The journal / 04 entries

Thoughts shaped by the work.

My experiences, reviews, and working notes on AI products, tools, and what it takes to make them useful.

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Open Models Are No Longer the Backup Option

Open models are no longer competing to be the best alternative. For many real tasks, they are competing with the best models, period.

Kimi K3Open modelsCursorAI infrastructure
9 min read
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The Best Part of ChatGPT Codex Is Not the Code

The code is excellent. The ability to follow the rest of the work is what changed how I operate.

ChatGPT CodexComputer useAI workflowsShopify
9 min read
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AI Made It Easy to Build. That Became My Problem.

AI has not removed the bottleneck. It has moved it from production to judgment, focus, and distribution.

AI coding agentsProductivityFocusBuilding in public
9 min read
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I Built This Website With ChatGPT Sites. My Honest Review

With the right prompt and a few rounds of feedback, Sites can take an idea and turn it into a real, working website.

ChatGPT SitesAI website buildersProduct reviewBuilding in public
7 min read

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