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Notes from production
AI agents that have to work at 3am, building DogBase, founder notes, and the occasional experiment. Written from the work, not about it.
Latest · 7 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Why My AI Lead Generation Is a Pipeline, Not an Agent
People keep asking why I didn't just use an AI agent to find leads. The short answer is that I already know the steps. A fixed pipeline with one AI step is cheaper, steadier and much easier to debug.
Building AI
- 4 May 20265 Things That Break AI Agents in ProductionMost AI agent projects don't fail because of the model. They fail because of the surrounding engineering. Here are the 5 things that break agents in production and how to fix each one.Building AI5 min
- 26 Mar 2025Moving from SaaS to Open Source: A Bootstrapper's Guide to Financial OptimizationDiscover how we reduced operational costs by 75% at DogBase by strategically replacing expensive SaaS tools with open-source alternatives, allowing us to launch with competitive pricing while maintaining full control…Founder Notes4 min
- 3 Mar 2025Beyond Model Wars: Why Context and Integration Are the Real AI BattlegroundsWhile tech giants compete on model specs, the true AI revolution lies in context length and meaningful integration. The future belongs not to those with the biggest models, but to those who apply AI with deep…Signals4 min
- 2 Dec 2024Flutter Remove The Hashtag From URLAs you know, Flutter web is a single-page app (SPA), and like most SPA apps, they add a hashtag in the URLLab1 min
- 1 Dec 2024How to set dynamic open graph meta tags in your Flutter web appWhen I took on this new project, I encountered various minor challenges with Flutter Web, but one huge one was updating meta tags or open graph tags for dynamic sharing.Lab5 min
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