Why "Lean" is Now Defined by Algorithms
The solo founder of tomorrow will operate like a corporation of yesterday.
— By Kent Nguyen
The Daily Bits
Vol. I ... No. 12 Ho Chi Minh City, February 24, 2026 Late Edition
"Curated insights and essential tools for the modern solo founder and operational team."
Why We Need Smaller, Smarter Models
As large language models run into real-world cost and latency barriers, the engineering consensus is shifting. Startups and tech giants alike are racing to optimize edge-deployed SLMs (Small Language Models) that can run securely on consumer hardware...
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Opinion
The Death of the Dashboard
If you have to log in to see your metrics, your metrics are already too slow.
— Staff Editorial
The Unbundling of the Software Engineer
AI-powered tools are permanently changing how operational teams handle technical challenges.
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The modern workbench requires fewer screens, and more cognition. (Staff Photo)
For over a decade, software engineering was the ultimate bottleneck. If a business process needed automation, it required a developer, a sprint cycle, and ongoing maintenance. Today, that structural limitation is fracturing.
Non-technical operators are increasingly leveraging modern LLMs and intelligent workflow builders to stitch together complex APIs and logic without writing traditional code.
"We are no longer blocked by our engineering queue," noted one operations director recently. "If there is a repetitive task, we just map out the logic and let the model construct the integration."
This shift is unlocking a new wave of highly efficient, micro-scale businesses where technical capability is decoupled from formal technical training.
Tool Shed
1. Claude 3.7 Sonnet
The new standard for nuanced text reasoning and extreme coding capability.
2. Cursor IDE
If you aren't using an AI-native text editor by now, you are practically typing on a typewriter.
3. Make.com
Visual automation scripting that connects the APIs of the world.
4. Perplexity
The death knell of the blue-link search engine. Answers, cited and summarized.
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