https://www.harlan.harris.name/tags/donationware/ Recent content in donationware on Harlan D. Harris Hugo -- gohugo.io en harlan@harris.name (Harlan Harris) harlan@harris.name (Harlan Harris) Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.harlan.harris.name/2026/01/ai-assisted-coding-side-projects-and-donationware/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 harlan@harris.name (Harlan Harris) https://www.harlan.harris.name/2026/01/ai-assisted-coding-side-projects-and-donationware/ The rise of AI-assisted coding tools has made it dramatically easier and faster to build small side projects than ever before. What used to take weeks of evenings and weekends can now be done in a few focused sessions, with an AI pair programmer handling much of the boilerplate, debugging, and implementation details. This has opened up new possibilities for building tools that solve personal problems or scratch specific itches, without the overhead of building a full commercial product.