# #2024 — Jan Wilmake's Blog

Posts tagged with **2024**

## Posts

- [Moving away from my 150k LOC Monorepo](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/connected-repos.md): 4/1/2024 - Details the transition from a 150k LOC monorepo to a decoupled, open-source architecture where each package is its own repository, simplifying distribution and collaboration.
- [hardware-screenless](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/hardware-screenless.md): 1/1/2024 - Argues against the need for new hardware for AI assistants, proposing that existing simple phones paired with good headphones can deliver bidirectional voice interfaces effectively.
- [Installing MacOS without an internet connection](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/internetless-software-development.md): 1/1/2024 - Investigates creating a completely internet-free development environment with large LLMs, exploring privacy, security, and focus benefits while documenting installation challenges and workarounds.
- [Outcomputed](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/outcomputed.md): 1/1/2024 - Predicts the decline of human utility as AI surpasses knowledge workers in capability, proposing becoming "compute allocators" to stay relevant in an AI-dominated future.
- [scalable-ideas](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/scalable-ideas.md): 1/1/2024 - Demonstrates how LLMs enable scalable knowledge work by breaking down complex tasks into API-driven subtasks, using building websites for GitHub repos as a practical example.
- [The post-smartphone era is coming.](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/the-post-smartphone-era.md): 1/1/2024 - Explores the shift from smartphone apps to natural language voice interfaces powered by AI agents, advocating for open source approaches to eliminate traditional business boundaries.
- [Why are systems always so hard to integrate with other systems?](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/why-are-systems-not-working-together.md): 1/1/2024 - Analyzes the barriers preventing seamless system integration and proposes solutions like API search engines and GPT normalization to overcome vendor lock-in and integration complexity.
- [Why I won't join your startup](https://blog.janwilmake.com/2024/why-i-wont-join-your-startup.md): 1/1/2024 - Advocates for independent one-person companies forming reciprocal networks instead of traditional co-founder startups, reducing interpersonal risk while maintaining autonomy and flexibility.