Each week, I share one practical tool, one useful lesson, and one good read.
A way to see the repetitive work that piles up around the thing you love, so you can hand it off and keep the fun part.
What happened when I actually shipped. The launch that got zero signups, the novel I shelved after two months, and what I'd do differently.
A whole website you make yours by editing one file. Kindle screensavers. Free, no signup, yours to keep.
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SYSTEMS
The cheapest way to understand what LLMs are actually for: stop taking courses, pick one repetitive thing you do every week, and map the trail of little jobs around the part you love. Three worked examples from three very different jobs.
SYSTEMS
Hank Green paused three channels this week over how much he had been leaning on ChatGPT. I found my own line the expensive way, by shelving a novel I let five agents write, and it turns out code and prose sit on opposite sides of it.
BUILD LOG
Working title is The Republic of Birds. The story bible, chapter beats and check-back loop I used for business books transfer almost completely to fantasy, and the research turned out to be the part nobody warns you about.
6,079 builders getting better every week.