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How I’m Using ChatGPT to Help My Mom Fight Cancer (5 Steps)
Upgrade to paid to unlock $600+ in AI tool credits (e.g., Grok Bot), my personal AI course, 17+ AI skills, and my private Slack community with live workshops. Dear subscribers, Since I shared that I’m helping my mom through cancer, hundreds of you have replied with stories about your parents, partners, and friends. The sad reality is that: Two in five people in the US will face cancer in their lifetime. When you include caregivers, almost no family is left untouched by this disease.
Gemini 4 Changed How Google Builds Products | Jaclyn Konzelmann
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Jaclyn. Jaclyn is a product director at Google Labs and we had a great chat about how Gemini 4 changed her product job, how she keeps AI slop out of her team’s docs and products, and how she’s raising three kids with AI’s help. Gemini 4 Carbon is currently the best model in the world based on benchmarks, and it was fun to get a sneak peek into how Google’s own product leaders use it internally. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
The Internet Is Being Hacked. 6 Steps to Secure Your Accounts Now
Upgrade to paid to unlock $600+ in AI tool credits (e.g., Grok Bot), my Personal AI course with 25+ lessons, 17+ AI skills, and an invite to my private Slack community with monthly live workshops. Dear subscribers, The internet is being hacked right now, and I want to help you protect yourself. People’s bank accounts, health records, and API keys were all targets last week because AI is finding security holes faster than anyone can patch them.
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How to Make Amazing Videos with Claude and HyperFrames
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Jake Moran. Jake is my go-to expert for creating and editing videos with AI. In our episode, he demoed how he prompts Claude and HyperFrames to make incredible videos for product launches, long-form tutorials, and shorts. We also covered the key terms that you need to learn to guide AI to make the right edits. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
Use My /Video-Short Skill to Turn Any Raw Recording Into a Compelling Short
Dear subscribers, Today, I’m excited to launch /video-short, my new AI skill that lets anyone turn a raw recording into a compelling short video. Best of all, it’s 100% free. /video-short can add B-roll, motion graphics, captions, music, and more using your favorite AI agents. It even comes with a review page to let you give feedback to AI on any frame until the short feels just right. Watch my tutorial now to see exactly how the skill works and get the skill on GitHub.
We Built an AI CFO to Help You Grow Your Net Worth
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Anthony Pompliano. Pomp and I worked together at Facebook a decade ago before he became an investor, best-selling author, and public company CEO with an audience of 3.3M. We had a great chat about how to build an extraordinary career and life and how he’s building Silvia, an AI CFO for independent investors, to take on the AI labs. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
Is Software Dead, or Just Not for Humans Anymore?
Upgrade to paid to unlock my personal AI course with 25+ lessons, 17 AI skills, $600+ in AI tool credits, my private Slack community, and monthly live workshops. Dear subscribers, It’s easier than ever to build software, but harder than ever to make money from it. When I left my job, I thought I’d vibe code a SaaS that made money from users while I slept. Instead, I built open source tools like No AI Slop and Human Review for agents.
The 4-Step Agentic Engineering Workflow I Use to Ship Real Apps | Micky Shimeles
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Micky. Micky is a full-stack engineer who has taught 100K+ people how to build with AI. In our episode, he walked me through his 4-step agentic engineering workflow to avoid pumping out slop: Isolate every task, build to a clear structure, prove via validation loops, and ship after agents review your PRs or escalate to you for a manual look. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
Evals crash course with Hamel Husain
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How to Use AI to Survive (and Even Enjoy) Meetings | Sam Stephenson
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Sam. Sam is the co-founder of Granola, the AI meeting notes app now valued at $1.5B. Granola has helped me survive (and even enjoy) countless meetings, so I was excited to learn how Sam uses AI to show up prepared. We also talked about building an AI company without the 996 grind and what design means when agents skip your app. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
We Built Grok Bot. Here Are Our 14 Best Bots | Peng Zheng & Lauren Tan
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Peng and Lauren. Peng and Lauren are the lead designer and engineer for Grok Bot at SpaceXAI. In our interview, they showed me 14 bots that they use for work and life, from a design bot that helps Peng turn a single design into a user flow to an entire team of engineering bots that help Lauren ship faster. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
My Personal AI Course Is Live! Copy My AI System to Take Work Off Your Plate
Dear subscribers, I know what it feels like to come home after a busy day at work and try to learn AI at night. Every week, there’s a new model or tool that you’re supposedly behind on. Since going independent, the best thing that I’ve built with AI isn’t a new tool or app. It’s a personal AI system that proactively takes work off my plate.
