Building software is hard, but don’t let that stop you.

I’m Mike — a fractional CTO helping teams ship better software. I work with startups and scale-ups to build strong engineering cultures, make sound technical decisions, and deliver products that matter.
Mike Veerman

Writing

The Future of AI Is Surprisingly Boring

Freeing up carbon brains is the winning strategy.

SubstackJuly 25, 2026

Open-Source LLMs Will Win

Anyone who looks at the history of software development can see where this is heading.

June 30, 2026

The AI Half-Marathon

Two loud groups crowd the AI conversation, but most of us are just running the race.

June 15, 2026

The end of the all-you-can-eat buffet

The all-you-can-eat era of AI is ending. Compute constraints, heavier models, and a fully hooked user base are pushing providers toward pay-as-you-go. That shift will force better choices, smaller models, and fiercer competition between tools.

madewithloveMay 20, 2026

AI is not that expensive. We're just wasteful.

What the testing pyramid can teach us about the future of intelligent workflows.

SubstackApril 5, 2026

40 days of Doom

What my autonomous game engine tells us about the future of software development

SubstackMarch 30, 2026

The artificial Turk and our role as software experts

Software experts must balance enthusiasm for generative AI's genuine capabilities with critical scrutiny to prevent unchecked hype from driving poor technical decisions.

madewithloveMarch 30, 2026

Running multiple Claude accounts without logging out

How to manage multiple Claude Code accounts across different machines using Jean-Claude to selectively sync configuration while keeping account-specific data separate.

madewithloveMarch 26, 2026

QA is the last bottleneck

As software development feedback loops accelerate toward minutes, quality assurance remains the final bottleneck where human judgment is still required.

madewithloveMarch 17, 2026

Daily Doom: Fighting demons and software entropy

An experiment in fully autonomous software development

SubstackFebruary 21, 2026