AI fixed how fast I can build. It broke how I know what I'm building.
The author discusses how AI has accelerated the process of building projects but has complicated the tracking of those projects. They now find themselves with multiple half-built projects and no clear way to manage or communicate their status. After trying various project management tools without success, they developed a personal markdown convention to better organize their work.
- ▪AI has made it easier to generate ideas and start projects quickly.
- ▪The author currently has 5-10 half-built projects with unclear statuses.
- ▪Traditional project management tools did not meet the needs of AI-assisted solo work.
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- ▪ I'm broke now and don't know how to move things ahead — r/personalfinance
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| Canonical URL | https://dev.to/yrangana/ai-fixed-how-fast-i-can-build-it-broke-how-i-know-what-im-building-2lnp |
| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 01:27:40 +0000 |
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3936995) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } yasiru R Posted on May 18 • Originally published at linkedin.com AI fixed how fast I can build. It broke how I know what I'm building. #ai #claude #productivity #tooling A markdown convention I wrote to track 5-10 half-built projects without losing my mind, and without another SaaS subscription. TL;DR. AI made it cheap to generate ideas, draft plans, and start projects. It did not make it cheap to track them.
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