Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

I Gave an AI a Decade of My Notes and a Soul. Then It Gut-Punched Me.

What happens when you build an AI mentor that's engineered to tell you the truth instead of what you want to hear.

Jun 29 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

How do you AI-enable a team? 6-level ladder for AI to compound

Getting your team to use AI is the easy part now. Making it AI-native is where the compounding lives. Here’s the six-level ladder, and the 2026 data on…

Jun 11 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

May 2026

Why My Engineers Stayed While Everyone Else Was Job-Hopping

26 hires. 9 fires. Zero regrets. Respect, Autonomy, Radical Candor.

May 14 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

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April 2026

Clay would’ve charged me $40,000. I spent $225.

Build-vs-buy logic flipped in the AI era. The credit math, the time tracking, and the moat that isn't the code.

Apr 29 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

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The Moment You've Outgrown Your Dev Agency

A practical guide to building your own engineering team from someone who's done it

Apr 7 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

March 2026

The Six-Pack Question Every CEO Should Ask Their Team

Years of effort, zero results. Until my 5-year-old asked one question.

Mar 18 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

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You've Got PMF. Now How Do You Build the Team?

How to go from scrappy MVP to a real engineering org without burning your cash or your sanity.

Mar 4 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

February 2026

Burning My Own Budget on Ads after 15 Years Building Marketing SaaS

What happens when a tech person stops building the tracking and starts spending the budget.

Feb 19 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

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Why Tripling Your Dev Team Won't Triple Your Output

And what to do instead

Feb 4 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

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January 2026

Your Competitors Are Shipping Faster With AI. Are You?

What I've learned helping engineering teams actually capture AI's potential

Jan 21 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

Don't Transform Your Team. Confront Reality Instead.

Best process emerges from friction, not frameworks.

Jan 6 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

December 2025

All Work Must Be in Jira

The unpopular rule that saved every team I've led

Dec 27, 2025 • It's Dionis Lebedev 🇺🇦

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