The Developer's Cycle

Over-the-shoulder look at what I'm building, what I'm learning, and practical refactors.

Build-Learn-Refactor: Leverage of Simplicity

Hey this is Isaac,

Welcome to my new weekly newsletter format. Each week, we explore one build, one lesson, and one refactor. Only practical ideas to help you build better. This week I jumped from untangling a messy Stripe integration to light creativity generating an AI promo video. The mental whiplash is real.

Let's start with the AI Promo Video.


The Build: Directing an AI to Make a Promo Video

I created a 74-second promo video draft in about 30 minutes. AI wrote the code, but I...

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