Hey — I’m Ahad.

20+ years building software. Full-stack developer, systems thinker, and recovering SaaS addict. I’ve shipped products across web, mobile, and everything in between — Ruby/Rails, C#/.NET, JavaScript/Node, PHP/Laravel - you name it.

These days I’m focused on one thing: software sovereignty for founders.

what’s G8N•AI?

It’s my newsletter and podcast at g8n.ai — built around a simple premise:

Own your tools. Don’t rent them.

Most founders are paying thousands a year to rent software they don’t control — software that can raise prices, change terms, or disappear overnight. G8N•AI is about changing that. Building your own stack. Leveraging AI to make custom software accessible to small teams. Taking back control of your data, your workflows, and your margins.

If you’re a founder who’s tired of being at the mercy of SaaS pricing — follow me on Substack or subscribe to the newsletter

what’s this blog?

This is the dev log. The behind-the-scenes.

The newsletter covers the what and why of software sovereignty. This blog covers the how — the technical deep dives, the build-in-public updates, the AI implementation details, the messy parts that are too nerdy for a newsletter but too useful to leave undocumented.

If you want the polished take, go to g8n.ai. If you want the raw build log, you’re already here.