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vibe coders toolkit
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #apps, #how to, #ios development

The Complete Vibe Coding Toolkit for Lazy, Creative People

Last updated: September 9, 2026

Vibe coders are not coders. And that might be their unfair advantage. For these lazy, creative people I built a vibe coding toolkit.

ai token prices are not real
Artificial Intelligence Technology
#ai tools, #entrepreneurship, #investing, #perspective

AI API Tokens Prices Are Not Real – They’re Aspirational

Last updated: September 6, 2026

Neolabs like Anthropci and OpenAI sell inference at a certain price per token. Only the price per token is not real, it's aspirational.

win ai race
Artificial Intelligence Technology
#ai tools, #coding, #entrepreneurship, #investing, #perspective

Anthropic and OpenAI Are Both Expecting IPOs at Trillion Dollar Valuations. But Will They Win the AI Race?

Last updated: September 4, 2026

A one-trillion-dollar valuation is no joke. Anthropic and OpenAI are both at this level, and they are both preparing for IPOs. Of course, expectations are high. [...]

share grok bots
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools iPhone
#ai tools, #coding, #how to, #vibe coding

You Can Now Share Your Grok Bots (And Soon You Could Sell Them)

Last updated: August 29, 2026

You can now share your Grok bots. I had early access to the feature and I published my own before they went live. I explain how [...]

grok bot review
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #coding, #vibe coding

Grok Bot is the “iPhone Moment” for AI Agents – Quick Review

Last updated: August 28, 2026

Grok Bot quick review: it looks simple, but at the same time useful, just like the first iPhone. Agents talking to each other feels magical.

grok build free models
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #coding, #experiment, #how to

How I Use Grok Build to Run Free Models Alongside Grok-4.6

Last updated: August 25, 2026

Use Grok Build with local and OpenRouter free models alongside Grok-4.6. Copy-paste config.toml for Gemma, Qwen, and GLM — same harness, switch with /model.

open weights model harness
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #tools, #vibe coding

[ Video ] How To Choose an Open Weights Model – Episode 4

Last updated: October 3, 2026

In the final episode I talk about open weight model harnesses, or how to actually talk to your local AI. From llama-cpp chat to Pi, or [...]

open weights model local
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #tools, #vibe coding

[ Video ] How To Choose an Open Weights Model – Episode 3

Last updated: August 27, 2026

In this episode I talk about running an open weights model locally. Two main hardware lines: Apple Silicon and NVIDIA, both good.

open weights model providers
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #tools, #vibe coding

[ Video ] How To Choose an Open Weights Model – Episode 2

Last updated: September 17, 2026

Episode 2 of the mini series about how to choose an open weights model, this time how to choose an open weights model provider.

how to choose an open weights model
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #Claude, #tools, #vibe coding

[ Video ] How To Choose an Open Weights Model – Episode 1

Last updated: August 27, 2026

How to choose and open weights model: the difference between slow, dumb and laggy - and state of the art inference, like Claude or Grok.

how ai watermarking works
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #Claude, #tools, #vibe coding

How AI Watermarking Works? Can It Be Removed?

Last updated: August 27, 2026

AI watermarking is not baked into model weights, it works at the generation level, by sampling different tokens, paired with a private key.

china ai race
Artificial Intelligence Travel and Fun
#ai tools, #asia, #digital nomad, #travel

Why China Will Not Win the AI Race (Spoiler: It Already Did)

Last updated: August 17, 2026

China is already way ahead in the AI race, more than the Western media make it look. This is an account from an actual visit there.

AI watermark
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #Claude, #writing

AI Can Follow You Everywhere Now. Unless You Outsmart It

Last updated: August 13, 2026

"AI watermarking now traces Claude text back to you. Learn why it survives copy-paste, how it locks you in, and two ways to keep your writing [...]

the singularity
Artificial Intelligence Technology
#ai tools, #change, #mindset, #perspective

Singularity and the Chevalier in the Supermarket

Last updated: August 1, 2026

We're not in the Singularity yet. The chevalier-in-the-supermarket test shows what real Singularity would feel like—and why AGI hype falls short.

software engineering is dead
Artificial Intelligence Technology
#ai tools, #app store, #apps, #coding, #vibe coding

[ Video ] Software Engineering Is Dead! Is It Really?

Last updated: July 26, 2026

I'm fortunate enough to have witnessed a few key moments in our recent tech history. One of them is web 3, the dot com revolution. Back [...]

vibe coding fable
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #Claude, #coding, #vibe coding

The Poor Guy* Guide to Fable-level Vibe Coding for $80/month

Last updated: July 18, 2026

See how to combine entry-level AI subscriptions and free models for Fable-level vibe coding, solid limits, and high productivity on an $80 monthly budget.

app store release agent
Artificial Intelligence iPhone
#ai tools, #app store, #apps, #automation, #coding, #vibe coding

Introducing App Store Release Agent – Automating my App Store Pipeline

Last updated: July 10, 2026

Publishing ten apps in four months sounds good. And it is good. It means the bottleneck is no longer building the app. With AI-assisted coding, small [...]

vibe coding over 50
Artificial Intelligence Personal Development
#ai tools, #entrepreneurship, #mindset, #vibe coding

Vibe Coding for People Over 50

Last updated: July 3, 2026

Pre-digital childhood gave you patterns younger developers never learned. Now AI removes the syntax barrier. Here's how to turn 50+ into your unfair advantage.

claude code grok
Artificial Intelligence Digital Tools
#ai tools, #Claude, #coding

Switching from Claude Code to Grok – Same Interface, Different Model

Last updated: June 30, 2026

I kept the Claude Code interface I like and routed Grok's model underneath it via proxy. Same workflow, video generation included, $35/month instead of $100. Here's [...]

AI cognitive overload
Artificial Intelligence Productivity and Effectiveness
#ai tools, #burnout, #focus, #habits, #ios development

How To Manage AI Cognitive Overload – Lessons After 9 Apps Shipped in 4 Months

Last updated: June 22, 2026

I shipped 9 iOS apps in 4 months with AI—and learned how to manage AI cognitive overload. Here are 3 actions that keep AI-assisted development sustainable [...]

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