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Field notes from building in public — the Pivot, brainstorms, whiteboards, and more.
Why my 80-minute live stream vanished and what I learned
An 80-minute live stream with two full whiteboards of ideas disappears into silence — and the failure becomes the most honest lesson of a 28-day pivot.
Why prompting skill beats coding skill in the AI era
Precise prompting is now the highest-leverage skill a builder can develop, and the gap between vague and specific prompts is already separating winners from everyone else.
How I cancelled $1,800 in SaaS on day 24 of live vibe coding
After 24 days of live vibe coding on YouTube, I have cancelled Salesforce, Riverside, Opus Clips, MailChimp, and Squarespace — and replaced every one of them with software I built myself using Claude Code.
China's AI lag is shrinking — what happens when it hits zero
China's open-weight models are closing a gap that once measured a full year, and the geopolitical summit that ended with Boeing jets and no AI deal tells the whole story.
Why I never answer "what are you building" directly
Refusing to answer "what are you building" is the most honest thing I can do — because I'm still finding out, and so is the person asking.