An AI-oriented tech stack
Boring meets bleeding edge
I use PHP, mySQL, VPS, plain JavaScript, and Tailwind now. And coding had never been easier. All because of AI.
One-shotting something is relatively easy. I hardly ever go in circles with the LLM. Fixes seldom take more than 1-2 tries. Even lazy prompting is forgiving, and works mostly.
I don’t know why for sure, but maybe there’s something about using simple, stable tech with lots of existing training data that makes it fit well with AI.
Maybe it’s how I try to use as little third-party dependencies as possible – less surface area for anything breaking, less time needed to update and maintain.
Maybe it’s how I enjoy keeping everything on a single files – single index.html, single index.php. PHP code at the top, HTML and Tailwind in the middle, and JavaScript at the bottom. A boring architecture, maybe even outdated, some devs would say. But ALL the context needed for AI to parse and for me to reason about. No need to search the codebase (even though Cursor can).
I love how using boringly simple traditional tech works so well with cutting edge tech like AI.
Old school meets new. Boring meets bleeding edge.
The contradiction feels almost poetic!
By the way, I’m still showing up, still shipping monthly Carrd plugins!
This one's been a blast to make – add interactive fireworks that follows your mouse, to your Carrd site's background.
Perfect for jazzing up registration or payment success pages.