https://ryantodd.dev/blog Notes on AI, operational automation, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering. en-us rmtodd618@gmail.com (Ryan Todd) rmtodd618@gmail.com (Ryan Todd) Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://ryantodd.dev/blog/ai-makes-repo-demos-cheap-enough-to-build https://ryantodd.dev/blog/ai-makes-repo-demos-cheap-enough-to-build Most repos do not explain themselves well. A short, replayable explainer of what a system does and how its pieces move used to cost too much to build, so it got skipped. AI changes that math — because it can read the repo first. Here is the case for treating a repo-grounded explainer as a committed artifact, and how to make one. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT rmtodd618@gmail.com (Ryan Todd) aideveloper-experienceplatform-engineeringdocumentationonboarding