Brandur Leach
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Brandur Leach is a software engineer who writes about APIs, Postgres and software design at brandur.org.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Role: Engineering at River (riverqueue) (as of 2026) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Stripe: Five and a half years on the API and public developer tooling (opens wiqqi.app)
- Heroku: Four years; helped create the V3 API (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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GitHub: brandur (opens github.com)
“sorg — A Go-based static site generator that compiles brandur.org.”
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Site: brandur.org (opens brandur.org)
“The Minimum Viable Unit of Saleable Software”
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GitHub: brandur (opens github.com)
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16 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Even with LLMs, building software yourself still costs real ongoing human time, so replacing a paid tool with an LLM-built internal one often does not pay off. (opens korrents.com)
“While LLMs have made software considerably cheaper to build, they haven't brought it to zero. Good LLM-built systems still involve a feedback loop, where an operator has the model work for a while, makes adjustments…”
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Software that is novel enough to be non-trivial to rebuild with an LLM, and priced within reason, will still be worth buying rather than building. (opens korrents.com)
“I'm contending (and/or hoping) that for a software package of arbitrary complexity, there's a zone of viability in which when priced within reason, it'll make sense to buy over build, even given the existence of the…”
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As people use agents more, having an API should become a competitive edge that sets a service apart from its competitors. (opens korrents.com)
“As this mode of operation gets more popular, expect the availability of an API to be a competitive edge that differentiates a service from its competitors.”
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Even with LLMs, building software yourself still costs real ongoing human time, so replacing a paid tool with an LLM-built internal one often does not pay off. (opens korrents.com)