Muhammed Bayram

Essays

Muhammed Bayram

Software developer in Hanau, Germany, running bayram.solutions, a software agency that builds AI systems for businesses.

Thoughts, written in English and German.

2026

  1. a ban of open source LLMs would be the end of the world

    and the dawn of the final enclosure

  2. The Boring AI Gold Rush

    The next version of the small website agency will not only build pages. It will build small digital workers.

  3. Generic Software Won't Survive AI

    Notion, Monday, Airtable - they were solutions to a problem that's disappearing. The problem was that custom software was too expensive. It isn't anymore.

  4. No Machine Has Ever Made Humans Work Less

    Every major technology caused short-term layoffs and long-term demand expansion. The printing press didn't create unemployment. It created the publishing industry. AI is no different.

  5. Every Domain Expert Is Now a Founder

    Software for beekeepers. Custom ERP for alpaca farms. A scheduling app built by a physiotherapist for physiotherapists. The long tail of digitalization just got a brain.

  6. Token Anxiety and the Lie of Free Time Through Productivity

    Every productivity leap in history promised more leisure. Every single one delivered more work instead. AI won't be different - and this time the acceleration is personal.

  7. Productivity Killed Your Free Time. AI Is Next.

    Every productivity leap in history promised more leisure. Every single one delivered more work instead. AI won't be different - and this time the acceleration is personal.

  8. Mass Surveillance Was Blind. LLMs Gave It Eyes.

    They collected everything but couldn't read it. Metadata was the compromise - not because they didn't want your messages, but because no one could process them. That bottleneck just disappeared.

  9. Code Is Cheap Now. That's the Point.

    The first wave of companies will fire developers. The second wave will wonder why their competitors ship 100x more.

  10. The CS Degree Is Dead. Long Live the CS Degree.

    For 10 years everyone said you don't need a CS degree. They were right. Then AI showed up and flipped the table.

  11. AI Is Not a Multiplier - It's an Exponent

    Books, the internet, now AI. Every knowledge revolution promised to close the skill gap. Every time, the opposite happened. This time the math is worse.

  12. AI Will Never Reach “Human Level” - and the Reason Is Hidden in Our Definitions

    AI will keep smashing milestones, but performance isn’t proof of personhood. The goalposts keep moving because we don’t even agree on what “human level” means.

  13. The Podcastization of Books: Why Audiobooks Feel Wrong - And What Should Replace Them

    Audiobooks aren't broken because of narration quality - they're broken because they ignore how humans actually learn. This essay explores why nonfiction needs to be spoken, not read aloud, and how AI could rehumanize knowledge delivery through natural dialogue.

  14. The Reinvention of the Software Developer

    AI is transforming software development. The traditional developer role is evolving into something faster, leaner, and closer to the product. Welcome to the era of the Product Engineer.

2017

  1. Ethik & Moral bei künstlichen Intelligenzen de

    Wen soll das selbstfahrende Auto anfahren, wenn es keinen Ausweg gibt? Ein Gedankenexperiment und die Fragen, die der Gesetzgeber beantworten muss.

  2. 2070 - Das Athen der Zukunft? de

    Wenn KI die Hälfte der Berufe ersetzt, braucht es ein Grundeinkommen. Und danach eine Gesellschaft, die wieder Zeit zum Philosophieren hat.

  3. Künstliche Intelligenzen: Eine Einleitung de

    Von Hephaistos' künstlichen Dienerinnen bis zur exponentiellen Entwicklung: warum die alten Träume gerade wahr werden, und wer sie fürchtet.