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Tech & AIJune 10, 2026 · 6 min read

How a surgeon built thirteen products with AI as his mentor

I operate by day. The rest of the time, I build software. In a year I went from not knowing how to code to thirteen products, eleven already in production, each with its own domain and connected to Stripe. The question I get most is: how?

AI isn't a tool, it's a mentor

The difference between using AI to autocomplete code and using it to learn is enormous. I didn't ask it to write for me; I asked it to explain why. Every error was a private lesson.

A surgeon who codes has an unfair advantage: he owns the problem, demands precision, and moves at the speed of a single brain.

Domain mastery always wins

I built health software because I live health. That advantage, knowing what truly hurts in a clinic, can't be matched by an engineering team without clinical context. Technology can be learned; domain mastery is lived.