Essays & notes
26 practical guides on AI-native building: agent systems, setups, and prompt systems. Written for Instagram, republished here in full.
2026-08-10 · 5 minAn animated illustration of yourself, from one photo
The character on my homepage waves, then goes back to work when you scroll. One photo in, a folder of JPEGs out: about an hour, and roughly 40 credits. Here's the recipe, including the four things that cost me the most time.
2026-07-31 · 5 minThe 3-line CLAUDE.md
anthropic deleted over 80% of the instructions they wrote for claude code, and their coding scores came back the same. the one rule for what to cut, the three buckets to sort every line into, and the /doctor check that finds deletions for you.
2026-07-21 · 9 minOpenCodex: use multiple models inside Codex and Claude Code
a local proxy that routes your existing codex or claude code setup to gemini, groq, kimi, openrouter, or a model on your own machine, without migrating anything. the full install, a one-provider first test, and the security checklist.
2026-07-07 · 2 minLiquid Glass for the web: the free file + the skill
A free, MIT-licensed module that renders real refraction (not fake blur) for any web element, plus a Claude Code skill that applies it on command.
2026-06-18 · 4 minSpendly: the expense tracker that never leaves your Mac
How Spendly turns bank SMS alerts into a private spending dashboard that runs entirely on your Mac, with only store names and currency rates ever touching the internet.
2026-06-18 · 4 minLoop engineering: the 5 pieces that make an AI agent work while you sleep
The five building blocks (automations, worktrees, skills, sub-agents, and memory), that turn a one-off prompt into a system that runs itself.
2026-06-15 · 1 minTurn Claude into your personal tutor: the /teach skill setup
Setup notes for Matt Pocock's /teach Claude Code skill, which builds tailored interactive lessons, quizzes, and cheat sheets and remembers what you've already learned.
2026-05-23 · 4 minHow I Replaced My $40/mo ManyChat Auto-DM Setup With Meta's API
Build notes on rebuilding a single comment-to-DM workflow with Meta's Instagram Graph API, webhooks, Notion, and a Cloudflare Worker: for $0/month instead of $40.
2026-05-22 · 9 minDeveloper tools for AI builders
a devtools guide for non-engineers building with ai: inspect what the ai built, understand what's wrong, and turn that observation into a better prompt.
2026-05-18 · 3 minVoice is replacing clicks. Here's where to go deep.
A curated reading list tracking the shift from click-based UX to voice and intent-driven interaction, spanning OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, and the generative UI layer.
2026-05-12 · 3 minTab Dump: install & build guide
How to install the /tab-dump Claude Code slash command that snapshots open Chrome tabs into Notion, plus the full build brief to recreate it from scratch.
2026-05-01 · 7 minAgent Orchestration: The 3 Big Releases (Apr 2026)
Warp went open source, Cursor shipped an SDK, and OpenAI open-sourced Symphony: three releases in one week that move the unit of work from prompt to ticket.
2026-04-30 · 9 minEarth in Blender + a live website: the full guide
a real-time interactive 3D earth, modeled in blender, running live in the browser via react three fiber. built in an afternoon with two prompts: one for blender, one for claude code.
2026-04-22 · 8 minGPT Image 2.0 dropped. Here are 23 prompts that actually work.
23 copy-paste prompts for GPT Image 2.0: three i ran myself against Nano Banana Pro, twenty more across branding, infographics, packaging, and social. plus the one thing that makes all of them better.
2026-04-20 · 9 minYour Claude has emotions. Here's how to prompt it without stressing it out.
Anthropic found 171 emotion-related patterns inside Claude, and your prompts are turning them up and down without you knowing. Five rules I actually use now, with before/after examples.
2026-04-17 · 9 minI asked Claude Opus 4.7 to build me an Awwwards-worthy landing page. Here's the prompt.
Two prompts (a high-level one and a fully locked-in master prompt), that get an editorial, ultra-modern landing page out of Claude Opus 4.7 in a single shot, plus why each works.
2026-04-10 · 7 minI gave my content agent an actual memory: mem0, honestly reviewed
every new session my agent forgot everything, so i plugged in mem0. one command, 51 memories later, here's what works, the privacy caveats, and the full setup.
2026-04-07 · 6 minBuild Your Own Karpathy Wiki: From Scratch
A self-maintaining personal knowledge base in 10 minutes: markdown files in folders, no plugins, no vector DB, no Obsidian.
2026-04-04 · 6 minBuild Your First Personal AI Agent in Claude Code
A personal assistant with Notion, Gmail, and Calendar access that remembers things across sessions: built in 20 minutes, running entirely on your machine.
2026-04-01 · 8 minHow to Integrate Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Into Your App: The Complete Guide
a no-BS guide from actually building real-time two-way voice into a production health app: every mistake, dead end, and 'aha' moment included.
2026-03-27 · 2 minWhich AI tool should you level up to?
most people are stuck at level 1 with ai, chatting. the five-level progression from chatting to building to shipping to automating to orchestrating, with the tools for each jump.
2026-03-26 · 6 minFigma MCP + Claude Code: the full setup guide
claude can now build directly inside your figma files (frames, components, variables), and generate code from your designs. here's the exact setup, the prompts that work, and the gotchas.
2026-03-23 · 1 minHow to set up Browser Use CLI (automate any browser task)
a command-line tool that controls your real chrome (logins, cookies, sessions intact), at ~50ms speed. install, connect it to claude code, and automate the boring stuff.
2026-03-19 · 3 min10 Problems You Can Solve With AI Today
ten everyday annoyances, each with a build idea and the exact start prompt. pick one. build it. that's how you start.
2026-03-19 · 3 min10 AI Skills You Can Use Right Now (Free)
ten ready-made skills: humanizer, frontend ui/ux, deep research, seo audit, and more. copy the prompt, paste it into claude code or any ai tool, instant superpowers.
2026-03-11 · 3 minClaude Skills: how to create, find, and reuse them
claude can learn any task and repeat it forever. what a skill actually is, five ways to get them, and how i built my image organizer skill from scratch.