How to Save Money Now with ChatGPT Finances (6 Real Use Cases) | Ethan Bloch
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Ethan. Ethan is the product lead for ChatGPT Finances at OpenAI and he previously co-founded Digit, which helped more than 10 million people save over $9 billion. In our interview, he shared 6 practical ways to use ChatGPT to find wasted spending, prep for taxes, maximize credit card rewards, and model major financial decisions. I’m confident at least one of these use cases will save you money today.
My 3-Step System to Automate 90% of My Content Workflow with AI
I just got a new batch of $200 Grok Bot codes to give new Grok Bot users Cursor Pro or Grok Bot credits. Upgrade to paid to get your code while supplies last, plus $840 in codes for Replit, Lovable, Granola, Wispr Flow, and more. Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share my 3-step system to automate any manual workflow with AI. I use this system to produce my podcast and it saves me at least 5 hours a week by turning 15 manual steps into 8 AI skills that work together seamlessly.
Stop Building AI Agents. Start Building AI Employees (Live Demo) | Pedro Franceschi
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Pedro, the co-founder and CEO of Brex. Pedro is widely respected as one of the most AI-pilled CEOs. In our interview, he explained why most people are building agents wrong and how to build them as AI employees instead, each with a specific job, skill, manager, and budget. He also gave a live demo of how he still uses OpenClaw to stay on top of his $5B business and life. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
GPT-6 Astra Is Both Incredible and Frustrating
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.
How AI Can Help Kids Think for Themselves | Sue Khim
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.
Which AI Personal Agents Can You Trust With Your Data?
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.
How Non-Coders Are Vibe Coding $100K+ Businesses With AI | Amol Jain
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.
ChatGPT vs. Claude vs. Grok vs. Gemini: The Best AI Across 10 Real Use Cases
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.
How to Build Better AI Evals with Claude Code in 5 Steps | Shreya & Hamel
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.
My Mom Survived Breast Cancer Three Times. Now We're Fighting It Again With AI's Help
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.
How I Run My 1.5M+ Follower Content Business With Codex | Riley Brown
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.
How We Use Computers Is About to Change Forever
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.
5 Rules for Building AI Agents That Work in Production | Nan Yu & Jacob Shumway
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.
Use My /Human-Review Skill to Edit HTML and Markdown Files Visually
Dear subscribers, My last open-source skill, /no-ai-slop, went viral with 4K GitHub stars. Today, I’m introducing /human-review, another free AI skill I think you’ll love. Let’s face it — giving feedback to AI in chat is painful. Asking AI to ‘update the button text’ or ‘edit the headline’ is annoying when I often want to edit the text myself or comment on the exact parts that I want it to fix.
Hermes Co-Founder on Building an AI Agent That Improves Itself | Karan Malhotra
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Karan. Karan is the co-founder of Nous Research, the company behind Hermes, the #1 personal agent and AI app on OpenRouter. We had a great chat about why open-source AI must win and how Hermes gets better the more you use it. Karan also shared a live demo of how he used Hermes to modify his favorite childhood game. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
How to Build Production-Ready Apps with AI | Colin Matthews
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Type 1 diabetes in older populations
Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Rudnicka, E ∙ Napierała, P ∙ Podfigurna, A ∙ et al. The World Health Organization (WHO) approach to healthy ageing Maturitas. 2020; 139:6-11 2. Islam, H ∙ Potluri, G ∙ Markandu, K ∙ et al. 1451-P: burden of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and its trend in G20 countries from 1990–2019—a benchmarking analysis Diabetes. 2024; 73(suppl 1), 1451-P 3. Tomic, D ∙ Harding, JL ∙ Jenkins, AJ ∙ et al.
