Daniel Saewitz

indie software engineer, bootstrapped founder, budding writer https://saewitz.com

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Tests Are The New Moat

As AI becomes better at cloning people's open source work, what ends up becoming most valuable are software contracts, tests, and API surface area. This clashes the incentives of clearly defining your…

Feb 24·1 min read·44 words

Turning Your Robot Vacuum Into a Mesh VPN

I bought a robot vacuum and went down a path of understanding how wi-fi enabled devices can cross a line of security and privacy. In doing so, I figured out how we can keep our devices secure and isol…

Feb 16·1 min read·64 words

Coding Is Changed Forever

agentic coding

Jul 22·1 min read·6 words

Code Lifecycles

code should die

May 6·1 min read·5 words

Server Components Give You Optionality

not a prescription

Apr 30·1 min read·8 words

Abusing RSC's Cache For Blog Footnotes

stable pointers

Mar 8·1 min read·8 words

Lessons on Creative Work

learned or validated

Jan 22·1 min read·7 words

The Mental Model of Server Components

hydration and composition

Dec 4·1 min read·9 words

This Just Might Work

external energy

Oct 23·1 min read·6 words