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#frameworks
What I Learned Building Carla and Andrea, My Two AI Agents
Two production agents, one on the phone and one on WhatsApp and email, rebuilt almost every day: evals and judges, shorter prompts, tools that know when not to fire, costs and model prices that keep moving, a North Star, and the humans in the loop, with the real numbers.
The S.C.A.L.E. Framework I Use to Build AI Agents That Do Real Work
Five letters for thinking about AI agents — Scale, Consistent, Adapt, Learn, Escalate — told through Carla and Andrea, the voice and text agents I built for an Italian auctions consultancy.
Imperfection Is the New Lean
From Gantt charts to releasing every day or two: as a solo builder, accepting imperfection and iterating with customers is the only way to survive, and to ship good products.
I Tested Claude Code’s Ultracode. It Was Amazing, Until It Burned My Whole Week in Half a Day.
I tested Claude Code's Ultracode orchestrator with a long epic and it ate my whole weekly limit in less than a day. Three lessons, and why I'm building a lighter version inside k0.
The Handover I Needed From Claude Code
A small Claude Code hook that writes the handover I need when I come back to a session hours later.
When GSD Became the Bottleneck, I Built Something Lighter
GSD asks a lot up front and forgets what it asked — great for serious multi-phase builds, terrible for rocket-ship mode. Here's the lightweight way of working I reach for instead: high effort, a two-item plan, round-based questions, big-bang execution, and two skills that auto-run the UAT.
GSD (Get Shit Done): The Framework That Changed How I Build Serious Software With AI
A deep dive into the GSD plugin for structuring multi-phase software projects with LLMs, from planning to autonomous execution and testing.
Schools Are Missing the Biggest Opportunity AI Has Ever Given Us
A personal argument that schools should embrace AI to personalize learning for each child, using a five-step study framework as an example.
When Being Too Involved Becomes a Problem (A Lesson in Over-Ownership)
How over-ownership backfired when a PM overstepped his scope, and a framework for involving stakeholders and documenting business cases properly.
Facts vs. Projections: The Principle That Changed How I Work (and Live)
A principle for separating objective facts from the opinions and expectations layered on top, applied to work decisions and relationships.
My Job-Finding Framework (That Got Me 8 Offers from 150 Applications)
A personal, step-by-step framework for finding a job, covering positioning, application quotas, customization, storytelling, and salary negotiation.
Never Leave a Meeting Without Documentation (My Offsite Lesson)
Why writing down and agreeing on meeting decisions prevents repeated discussions, using an offsite lesson and divergent-convergent thinking as examples.
Stop Saying "You're Good"—Here's How to Actually Give Feedback
A situation-action-consequence model for giving feedback that is specific, fact-based, and actually useful instead of generic praise.
Are You the Sprinter or the Coach? (A Mental Model That Fixed My PM Frustration)
A sprinter-versus-coach mental model for clarifying PM and developer responsibilities, and why AI will shift the ratio toward more coaches.