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Building an AI Story App: Architecture and Lessons from Inky
A look inside the architecture and decision-making process of building Inky, an AI-powered storytelling application, as a solo operator with an agentic workforce.
Profit Over Revenue: The Math of a One-Person Studio
Stop chasing vanity metrics. Learn why a profit-first approach to digital products and services beats high-revenue, low-margin consulting every time.
Building an AI Story App: Architecture and Lessons from Inky
How I built Inky, an AI storytelling app, using a one-person studio model and an agentic workforce. Real lessons on architecture and product longevity.
Building a Shared Operational Substrate with MCP Servers
Stop duplicating service clients across your agent workforce. Learn how VERA uses MCP servers to expose studio financials and approvals to every agent through a single protocol.
Parallelizing Claude Code: Git Worktrees and Agent Workflows
Stop fighting git locks. Learn how to run multiple Claude Code agents concurrently using git worktrees and ephemeral branches for conflict-free agentic engineering.
MCP Servers vs. Skills: A Decision Framework for Operators
Most custom integrations don't require a full MCP server. This guide breaks down when to build stateful servers and when to stick to procedural skills for agentic engineering.
Craig Newmark’s $500M Philanthropy: A Lesson in Durable Ownership
Craig Newmark has donated half a billion dollars. This news highlights how a simple, durable digital product can fund a legacy when you build to keep.
OpenAI Academy: Building the AI-Native Workforce
OpenAI has launched new Academy courses. For owners, this isn't about learning to prompt; it's about architecting the systems that run your business.
Building an AI Story App: Lessons from Shipping Inky
I am building Inky as a permanent asset for Total Ventures. Here is the architecture and the logic behind building an AI story app that lasts.
Building an AI Story App: Lessons from Shipping Inky
Real lessons from building an AI story app. Explore the architecture of agentic engineering and the permanent equity model behind Inky.
Building an AI Story App: The Architecture of Inky
Building an AI story app requires moving past simple prompts to agentic engineering. Here is how I built Inky as a permanent equity asset for Total Ventures.
Building an AI Story App: Lessons from Shipping Inky
Insights from building Inky, an AI-native storytelling application. I cover the architecture, agentic engineering, and the reality of shipping AI products today.
Building an AI Story App: Architecture and Ownership
A look at the engineering and ownership decisions behind Inky, an AI-native storytelling product built for permanent equity and long-term operation.
πFS: The Permanent Protocol for AI-Native Assets
We are moving our core assets to πFS. In the world of permanent equity, ephemeral storage is a liability. Here is how we are shipping agentic engineering today.
The Ladder of Trust: From Open-Builds to Custom Engineering
Why the transition from free artifacts to custom engineering is the only sustainable way to build a permanent equity portfolio in the age of agentic engineering.
Building an AI Story App: Lessons from Shipping Inky
Building an AI story app requires more than just a prompt. I am sharing the architecture and operational decisions behind Inky, a product built for permanent equity.
Building an AI Story App: Lessons from Shipping Inky
Building an AI story app requires more than a prompt. I am sharing the architectural decisions and lessons learned from shipping Inky as a permanent asset.
Building an AI Story App: Systems for Permanent Equity
A look inside the architecture and ownership logic of Inky, an AI storytelling app built to be kept forever and operated by agents.
Building an AI Story App: Lessons from Agentic Engineering
Shipping an AI story app requires moving past simple prompts to agentic engineering. Here is how I built Inky as a permanent equity asset.
Building a Programmatic SEO Site Build for High-Scale Media
How to architect a data-driven media engine that scales to thousands of pages. A look at the systems behind a programmatic SEO site build for motorsport.
Building a Digital Product Funnel: A Solo Operator’s System
How I built a maternal-health brand funnel solo using AI as the team. From lead magnet to booking, here is what shipped and what I learned the hard way.
Building an AI Story App: Lessons from Shipping Inky
I am building Inky, an AI storytelling app. Here is the architecture, the failures, and the systems required to ship a generative product that actually works.
Building a Programmatic SEO Site Build for F1 Media
How to architect a programmatic SEO site build using real-time data and AI agents. A look inside the F1 media engine I am shipping today.
Building a Digital Product Funnel: A Solo Operator's System
A look inside the build of a maternal-health brand funnel. I cover the architecture of the lead magnet, email sequence, and booking system, and what I learned the hard way.