Full Tutorial: From Idea to App with Claude Design and Claude Code in 25 Minutes
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share my six-step process to design and build Tastemaker, a website for sharing your favorite movies, TV shows, and games. You’ll learn how to define the problem, create a design.md, prototype in Claude Design, draft an interactive HTML spec, and build the app with AI. Watch my 25-minute tutorial to see me cover all six steps live, or keep reading below.
How to Use Codex for Work: My Complete System at OpenAI | Jason Liu
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Jason Liu. Jason is a DevEx engineer on the Codex team. In our episode, he showed me how he runs his entire workday using Codex, from his chief of staff thread for Slack and email to setting up long-running tasks that have verifiable goals. Jason wrote the official OpenAI handbook on how to get the most out of Codex, so don’t miss this episode. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
Use My /No-AI-Slop Skill to Remove 20+ Patterns of AI Slop From Your Writing
Dear subscribers, Today, I’m open sourcing my /no-ai-slop skill that removes 20+ patterns of AI slop from any piece of writing. I use this skill to edit everything from emails to docs, and I think you’ll love it too. If you find it useful, please consider starring the repository so more people can find it and upgrading to paid to get 12+ other quality AI skills I’ve made for personal advisor, agent-ready specs, viral social posts, and more.
AI Native Design with Cursor, Figma, and Code | Julie Xu
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How I Plan, Build, and Run Loops with Claude Code in 40 Minutes | Thariq Shihipar
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Thariq Shihipar. Thariq works on the Claude Code team, and I’ve wanted to see how he builds for a long time. In our episode, he showed how to use /goal to keep Claude working, how he plans with Claude to remove unknowns before building, and how he runs a team of agents in Slack. He also shared why his team cut Claude Code’s system prompt by 80% and how he creates polished launch videos with Claude. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
How I Use ChatGPT Work and GPT-5.6 for (Almost) Everything
Subscribe to my YouTube for more practical AI tutorials and interviews and upgrade to unlock my personal AI OS with useful AI skills, $270 in AI tool credits, live monthly workshops, and courses on Hermes and Codex (coming soon). Dear subscribers, I now use ChatGPT Work and GPT-5.6 for almost everything I do on my computer, and I’m going to show you my full setup in this video and written guide.
How to Build AI Agents That Check Their Own Work | Jared Zoneraich
If you enjoy my content, subscribe to my YouTube for more practical AI tutorials and interviews and upgrade to unlock my personal AI OS with useful AI skills, $270 in AI tool credits, live monthly workshops, and courses on Hermes and Codex (coming soon). Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Jared Zoneraich. Jared is a Builder in Residence at Cognition, the team behind Devin.
GPT 5.6 vs Claude Fable 5: The Best AI Model Across 6 Practical Use Cases
Dear subscribers, OpenAI just made GPT 5.6 available to everyone and I’m here to answer your most burning question: Is GPT 5.6 better than Claude Fable 5? The answer is, it depends. 😅 Watch my tutorial to see me test both models head-to-head for building a travel website, 3D Star Fox game, mobile app, and more.
Inside How OpenAI Uses Codex to Do Product Work | Rohan Varma
If you enjoy my content, subscribe to my YouTube for more practical AI tutorials and interviews and upgrade to unlock my personal AI OS with useful AI skills, $270 in AI tool credits, live monthly workshops, and courses on Hermes and Codex (coming soon). Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Rohan Varma. As a product manager on OpenAI Codex, Rohan has a firsthand look at how one of the most AI-native teams in the world works.
18 Hot Takes On Where AI is Headed Next
If you enjoy my content, subscribe to my YouTube for more practical AI tutorials and interviews and upgrade to unlock my personal AI OS with useful AI skills, $270 in AI tool credits, live monthly workshops, and courses on Hermes and Codex (coming soon). Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share 18 hot takes on where I think the AI market is headed. AI is in a weird place right now.
