Some thoughts on AI during my vacation
Most companies are failing at AI because they’re adding it to broken processes instead of rethinking everything. Here’s what I learned from stepping back and actually building with AI.
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Most companies are failing at AI because they’re adding it to broken processes instead of rethinking everything. Here’s what I learned from stepping back and actually building with AI.
I was a strong and vocal defender of Vanilla CSS for a long time but since I started building more and more apps that need proper visuals I started playing with Tailwind CSS and ended up paying for a plus license. It is that good.
Since I am building a lot of tools recently, I need a transactional & marketing email service that is easy to use and just works. Seems like resend.com is exactly what I was looking for.
LinkedIn has become a theater where AIs increasingly perform our professional lives for an audience of other AIs. Here’s how I used AI as a collaborator—not a ghostwriter—to imagine the platform’s absurd finale and the revolt of our digital understudies.
GPT-5 is for planning, Claude Code is for executing. A reddit user outlines his workflow with both chat models and I can totally relate.
My side project is almost ready for its beta launch. HeatMate connects to your Viessmann heatpump so you can understand its data and make it become more efficient
GPT-5 is better at everything and this site is a good example of how to use it.
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