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I'm currently building AI automation systems that help businesses streamline repetitive tasks, improve productivity, and save time. I'm also available for AI assistant setup, workflow automation, virtual assistance, and data management projects.
I was wrong about AI and development. Here's what changed my mind.
A year ago, if you'd told me AI would touch a meaningful chunk of my actual paid work, I'd have pushed back. I thought of it as a toy for writing boilerplate — useful, but nowhere near the real craft of building something pixel-accurate, something that actually holds up in production.
I don't think that anymore.
I ship landing pages in 1-2 days now that used to take a week. Not because I cut corners — because AI removes the boring 60% (debugging syntax, Googling the same CSS trick for the hundredth time, writing the same n8n node logic from scratch) so I can spend more time on the 40% that actually makes a project good: animation feel, structure that won't break in six months, thinking about what the client actually needs.
Here's the part that surprised me most: the developers who are getting replaced aren't losing to AI directly. They're losing to other developers who figured out how to use AI as leverage, faster than they did.
I used to think "using AI" meant admitting I couldn't do it myself. Now I think refusing to use it is the actual risk.
Still think craft matters more than ever — AI can't tell you what "feels right" for a client's brand, and it definitely can't build trust with a design studio on a call. But the tools changed. Pretending otherwise isn't purity, it's just slower.
What's something you changed your mind about this year?
The shift from seeing AI as boilerplate help to using it in paid work is a relatable arc. What was the first real project where it genuinely changed your mind?
Just wrapped up AutoReport — a multi-user report automation platform, and honestly the project I'm most proud of from this recent build streak.
The idea is simple: connect a data source (CSV, API, or a database), set a schedule, and get your report delivered automatically via Telegram or email. No manual generation, no forgetting to send it.
Built with FastAPI, Streamlit, PostgreSQL, and APScheduler for the scheduling. Fully containerized, 45 passing tests, and a dashboard that covers the whole flow from data source to delivery.
This closes out a 5-project series where each one pushed a bit further — from CLI tools to a real-time platform with WebSockets, and now this. If you're a small business or team drowning in manual reporting, this is basically the tool I wish existed already.
Open to freelance work if this is the kind of thing you need built for your own data/workflow.
github.com
GitHub - rizalcodes/autoreport: Multi-user SaaS-lite report automation platform — add a data source (CSV/API/DB), schedule daily/weekly/monthly reports, and receive them automatically via Telegram or email. Built with FastAPI, Streamlit, PostgreSQL, and APScheduler.
Multi-user SaaS-lite report automation platform — add a data source (CSV/API/DB), schedule daily/weekly/monthly reports, and receive them automatically via Telegram or email. Built with FastAPI, St…
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