So I decided to start a journal/blog in 2026. Not to educate, neither to share nuggets of wisdom; I’m too early on my life journey for anyone to pay attention to what I have to say, and there’s still so much to learn. And learning, aggresive learning and AI adoption is one of the things that have made me a bit bitter about the career I love. But I still love it, and I’m committed to keeping it, even if I have to coexist with unreasonable expectations about AI.

So, who am I and why did I decide to start writing?

I’m a front-end developer and UI/UX designer based in the Dominican Republic. I’ve been designing and building websites, web apps and mobile apps for quite a bit, and I’ve loved every piece of it. Every new framework was a mountain to climb, every new design trend? Something fun to try on the next project. I’m used to working in Startups, so I’m used to controlled chaos, long work hours and the visceral feeling you get from working with highly skilled and driven people to get that app out there and solve a real problem.

Now, skip forward to the last 2-3 years and you find that a foreign entity has crept over every inch of the space me and millions of developers and designers love, and has completely changed the rules: Artificial Intelligence.

But don’t get me wrong. This post is not about AI; this post is a byproduct of having to deal with the expectations around AI on a daily basis, and how it made me look for a safe haven where I can type my thoughts outside of AI-driven expectations.

AI is great, useful and is definitely changing how many careers even function out there. But if you’re a tech person who’s studied LLMs and you’ve used any frontier LLM for deep, critical work, you must have realized its flaws, gaps and limitations by now. AIs don’t output quality work on their own; you make them output quality work, through extensive context, refined prompts and supervised iterations.

And that takes time, tons of it.

During the last few months, I’ve found myself with 10x the amount of work for tasks/projects where AI is helpful ~40% of the workload. That other ~60%? It’s still manual, still takes time, still takes writing, thinking, talking to stakeholders, negotiating features, writing emails, booking meetings with decision-makers and more.

Broken processes in large organizations aren’t automated overnight. AI is thrown in the mix, expectations are increased, but you’re still filling the gaps on disfunctional processes.

Building an elegant app that makes 1 user happier is fun; filling gaps on broken processes while delivering 10x output is not. Do it for a few months straight and a strange, bitter flavor stars to show.

So that’s why I decided to start a journal.

A safe space outside the corporate expectations, where I can think outlout about apps, UI, design and wander in the limitless world of ideas, without a deadline, without AI in the loop or prompt refinements. A strong force to help me balance the bitter flavor. Because this is the career I love.

I’m writing for my sanity, and if any of this is helpful to you, thank you for your attention and be my guest.