There has never been a better time to build something on the side. AI has dramatically lowered the cost of turning an idea into a real product, and suddenly everyone is trying. But when you already have a full-time job, building is only half the challenge - the real constraint is your attention. Drawing from my own experiments building and running multiple side projects with AI, I’ll share what worked, what failed, and what I learned along the way: how to choose projects that won’t become a second job, delegate more than just coding to AI, automate as much as possible, and build the tools and controls that let you keep things running without constantly being there.
Senior Staff Engineer @ Lemonade