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Rewrote this after a year of choosing boring, deterministic solutions over bolting AI onto everything. Curious if others have made the same call, or regretted skipping AI somewhere.

Vijay Kanna, a developer, spent a year removing the server from his application, choosing deterministic solutions over integrating AI. He questions whether others have made similar decisions or regret skipping AI in certain areas.

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Everyone's Adding AI to Everything. I Spent a Year Removing the Server Instead Vijay Kanna Vijay Kanna Vijay Kanna Follow Jul 31 Everyone's Adding AI to Everything. I Spent a Year Removing the Server Instead

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