, while I was putting gas in my car, I started texting my AI agent to code up a prototype for an app I’ve been wanting to build for years. By the time my tank was filled, it sent me a working codebase. I made more progress in those couple of minutes than in the previous years combined.

Second, as my skills and know-how have increased, people are reaching out to me with questions and advice on a more frequent basis. Nobody was asking for my thoughts as of last year, but now I’m fielding requests from one or two new people each week. And in each of these conversations, there’s a consistent theme: “This AI stuff is cool but how do I use it?” My response is “ask the AI, do what it says, and repeat this until your life gets better”, but that doesn’t seem to be enough. Most people are still too overwhelmed or intimidated to give them a try.

Except … when I show them concrete use cases. Then things seem to click. For example, most of my friends don’t code and never will, but they all want better to-do lists, email management, expense tracking, tax prep, etc. All of these are great AI use cases! Instead of doing these on a case-by-case basis, I’m going to write them down so anybody can reference and integrate to reduce the tedium and BS in their lives.

In addition, as I add more use cases, I hope it gives you ideas and guidance on how to use these tools in your life. While this can be fun and empowering, it also may be necessary. AI agents have transformed software over the last year, and I expect they will take over your industry soon. That process may already be under way. If that’s the case, you can either a) embrace these tools and get ahead of the curve or b) stick your head in the sand and hope for the best. The choice is yours.

One last thing. I originally had the goal to “Vibe100”, aka vibe code 100 apps, back in June 2025, but I didn’t prioritize it. Since then, things have changed and now I think its time has come.

Let’s see if we can get to 100 apps.

Here we go again.

[1] I’m not the only one making this observation. Twitter is replete with people making the same CovId-GenAI comparison, with this Twitter post being the most viral and prominent. You should read it if you have time, I agree with pretty much everything in it.