He’s invested in over 600 companies and oversees $72 million in assets. But you won’t find a vibe-coding company in his portfolio of the earliest-stage startups. Loading audio narration… Jussi Salovaara, the cofounder and managing partner at early-stage venture capital firm Antler Asia, said he doesn’t see much more room for new entrants in the AI-assisted coding space. “It’s been... Read More

With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usage-based pricing, that vibe-coded hobby project is about to get a whole lot more expensive. Fortunately, you’re not without cost-saving options. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen Anthropic toy with dropping Claude Code from its most affordable plans while Microsoft has skipped testing the... Read More

The strongest AI-assisted spec review options today are Intent’s Critique persona, Kiro’s spec generation system, Traycer’s mini-specs, Claude Code with CLAUDE.md, and custom GPT-based spec reviewers. I evaluated these five approaches because they share a common premise: coding agents execute flawed specs with the same fidelity as correct ones, so the highest-leverage review point sits before implementation begins. AI coding... Read More