AI Insights
Field notes from the AI frontier
Short, practical takeaways distilled from the talks, demos, and deep dives we watch each week. Credited to the creators, condensed for builders.
Short, practical takeaways distilled from the talks, demos, and deep dives we watch each week. Credited to the creators, condensed for builders.
Get far better answers from ChatGPT and Claude, starting from your first prompts. No coding.
Level 2 · IntermediateYour first weeks with Claude Code or Codex: tools, files, sub-agents, and staying on the rails.
Level 3 · AdvancedLong autonomous loops that run overnight and finish the job without steering.
Claude Code can run on cheaper model backends, but the real win is routing low-risk agent work away from premium tokens.
July 10, 2026 Loop EngineeringFor real AI workflows, the output is only the receipt. The work happened earlier, and your process needs to test that hidden state indirectly.
July 9, 2026 Agents & Sub-AgentsA practical model test is not a leaderboard screenshot. It is the same task, run in parallel, judged by working output.
July 8, 2026 Agents & Sub-AgentsYou do not need one expensive model handling every coding task. Split the work by task type and keep control of cost and capability.
July 7, 2026 Loop EngineeringThe fastest useful AI apps often come from adapting a live template, not staring at a blank repo.
July 6, 2026 Prompt EngineeringThe useful move is not finding the “best” model. It is assigning expensive reasoning only to the moments that need it.
July 5, 2026 Agents & Sub-AgentsThe fastest AI workflow improvement is not a better prompt. It is giving the model narrower tools for the job in front of it.
July 4, 2026 Loop EngineeringThe useful move is not asking AI to build a site. It is making AI run the launch checklist until the public site survives inspection.
July 3, 2026 AI Build NotesStop treating voice input as a phone feature. It is a faster way to produce rough business text on desktop.
July 2, 2026 Agents & Sub-AgentsSwapping models behind Claude Code can cut costs, but the real win is knowing which jobs deserve the cheaper lane.
July 1, 2026 Loop EngineeringYour coding assistant does not need one perfect model. It needs a cheap default, a fallback path, and a clear upgrade trigger.
June 30, 2026 Loop EngineeringYour AI bill drops when you stop asking one expensive model to do every step of the job.
June 28, 2026 Prompt EngineeringThe cheapest AI code is the code your agent never writes, especially when native features already solve the job.
June 27, 2026 Loop EngineeringBefore you build an AI loop, ask whether success can be measured without a debate.
June 26, 2026 Agents & Sub-AgentsThe useful move is not “more agents.” It is one shared agent that can see the work, answer repo questions, and help triage decisions in public.
June 25, 2026