Laraue Software Blog β€” C# .NET Development & Open Source

Real code, real decisions, real tradeoffs. We write about what we build β€” .NET libraries, Telegram bots, AI integrations, and the architecture mistakes worth learning from.

Why reviewing AI-generated code is often more expensive than writing it yourself
The modern approach to development increasingly comes down to one claim β€” AI should write the code, and the developer just steers it and checks the results. The fact that reviewing generated code well enough to trust it is often slower than writing it yourself gets quietly left out.
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Prototyping the interface with AI before writing code
Part 2 of building a Telegram task tracker solo. Why we start with the interface, how AI HTML prototypes replaced Figma, and how the first Laraue Boards prototype turned out.
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How we decide what to build β€” validating a product idea in a crowded market
Validating a product idea before writing code β€” researching the market, testing the idea in public, and using AI to judge whether it is realistic to compete for the keywords you need.
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How we build β€” engineering principles for working on real products
The engineering principles Laraue projects follow β€” start from the user path, do not overcomplicate ahead of time, split logic into layers, isolate third-party integrations, and where AI helps and where it is not allowed near the codebase.
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