JonB

My name is Jon!
I live in Los Angeles. My entire career I've been a software analyst, writing user stories, working intimately with developers, speccing BRDs, user stories, and working on complex projects for proprietary feature development of SaaS apps and backend data integration. I'm industry agnostic, but everyone needs tech and people who know agile and software.
I was laid off twice in less than 12 months. Currently in between jobs I'm leaning in on my veteran experience...I'm not a trained software engineer, I'm a self taught python scripter who loves pandas and SQL data analysis. With those skills, I'm vibe coding a mobile app just because I know the proper handoff channels, mediums, terminology and experience software teams use to vet requirements, build, and ship it out.
I've made some fun apps in my GitHub, but right now I'm laser focused on a new upcoming EV app to debut in SoCal, USA.

Stay tuned to learn more and don't be a stranger!!

a week ago i asked one question here: how do you actually keep up with AI without drowning. i expected tool recommendations. i got something better.

almost nobody talked about which tools. they talked about how to learn at all. the patterns that kept coming up:

saving isnt learning. a bookmark is a parking lot, not a to-do list. it feels like progress and nothing sticks until you actually need it.

stop trying to learn every tool. the people who seemed sane picked a few tied to real work and let the rest go. let the project tell you which tools matter.

Last summer, the idea for my SaaS, Xolora, started to take shape. Around the same time, the concept of vibe coding was blowing up. As a non-technical founder, it sounded like a dream come true. No coding experience? No problem, just let AI handle it.

The beginning was incredibly promising. Using Emergent made me feel unstoppable. I was seeing my idea come to life.