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Alvar Laigna

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Field notes on building companies, shipping technology and the messy human bits in between. No newsletter pop-ups — just text that respects your time.

AI Jun 2026 · 13 min read

AI Has Left the Chat Window: Chips, Agents, and the New Local Compute Race

A news-analysis article on the latest AI model, agent, and chip developments, from Claude Opus 4.8 and xAI/Grok Build to NVIDIA RTX Spark, HBM bottlenecks, and the infrastructure reality behind the AI boom.

AI Jun 2026 · 5 min read

The Hidden Risks of Vibe-Coding: Security, Lock-In, and the Illusion of Completeness

Managed vibe-coding tools are powerful accelerators, but they come with significant hidden risks. Here is what entrepreneurs and product owners need to know about security illusions, vendor lock-in, and dependency issues.

AI May 2026 · 7 min read

The Rise of Managed Vibe-Coding: A Guide to Modern AI App Builders

A comprehensive research and comparison of managed vibe-coding platforms, helping entrepreneurs and product owners navigate the transition from simple code generators to managed product-generation infrastructure.

Tehisintellekt May 2026 · 2 min read

Renditud mõistus: Eesti riskantne panus tehisintellektile

Eesti digiriik on teinud üsna riskantse valiku OpenAI kasuks. Eesti.ai algatus ja "tehisintellekti tiigrihüpe" toovad esile strateegilise, ent murettekitava valiku, oleme valmis vahetama oma pikaajalise tehnoloogilise suveräänsuse lühiajalise kasvu ja kiire rakendatavuse vastu.

AI May 2026 · 10 min read

Context Beats Tests: An Engineering Discipline for the LLM Era

Why "AI should always TDD" is half-right, and what senior engineers actually do instead. The real leverage stack: Context, Types, Tests, Vibe coding, and where evals fit.