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After the arrival of Claude, my company has started building a lot of AI “skills” to automate the software development lifecycle.

Some of the skills our CTO has created include:
Jira Ticket Creator
Batch Ticket Analyzer
Interactive Tickets
Auto QA
Manual QA Assistant

For example, the Batch Ticket skill reads a Jira ticket, searches across all of our repositories, identifies the likely root cause, and prepares an implementation plan.

Once the code is implemented, it automatically triggers Auto QA, which runs Playwright tests, attaches the test evidence to the Jira ticket, creates a PR against the target branch, and updates the ticket status.

Lately, management has been saying that developers won’t be writing much code in the future—they’ll mainly review AI-generated code.

To be honest, this makes me a little concerned. It feels like they’re gradually building an AI-driven workflow that automates more and more of the engineering process, and I can’t help wondering whether this could eventually lead to layoffs.

Is anyone else seeing something similar at their company? Is your engineering team building internal AI agents or workflows like this, or is this still uncommon where you work?

I’d be interested to hear what your company is doing and how your developers feel about it.

I've been thinking about something lately.

With AI advancing so quickly, it feels like every country now has the technical capability to build its own communication platforms instead of relying on global ones like WhatsApp or Instagram.

Imagine if every country had its own messaging app, social network, cloud services, and AI ecosystem.

One reason this seems interesting is data privacy and regulations. If a country's citizens primarily used services built and hosted within that country, would concerns around GDPR, data sovereignty, and cross-border data transfers become much simpler?

At the same time, I can see some major downsides.

For example, how would communication work between people in different countries? Would we end up with isolated digital ecosystems? Countries like North Korea already have a much more restricted internet, which made me wonder whether this could become a broader trend.

What do you think would happen if every country built and primarily used its own digital ecosystem?

• What problems would this create?
• What benefits would it bring?
• Would it improve privacy and national security, or would it fragment the internet and make global communication much harder?

I'm curious to hear.

I’ve often heard people say that engineers and developers are great at solving technical problems but struggle to think from a business perspective.
Do you think this is just a stereotype, or is there some truth to it?

Why do you think this perception exists?

Have you worked with technical people who also had strong business instincts?

If you’re an engineer, how did you develop your business mindset?

I’m curious to hear perspectives from founders, engineers, product managers, and anyone who has worked closely with technical teams.

I wanted to share a small milestone that means a lot to me.

Today I got my first paying customer for my app on Google Play.

It may not seem like much, but after spending months designing, building, testing, fixing bugs, and publishing, seeing someone decide my app was worth paying for is incredibly motivating.

Building the app was only half the challenge. Getting people to discover it has been much harder.

For those who have already gone through this journey:

* What helped you get from your first customer to your first 100?
* What marketing channels worked best for you?

I'm excited to keep improving the app and learning along the way.

OneVault Password Manager

App Name: OneVault

What it does: OneVault is a private, offline-first password manager for Android that stores your passwords, cards, notes, and 2FA codes in one encrypted vault. No account and no company server — everything is sealed on your device with AES-256-GCM and unlocked by fingerprint, face, or PIN.

Key Features:

• Built-in 2FA authenticator + autofill, with password health score and breach monitoring (HaveIBeenPwned via k-anonymity, so your password never leaves the device)
• Optional encrypted backup to your own Cloud, restorable only with your private Recovery Key (zero-knowledge — not even we can read it)
• Import from LastPass, Bitwarden, 1Password, or any CSV, plus travel mode, secure send, and emergency access

Goal: Launch

Giveaway: N/A

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.venzor.lockbox