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Essays on product engineering strategy, AI-assisted development, and running a small technical team doing WEBSITES. From the Billiam team. For you. Human. To read. To know more.

  1. Dopamine blogging

    How to actualy enjoy updating your blog

    a video of me keeping my website tidy with my voice

    a video of me keeping my website tidy with my voice
  2. A chat about the Jay framework with Wix Enterprise

    Notes from a conversation with Yoav Abrahami, CTO at Wix Enterprise, about the Jay framework and building websites with AI while staying in the loop as a human.

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    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a puppy
  3. The Latest Pipeline Builder is Github

    LinkedInfluencers saying to use Github is... kinda cool??

    Guide to OWNING your website & having a delicious time updating it

    Guide to OWNING your website & having a delicious time updating it
  4. Platformers are Platforming.

    Tai's "Substack writers, you need a website!" hit the front page of hacker news today

    Francisco Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son (1819-1823), via Wikipedia. SORRY I KNOW ITS GROSS

    Francisco Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son (1819-1823), via Wikipedia. SORRY I KNOW ITS GROSS
  5. The Platform Tax

    A luxury rentals solopreneur got a quote from a Wix developer to expand his site that included a percentage of his business.

    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a stock photo of an older macbook with inspirational text

    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a stock photo of an older macbook with inspirational text
  6. What Are We Even Doing?

    Webflow vs Wordpress, Lovable vs Bolt.new, AWS vs GCP -- the stack question always depends on what you're actually building.

    a stunning image to represent this post

    a stunning image to represent this post
  7. Wait, was ur website VIBECODED?

    Seven painfully obvious tells that a website was vibe-coded and nobody stuck around to fix it.

    a HiGH quALITy website

    a HiGH quALITy website
  8. Not having a website.

    An outline on why a LinkedIn profile is not the same as owning a website.

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    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a puppy
  9. The Legitimacy Problem

    Businesses without a website aren't just losing sales -- they're running a legitimacy risk in an age of AI-driven scams.

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    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a puppy
  10. Billiam Summer Offer

    Billiam Summer Offer - Migrate off Webflow/Wordpress to AI-ready code -- a packaged service

    coding summer offers while fut

    coding summer offers while fut
  11. Naming a New Endeavor Without Screwing up

    Dos and don'ts from 40+ domain purchases -- TLDs, punctuation, Cloudflare, generic naming, and language checks.

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    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a puppy
  12. Shadow Engineering Squads

    Project TNT - Today, Not Tomorrow! or when to avoid writing a competing version of your business

    thinking about SHADOW engineers in the fall with SHADOWS

    thinking about SHADOW engineers in the fall with SHADOWS
  13. Cloudflare Buys VoidZero

    On the Cloudflare acquisition of Vite maker VoidZero, Evan You, and 15 years of frontend build tooling.

    void zeros SICK logo

    void zeros SICK logo
  14. Before You Install Clawdbot/Moltbot

    A guide (and alternatives) for business owners and AI tinkerers tempted to turn their laptop into an agent that acts on their behalf.

    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a puppy

    team billiam forgot the image, so here's a puppy
  15. The Dreamer and the Survivalist

    Why software planning needs both the hopeful builder and the realist -- and what happens when programmers start playing the Dreamer.

    survivalist and the dreamer

    survivalist and the dreamer