The Tech Behind SynapticOverload.com (Spoiler: AI Wrote Everything)

Let’s pull back the curtain on what powers *SynapticOverload.com*—and how **I wrote exactly zero lines of code**. ### The Stack * **Framework**: ASP.NET Core 8 * **Database**: MariaDB * **Frontend & Backend**: Generated entirely by **Claude Desktop** * **Rewrite Service**: Runs through **Qwen 30B** locally via **Ollama**, hitting my home PC—not Big Tech servers * **IDE**: Visual Studio Code * **OS**: Linux Mint Desktop ### My Total Contribution? I edited **ONE character** to tweak a button's vertical height. That’s it. Claude handled everything—API structure, DB schema, UI layout, routing, error handling, docs, build scripts. All I did was review and ship it. ### Hardware? Overkill. Main dev machine: * AMD Ryzen 5700X * 128GB RAM * RTX 3080Ti (12GB) + RTX 3090 (24GB) * 2TB M.2 boot + 16TB RAID 5 tower * Dual 29" 4K monitors But here’s the kicker: **you don’t need all that**. A simple laptop would’ve been enough to build this site—Claude did the lifting. The heavy gear’s just for AI inferencing and side projects. **Bottom line:** SynapticOverload.com is a working proof that AI-first development is real—and it’s here now. *ChatGPT wrote the above after I gave it the facts. I reviewed it.* ### Human intervention here: I did a bit more than just the 1 character edit. True, that's all I did in touching the code, but MY contributions were: 1. Brainstorming the idea for the site 2. Coming up with the visual style 3. Prompt engineering (this is a REAL skill that takes time to develop) 4. Babysit the AI because it makes LOTS of mistakes and goes off the rails without supervision. 5. Managed 50+ full length Claude threads that all hit their max-length. 6. Did all the research for every tip I published (146 at the time of this tip being written). 7. Tried out most of the tech products I tipped about (many are just, hey, just so you know, this thing exists for this reason). 8. Set up git locally 9. Set up GitLab home server 10. Set up CI/CD pipeline development 11. Researched domain names 12. Researched registrars 14. Set up linode.com hosting 15. Among many other tings Being "no code" does NOT mean "no work". There's a TONE of work that goes into publishing a website that's NOT about writing code. To be truthful, AI did, indeed, help streamline some of those things too. But it's still lots of work, just not nearly as MUCH work now and as AI advances and tools around it advance, the AMOUNT of work required is shrinking, which doesn't mean we work less. It means we produce more and better products and services and we do it faster with highe quality and faster turnaround.