Let me share a small confession. You may not know this, but before I wandered into the world of product management, data systems, and knowledge management, I was a programmer and web designer. The instinct to build things on the web never quite leaves you.
So the other evening I decided to conduct a little experiment. What would happen if I sat down and tried to build a legal technology news aggregator--on my own domain -- from scratch?
Not a concept. Not a prototype. A real, functioning site.
Six hours later… it existed.
The site aggregates news, commentary, and developments across legal technology, artificial intelligence, and the broader technology landscape. Everything is curated into categories so that readers can quickly see what is happening across the ecosystem.
Now, here’s where things get interesting.
I didn’t build it alone.
I built it alongside Claude from Anthropic.
Instead of spending hours writing boilerplate code, searching documentation, or wrestling with frameworks, I described what I wanted. Claude generated code, suggested patterns, refined the interface, and helped structure the logic of the site.
In other words, I was directing the production… while Claude handled much of the stagecraft.
Six hours ago, the site did not exist. Now it does. And that, I think, is the real story.
The barrier to building useful digital tools has collapsed. If you understand the problem space -- product design, data, workflows--you can now move from idea to working software at extraordinary speed.
For those of us in legal technology, that’s rather… intriguing. Because it means the next useful tool might not come from a large team, a venture round, or a lengthy roadmap. It might come from someone with a good idea…and an afternoon. There is something oddly promethean about this whole business!
