Flask Factory Blog

Articles and engineering notes from the Flask Factory team.

Do We Need to Hire a Programmer to Create Flask Applications or Websites?

By Dean Powers · 2026-11-06

No — an LLM like GLM can write the code, deploy to Google Cloud, and even tell you the DNS records to create. How the Flask Factory works.

How Our Flask AI-Assisted Factory Works

By Dean Powers · 2026-11-06

The step-by-step: describe your idea, create a Google Cloud account, GLM writes and deploys the code, one DNS record, then you review and re-iterate until it's right.

The AI Programming Revolution

By Dean Powers · 2026-11-06

LLMs like GLM can replace a skilled programmer for most coding tasks. What remains for humans is review and strategic direction — and the evidence is already deployed in production.

What Is the History of Flask?

By Dean Powers · 2026-11-06

From an April Fools' joke to the workhorse of the AI era — Flask's story, why it fits AI development, and how it compares to WordPress and Django.

Why Google Cloud Is an Inexpensive Hosting Solution

By Dean Powers · 2026-11-06

What Google Cloud actually costs for a small site, why it beats most alternatives on price, and why it is the preferred host for our Flask Factory.

Why we use Flask

By Dean Powers · 2026-11-05

If Zojax supports Wordpress and Django why do we use Flask for our own website?