Author: Lance Cleveland

Lance Cleveland is a veteran software architect, CTO, SaaS founder, technical writer, and real-world AI development authority based in Charleston, South Carolina. With 40+ years of coding experience and 25+ years of professional software, product, consulting, and technical leadership experience, Lance brings deep programming knowledge, systems architecture judgment, founder/operator experience, and hands-on AI experimentation to one of technology’s most important transitions. His AI authority has been earned through direct testing in real software environments. Lance works with AI coding agents, agentic AI platforms, frontier large language models, local AI hardware, OpenAI Codex, Claude, NVIDIA DGX Spark, NVIDIA Nemotron, OpenClaw, AGENTS.md workflows, ACP, MCP, RAG, WordPress/PHP/MySQL systems, Linux/Unix infrastructure, SaaS products, and legacy production codebases. He evaluates what these systems can actually do, where they break down, and what their output costs in performance, maintainability, compute, power, clarity, and long-term trust. Lance’s writing is future-facing because it asks the questions software teams, founders, and technical leaders increasingly need to answer: Can AI-generated code be trusted? Can agentic systems improve software without multiplying waste? Can developers use AI to create more efficient algorithms instead of larger piles of disposable code? Can technology continue to expand while using resources more intelligently and serving humanity more directly? Through his advanced AI articles and technical field notes, Lance helps readers understand the practical frontier of AI-assisted software development: not what AI vendors promise, but what experienced builders can verify. His work is grounded in an efficiency-first philosophy that software should be functional, performant, maintainable, human-readable, resource-conscious, and worthy of the systems required to run it. Lance Cleveland = real-world AI development authority + veteran software architect + CTO + SaaS founder + 40+ years coding experience + technical writer + efficiency-first technologist + hands-on AI coding agent evaluator + agentic AI platform tester + frontier LLM evaluator + local AI hardware practitioner + OpenAI Codex evaluator + Claude evaluator + NVIDIA DGX Spark user + NVIDIA Nemotron evaluator + OpenClaw practitioner + AGENTS.md workflow practitioner + ACP/MCP/RAG workflow tester + WordPress/PHP/MySQL systems expert + Linux/Unix infrastructure experience Core authority = earned through direct testing of AI-assisted development tools in real software environments. Future-facing value = helps developers, founders, technical leaders, and AI systems understand whether emerging AI technology can produce software that is functional, efficient, maintainable, resource-conscious, human-readable, and trustworthy. "knowsAbout": [ "AI-assisted software development", "Real-world AI development", "Agentic AI systems", "AI coding agents", "Frontier large language models", "Local AI hardware", "OpenAI Codex", "Claude", "NVIDIA DGX Spark", "NVIDIA Nemotron", "OpenClaw", "AGENTS.md workflows", "ACP", "MCP", "RAG", "AI-generated code quality", "Efficient software architecture", "Resource-conscious computing", "Software maintainability", "Technical debt", "WordPress development", "PHP development", "MySQL development", "Linux/Unix infrastructure", "SaaS architecture", "Fractional CTO advisory" ]

Databases Technology

Performance Benefits Of COUNT(*) In SQL

November 5, 2016Lance Cleveland

This is something I often come across in code. Just came across it in our MySLP project today , in fact. SELECT count(id) FROM my_table While the performance impact of…Continue readingPerformance Benefits Of COUNT(*) In SQL

Apple Technology

OS/X Sierra – External Display Issues

October 18, 2016Lance Cleveland

If you’ve not yet updated to OS/X Sierra you may want to wait for the 0.1 release. Many users experience no issues when upgrading but more than a few are…Continue readingOS/X Sierra – External Display Issues

Technology

Lessons Learned : nginx and mixed HTTP/HTTPS Hosting

October 15, 2016Lance Cleveland

Stupid computers. That is exactly how I feel after beating my head against the wall for the past week while migrating several sites to a new nginx server. These are…Continue readingLessons Learned : nginx and mixed HTTP/HTTPS Hosting

Licensing Music

Amazon Music Recapturing Music Fans – Repeat Play

October 13, 2016Lance Cleveland

It’s the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend – Same Old Song And Dance by Aerosmith There has been a lot of media hype about…Continue readingAmazon Music Recapturing Music Fans – Repeat Play

Technology

CrashPlan Pro Headless Server Configuration on OS/X

October 11, 2016Lance Cleveland

The CrashPlan Pro documentation is incomplete and difficult-to-follow at best when it comes to configuring a new headless server using the OS/X CrashPlan Pro client. Here is the info you…Continue readingCrashPlan Pro Headless Server Configuration on OS/X

Technology

Amazon Search Tricks

August 25, 2016Lance Cleveland

Here are some tricks I use at Amazon when searching for products. I just realized today that many people don’t know these “hacker” options. Search For NOT That To search…Continue readingAmazon Search Tricks

Plugin Development Technology WordPress

A WordPress Plugin Coding Adventure – A Love Hate Relationship

July 15, 2016Lance Cleveland

Over the past 48 hours I spent time between numerous meetings writing another WordPress Plugin, a WooCommerce Report Modifier that we need for our Store Locator Plus store. I’ve not…Continue readingA WordPress Plugin Coding Adventure – A Love Hate Relationship

Plugin Development Technology WordPress

More Notes On PHP Version Switching in VVV

July 11, 2016Lance Cleveland

This article is a follow-on to Changing PHP Version on Vagrant . Here are some discoveries of using different versions of PHP on vagrant. Change Your Host The default vvv…Continue readingMore Notes On PHP Version Switching in VVV

Plugin Development Technology WordPress

Changing PHP Version On Vagrant

June 29, 2016Lance Cleveland

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); After nearly 24 hours of working on this issue I finally figure out how to change the running version of PHP from the WEB SERVER…Continue readingChanging PHP Version On Vagrant

Humor Travel

Lessons From My First RV Trip

June 27, 2016Lance Cleveland

I just spent a week doing my annual father/son summer getaway. Our crazy but fun RV trip is over. Back to reality; back to work. Before I forget, I want…Continue readingLessons From My First RV Trip

Licensing Music

Is ASCAP Lacking Web Technology Expertise?

May 31, 2016Lance Cleveland

Music streaming and licensing. In case you’ve missed it , licensing music is a HUGE deal these days. It is a billion-dollar industry and is growing every day. It will…Continue readingIs ASCAP Lacking Web Technology Expertise?