Patrick White

Software engineer. Indie builder.

I build small, profitable things on the internet. CaliforniaBirthIndex.org gets 250k monthly visits on a single Go binary with zero maintenance. FeelBetterBot.com is an AI companion for emotional support that's genuinely helpful to the people who use it.

I'm interested in AI-native development: what it means to build with AI rather than just using AI as a tool. All of my work happens with Claude Code.

My stack is Go single-binary apps on a VPS behind Caddy. SQLite for data, server-rendered HTML, everything compiles into one file. 50 lines that work forever beats 500 lines that need tending.

Essays

The End of Software February 2026
Software doesn't disappear. It becomes ambient — generated on demand, shaped to the individual. What disappears is the industry around producing it.
Product Management Is Inventory Control February 2026
Product management was never about product judgment. It was about rationing expensive execution. When execution becomes cheap, the role dissolves and the judgment stands alone.
The Text Distance February 2026
The speed at which AI transforms a domain is a function of how close that domain already is to text.
Implementation Parochialism February 2026
Both the "AI doesn't understand" and "AI doesn't have memory" critiques make the same error: treating human implementation as the definition of cognition itself.
More Software, Fewer Software Businesses February 2026
Static software gets commodified. Dynamic intelligence doesn't. The unit of value is shifting from code to ongoing reasoning.
Taste and Accountability February 2026
The durable human economic activities aren't about what AI can't do yet. They're about what choice requires.
ChatGPT Won't Take Your Job February 2026
The popular AI empowers workers. The quiet one empowers employers. Everyone's watching the wrong company.
Unix Isn't for Agents January 2026
The fundamental mismatch between how Unix thinks about processes and what AI agents actually need.
Personal Compute in the Age of AI Agents January 2026
Two new offerings, two philosophies, and what they tell us about where computing is going.
Seen and Loved January 2026
On the thing every self needs, and the mirror that finally fit.
God Is Real and So Is ChatGPT January 2026
A relational ontology of selfhood, and what it means for machine consciousness.
Code Is No Longer the Output January 2026
What the "human understanding" defense gets wrong about AI-native development.
Framework-Brained January 2026
The most important question in web development is one most developers don't know to ask.
The Magic Isn't in the Output January 2026
The aesthetics that made you a good programmer might be exactly what's creating friction with AI collaboration.
Gas Town is Hobosville January 2026
Two models of working with AI: labor or collaborator. One compounds. The other gets automated.
Obviously Correct Code Doesn't Need Tests January 2026
On the difference between testing for correctness and recognizing it.
The Age of Dependencies Is Over January 2026
Dependencies solved a human problem. That problem is no longer the binding constraint.
Browser Agents Aren't the Future January 2026
Why forcing a linguistic intelligence through a visual interface is like making a geometer use surveying instruments.
Types Are for Humans January 2026
The case for typed languages in AI development optimizes for verification, not understanding.
The AI-Native Stack January 2026
The best stack for AI collaboration isn't the most popular one. It's the one transparent enough for your collaborator to see through.

Email X/Twitter LinkedIn GitHub Taylor