Reader Toolkit Reference

Changelog

Internal Changelog Laerdal Changelog

Creative-Industries

AI for Creative Professions

Generative AI is a powerful tool that can only be used effectively with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills.

Code-Generators

Are Code Generators really the Death of SaaS?

At what point is building everything you can dream of cheaper than paying subscriptions?

Best-Practices

Back to the Future

Old-school, textbook approaches are the secret to mastering the future of AI — sometimes, progress means going back to proven basics.

Counterintutive Approaches

Build Your Own PC

Building your own PC is the gateway to running powerful AI models locally, unlocking performance beyond cloud costs.

Knowledge-AI

Can Laerdal Know what Laerdal Has Known?

Laerdal’s decades of data are valuable, but only if they can be unified and made actionable.

Product-Development

Consistent Go-to-Market

A disciplined, step-by-step approach is the key to derisking new product launches.

Management-Strategies

Embrace Pirates or See Mutiny

Organizations that embrace their renegade employees can spark innovation—or risk a mutiny.

AI-Workflows

A New API Standard for chaining AI -- Model Context Protocol

Chain and sequence AI operations with Model Context Protocol, a game-changer for AI use and code generation.

Conceptual Frameworks

A Theory of Lossless Innovation

To go forth and innovate while not losing the core business or loyalty of the current customer base is the challenge of our new era.

Near-Future-Anticipation

AI is first a Trojan Horse

A Taste of using AI effectively can be magical, but afterwards is a massive amount of reconfiguration and technology adoption.

Full-Body Commitments

From Rags to Riches

Retrieval Augmented Generation transforms raw data into enterprise AI gold—if you set it up right.

Software-Engineering

From Software Engineering To Managing Large Codebases

Agile-Organizations

Give them a Tool

The right tool at the right time can spark creativity and accelerate progress.

Agile-Organizations

Holacracy-Inspired Reorganization

Holacracy-inspired reorgs promise agility, but require buy-in at every level to succeed.

Tectonic-Shifts

How Docker Changed Everything

Docker revolutionized software deployment by making containers the new standard for portability and scalability.

Tectonic-Shifts

How GitHub Changed Everything

GitHub transformed how developers collaborate, making open source and distributed teamwork the global default.

Tectonic Shifts

How Kubernetes Changed Everything

Kubernetes made cloud-native infrastructure scalable, resilient, and automated for everyone.

Tectonic Shifts

How Markdown Changed Everything

Markdown made digital writing simple, portable, and universally accessible—empowering everyone to publish.

Tectonic Shifts

How Rest APIs Changed Everything

REST APIs revolutionized digital integration, making it easy for apps and services to communicate everywhere.

Near-Future-Anticipation

Non-Developers will become Prototypers.

Vibe Coding gives more accessing to getting something working.

Full-Body Commitments

On Data Gathering

Effective data gathering is the foundation for building intelligent, reliable AI systems.

Counterintutive-Approaches

Open Source is now the Starting Line

Open source has become the ultimate catalyst for rapid innovation and zero-to-one breakthroughs.

Counterintutive-Approaches

Opinionated Engineering

Opinionated engineering delivers clarity and speed—but can also spark debate.

Product-Development

When to Partner with a Startup? When it's time for them to Scale Up

Timing is critical, because startups are not prepared to partner and scale ups will choose partners quickly.

Adjacent Possible

Quantum Computing is Confusing

Quantum computing shatters intuition, leaving even experts grasping for clarity.

Best Practices

Software Development with Code Generators

Code generators are reshaping software development—speeding up delivery while raising new challenges.

Avoid and Peril

Someone's Gotta Keep Up with It

Keeping up with rapid tech change is a relentless challenge, but it’s the key to staying relevant.

Conceptual Frameworks

Technology wants to be Emergent

Emergent technology evolves unpredictably—shaping and reshaping our world in surprising ways.

Counterintutive-Approaches

Tectonic Shifts and Business Configuration

Tectonic shifts in technology force businesses to reconfigure or risk being left behind.

Megatrend-Context

The AI Model Wars

Mindbending sums of money and leadership panics all over the technolgoy world has set a frenzy of activity in the AI Model Wars.

Keeping-Up

The New New Founder Stack

The founder’s toolkit is evolving faster than ever—what’s essential today may be obsolete tomorrow.

Counterintutive-Approaches

The Power of Challenges

Challenges ignite innovation—people rally around a cause, and breakthroughs follow.

Adjacent Possible

The Quest for Better Batteries

The race for better batteries powers the future—every breakthrough could change the world.

Counterintutive-Approaches

The Resurgence of the Terminal

The terminal is making a comeback — simplicity and power are winning over flashy GUIs.

Tectonic Shifts

Timeline of Milestones in Technology

Technology’s history is a timeline of breakthroughs—each milestone reshapes what’s possible.

Counterintuitive Approaches

Tiny Teams with Tiny Ideas

Small teams with focused ideas can spark outsized change.

Counterintuitive Approaches

Web Security is about Preventing Naivety

Web security isn’t just about code—it’s about anticipating naivety at every layer.

Blind Spots

Why Everyone needs to become a Linux User

Linux isn’t just for pros—everyone can benefit from its power, freedom, and flexibility.

Blind Spots

Why Text Manipulation Is Now Mission Critical

AI models speak in text, JSON, and Markdown. Manipulation of these formats has become essential for productivity, automation, and insight.

Tools-of-the-Trade

Why User Research Repositories

User Research Repositories are an upfront investment for enormous gains over time.

Counterintuitive Approaches

Win The Market On Getting Started

The new way to get traction and win the market is to make it easy to get started.

Document Info

Near-Future-Anticipation

Version: 0.0.0.1

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Michael Staton

Perplexica AI

Updated: May 12, 2025

Created: April 4, 2025

Document ID: non-engineers-become-prototypers

Path: non-engineers-become-prototypers

Near Future Anticipation

Non-Developers will become Prototypers.