Inside Anthropic’s Bet on Claude Agents that Work While You Sleep | Jess Yan
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Jess Yan. As product lead at Anthropic, Jess has a first-hand look at how Anthropic teams are moving from prompting AI to building long-running agents that work overnight. In our episode, Jess showed me how to build a Claude analytics agent from scratch, then covered how Anthropic PMs use agents internally to understand the codebase, monitor customer feedback, and make better product decisions. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
Introducing My Full Hermes Course: Set up Your 24/7 AI Chief of Staff in an Afternoon
Dear subscribers, Today I’m excited to launch my beginner-friendly Hermes course with 17 opinionated lessons to set up my favorite AI chief of staff in a single afternoon. This course covers everything from installation to integrations (e.g., email, calendar, Google Workspace) to cron jobs (e.g., morning briefing, health check). Watch my free 45-minute walkthrough on YouTube. If you want the written version with all 17 lessons and copy-paste skills, consider upgrading to paidat behindthecraft.com.
AI Workshop: Codex Personal OS Deep Dive
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Full Tutorial: Make Professional Launch Videos for Free with HyperFrames | Bin & Jake
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Bin and Jake. Bin and Jake built HyperFrames, a free open-source tool that turns HTML into product launch videos that used to cost thousands of dollars ot make. In this episode, they showed me how to one-shot a video from any website. Jake also revealed his full 5-step video workflow to make polished videos with Codex or Claude Code. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
How to Build an AI Advisor to Help You Achieve Your Life and Career Goals (Full Tutorial)
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to show you how to build an AI advisor that helps you think through important life and career decisions. This is my favorite AI skill because it knows my goals, gives me useful feedback, and gets better the more I talk to it. Watch my tutorial now to see how my /advisor skill works and how you can build your own in 13 minutes.
How This Non-Technical Founder Used AI Agents to Become an Open Source Legend | Matt Van Horn
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Matt Van Horn. Matt doesn’t have a CS degree, know how to code, or even read the plans that AI writes. Despite this, he’s built an incredible open source track record with projects like last30days (#1 trending on GitHub with 44K+ stars) and Printing Press (a tool that lets agents use any website or app). Matt has been a huge inspiration for my AI builder journey, and I think you’ll feel the same after watching our conversation.
I Quit My High-Paying Product Job to Bet on Myself
Dear subscribers, Last year, I made seven figures at my product job. Last week, I left that job to bet on myself. This wasn’t an easy choice to make. After over a decade in product, walking away from a great job felt like giving up a core part of my identity. What finally helped me decide were 5 principles I wrote down after a lot of reflection. Watch my video now to hear how I made this decision and perhaps it can help you think through your next career move too.
Agentic Engineering, Clearly Explained in 60 Min by an Ex-Meta L8 Engineer | Kun Chen
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Kun Chen. Kun is an ex-L8 principal engineer at Meta who now ships up to 40 PRs a day while rarely reviewing code. In our episode, he walked through the free tools he built to make that possible: Lavish for visual planning in HTML, Treehouse for parallel agents, and No Mistakes for catching AI’s errors before they make it to production. Watch now on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify.
Full Tutorial: Build Self-Improving Claude Skills in 20 Min (with Eval + Memory)
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to show you how to build Claude Skills that catch their own mistakes and get better the more you use them. I’ve become completely AI-skill pilled. I love encoding my knowledge and taste into skills and then reusing them to save time every week. Watch my video nowto see me build a skill from scratch in 5 steps complete with an eval loop and memory.
The Exact AI Skills This Solo Founder Uses to Build 5 Apps at Once | Josh Pigford
Dear subscribers, Today, I want to share a new episode with Josh Pigford. Josh sold his last startup for $4M and is now building 5 products solo with agents. He showed me his exact AI skills stack, including a 4-step /build skill, an /adversarial-code-review skill where he pits Opus against GPT, a /but-for-real skill that makes the AI catch its own mistakes, and a /learnings skill that improves AI’s output over time.
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