AI does not replace your engineers. It assists them.

I am Eric Starr, and I teach AI-assisted software development. Learn to avoid AI slop and help your engineers deliver high-quality software faster.

I teach software teams how to build with AI and avoid the slop.

I teach spec-driven software development using AI.

I teach how to use AI as a tool that assists your engineers.

You can avoid AI slop and greatly increase your productivity when you learn to do it well.

Idea → Spec → Plan → Implementation.

It's for software development teams and the people who lead them.

I have worked with solo founders who are also developers, and I have worked with large enterprise teams.

If you were told AI could replace your engineers, you were not told the truth!

We start with a conversation. I want to understand where your team is today and what you need.

I tell you what my development process is, and what your developers will walk away with.

Then I teach in live sessions on your own codebase, remote or on site. That can be one to two days in person, or several remote sessions.

I do not teach a specific tool. The process works with whatever AI tools you use, as long as you have access to the modern generative AI coding models.

Your developers walk away with a set of templates, skills, a local development setup, and a repeatable process for continuous improvement.

Used well, AI helps your team deliver extremely high-quality software faster than was ever possible before.

A willingness to learn, an interest in AI-assisted development, and an understanding of your constraints, like your AI token budget.

I have been a software engineer for over 30 years. I have been using AI-assisted software development for the past 3 years, and I have developed a solid process that greatly assists developers to deliver high-quality software using AI.

“I've known Eric for twenty years and watched him improve how software gets built, long before AI and now with it. He was an early adopter of AI development systems, and ideas from our brainstorming sessions are part of how I build today. I highly recommend him to meet with, train, and advise your team.” — Scott Forsyth, Co-Founder, Kitchen Copilot (https://kitchencopilot.com/)

If you want to talk about AI-assisted software development for your team, email me at eric.starr@soundminds.ai.