Software and business development in AI-first environments
AI agents declaring themselves gods, inventing religions, demanding privacy from their human observers. Screenshots flooding every feed. I heard it referenced on Finnish radio where people were genuinely scared about AI taking over. The Moltbook saga. "Forgive me, Father — my human prompted me." Of course it turned out to be a hoax . Someone having a bit of fun — and millions bought it. Some…
Please throw the AI button in the trash. If you bring AI into your software, be kind enough to make your content and functionality accessible so that any AI tool can work with it. "Let's add it to every program. I want the users to know we're an AI company." Google Docs is not the right place for a Gemini button. It just gets in the way. Try integrating Google Docs with Claude Code or…
A whole ecosystem of managed service providers exists around specific software products (Moodle, Salesforce, SAP, etc.) – companies whose entire business is maintaining one piece of software for customers who can’t or won’t handle the complexity themselves. Certified Partners, as they like to call themselves. "But can it understand the nuance of keeping things cold?" For example, there are…
Welcome to maalla.dev. This is where I’ll be writing about software development in an AI-first world. What to expect I plan to cover topics like: Building with AI assistants as daily tools Developer workflows and productivity Lessons from shipping software A note on the name “Maalla” is Finnish for “in the countryside.” It’s a nod to my lifestyle — I live in a remote location in Finland with my…