Notes from building RunMirror — what 14 years of running data taught me about who I am, how AI is changing solo software building, and the engineering practices I keep having to learn the hard way.
One day after the four pull requests: 155 automated checks, a security scanner that found my own bugs, and a production deploy that now stops at 10% and waits for me.
What an assessment of my own repo got right, what a green status page got wrong, and the four practices I finally let into the pipeline.
Or — how AI generates code at infinite speed, and why that only matters if a human is in the loop with the instinct to push back.
Six specific bugs we hunted, three moments AI was extraordinary, and what the role of a builder actually is now.
TAB Forward, Chapter 3: The shift that scales intelligence, excellence, and cognition.
Written by Balaji Mudduluri — technologist, weekend builder, and a runner since 2013. RunMirror is a weekend project.