Creator Economy by Peter Yang

Dear subscribers, Jensen Huang claims that “AGI has arrived” with OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra. But I’ve found the model both incredible and frustrating to work with. In this post, I want to share three things that I love about Astra and two problems that hold it back from becoming my daily driver. I’m proud to partner with Riverside I’ve used Riverside for years to record my podcast thanks to its reliable, high-quality recording tools. But now I use it for much more than recording.

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Sue Khim. As the co-founder of Brilliant, Sue is building an AI tutor to help kids think for themselves. In our interview, she shared why better grades at school don’t always reflect learning and gave a demo of how AI can guide kids to understand problems instead of getting the answer. This episode is a must-watch if you’re a parent. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.

I have a limited batch of codes to give paid members 1 month free of Grok Bot and Cursor($200 value) plusbeta access to Instinct. This is in addition to the existing codes for Replit, Granola, Wispr Flow, Linear, and more. Upgrade to paid and claim your codes while supplies last. Dear subscribers, I now have four AI personal agents that can read my emails, open my docs, use my logins, and even make purchases for me. I’m starting to get a little concerned.

I’m working hard to finish my 25+ lesson Personal AI System course by September. You’ll learn how to build an AI chief of staff, advisor, and more to take work off your plate. Upgrade now for $150 before the price increases in a few weeks. Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Amol Jain. As head of product engineering at Replit, Amol has a firsthand look at which vibe-coded apps become real businesses.

Dear subscribers, Thanks to all of you who replied to my post about my mom. I just open-sourced my /fuck-cancer skill to help caregivers organize info and advocate for patients. If you find it useful, please ⭐ the repo so more people can find it. Now, on to today’s post: A few months ago, I used Claude for almost everything. Today, my AI model usage looks very different.

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Shreya and Hamel. Shreya and Hamel teach the industry-leading AI evals course taken by 4,500+ students from OpenAI, Google, and more. I asked them to do a live audit of the evals that I built for my creator skills. They then walked through how anyone can use their free Error Discovery skill in Claude Code to turn feedback into useful evals. If you want a practical, up-to-date primer on AI evaluations, then this episode is for you.

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a personal story about my mom that has occupied most of my time over the past few weeks. Every summer, my wife and I bring our daughters to Vancouver to visit my parents. We’ve shared many happy memories together, and I expected this visit to be the same. But a week into our trip, a CT scan found a mass in my mom’s chest. She has survived breast cancer three times, and the radiologist suspects it may have returned.

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Riley Brown. Riley is a top AI creator and founder of Agent Native. In this episode, he showed me how he uses Codex to run his entire content business from creating engaging thumbnails to writing viral video hooks. Riley also shared his full AI stack including some lesser-known tools to edit videos, draw diagrams, and more. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.

Upgrade to paid to unlock my personal OS course, 12+ handcrafted AI skills, $270 in AI tool credits, my private Slack community, and a full year of live workshops. Dear subscribers, I’ve started to get a surprising amount of work done by talking to AI while walking outside. I believe that: We’re moving from manually using a keyboard, mouse, and laptop to directing agents in the cloud using voice.

Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Nan Yu and Jacob Shumway. Nan and Jacob built Linear Agent, which has transformed how the $1.25B company gets work done. In this episode, they walk through how they built an AI agent from the initial memo to launch, including how to give it tools to find the context it needs and how to design evals that make the agent more reliable.