Citizen Dev

A non-professional developer empowered with AI, tutorials, and low-code tools to rapidly build “solutions” that appear impressive, function intermittently, and can’t be maintained. Known for creating five new systems instead of fixing one, solving simple problems with maximum architectural creativity, and introducing just enough risk to keep the security team employed indefinitely.

John went full citizen dev on ZebraBuddy, delivering a “quick fix” that technically works, practically breaks everything else, and officially becomes everyone else’s problem.

Citizen Dev by floatingsidewalk April 15, 2026

citizen developer 

A non-profesional developer who can use stack overflow and tutorials to make awesome technology using lots of time and effort.

The citizen developer can deploy their resources to help scientists develop new therapeutics to a variety of diseases by the means of simulating protein dynamics

citizen developer by bitterdev May 19, 2020