One thing I’m learning in AI is that you can create something genuinely useful even if it isn't polished or fully vetted. Honestly, I'm creating things I don't even fully understand. ha ha We see other folks showing off their latest success and eyes-wide-open stare at the screen thinking "Sheesh. They are so impossibly smart." Maybe I'm the only one doing that. But there are a few things to understand. First, not everything we think is “perfect” is actually perfect. Sometimes it is just the best version we can see from where we are standing. Second, we don't all have the same background, so what I think is a "Win" is a win for me. It might not be a win for you. What I struggle with sometimes is wanting my work to be as perfect as I can make it BEFORE I share it with anyone. That's why I didn't enter any competitions until Comp 7. I really didn't want to be embarrassed. But, I entered anyway thinking I'll just do my best and learn from the process of building. I'm SO GLAD I DID. A few things I learned: -Your first version can be messy. -Your folder structure can change. -Your workflow can have gaps. -Your system can grow. That does not mean it failed. It means it is becoming something. I think sometimes we wait to build until we can make the “perfect” version, but the perfect version usually comes after the rough one teaches us what we actually need. AI gives us so many new ways to create, test, and improve. I don’t want to miss that because I’m overthinking every piece before I begin. So here’s my little reminder, mostly to myself, but perhaps also to you: Make the thing. Let it be imperfect. Pay attention to what it teaches you. Then make it better. I appreciate each one of you and the way you encourage me and one another.

Hey everyone, Paul here. I wanted to share where I'm at and lean on the collective brain in this room. By day I'm a clinical data science lead in pharma - the kind of role where my "job description" is basically a small anthology. I'm across clinical data management, EDC builds, protocol and CRF work, SDTM datasets, sponsor interactions, and a lot of cross-functional fire-fighting. It's a mission-driven organization and I care a lot about the work. On top of that, I'm trying to really learn the sponsor management side of the industry while leveling up on AI/ML and agentic workflows so I can bring more structure and leverage into our development programs. Here's the honest part: I'm genuinely excited about all of it. The possibilities feel huge. I'm also struggling to focus, and I've gotten a bit gun-shy about shipping my first real ICM build. I've been playing with a bunch of ideas, drafting files, sketching workflows, and spinning up partial architectures... but I keep stalling right before I commit to, "this is the first build I'm going to ship and actually use." It's not lack of interest. It's that my world is wide, and every time I pick one use case, ten others raise their hand. Then I start second-guessing whether I chose the "right" one. I see how people here go from foundations to real systems, and it's both inspiring and a little intimidating. So instead of staying in my own head, I'd love to ask directly: Q: What actually keeps you focused when your work covers a lot of ground? (Vote below, and share more in the comments!)

So this one is the ultimate Clief Notes community bringing disparate threads together post. So reader, consider this your warning upfront. @Alyshia Perri and I were talking and she was keen to get feedback on her entry in the coach competition. I tried to do that in DM to begin with, and then realised I was babbling. I asked her permission to fork it and make my edits so I could *show* her what I was trying to describe and she gave me that permission. None of the rest of this happens without her and she also gave me permission to post this. So here’s a brave woman who’s willing to let me link to a repo showing how I messed with her baby because I couldn’t find better words for the teaching. Please tell her how awesome she is, because that is *gutsy*. One of the coaching offerings in this repo was “board mode” which runs an idea past three different perspectives, each with a different agenda and angle of attack to help the user. I’m going to be upfront and say these sorts of mechanics in AI are generally not to my taste for a bunch of reasons. I don’t think they are effective, let’s keep it to that. But on my mind was the recent podcast by @Curtis Hays and @Brooke Hays showing the impact of using Jungian thinking archetypes / Myers-Briggs profiles to genuinely give the way agents approach things different flavours. What I did: - I got the model to do a sub-agent pass first using the roles as written - I took the three roles as stated and identified which profiles applied to these roles from my point of view - the skeptical stakeholder got “ESTJ”, the peer who has been burned got “ISFJ”, future self got “INFJ”. Then we did it again and compared the outputs - I added two new roles that I felt were missing - the logic stress tester (INTP) and the values-holder (INFP) - I felt off the results of these that Amund as the synthesiser was missing a trick. I tried two separate synthesis passes (over the first rounds, the second round, and all five together) - one using an ENFJ synthesiser and another using an INTJ one.

Quick update on the competition schedule so everyone knows what to expect. 📅 NEW CADENCE: TWICE A MONTH We're dropping comps on the 15th and the 30th of every month. Two chances to compete, every month, on a set schedule you can plan around. ✍️ WHY THIS SCHEDULE Spacing them out this way means we can give tailored feedback on every single submission. Not just the winners. Everyone who enters gets notes on what worked, where it's weak, and what to do next. 🎁 WHAT WINNERS GET Along with the prize, every winner gets a 15-minute one-on-one with Jake. Use it to talk through your build, ask questions, or bring whatever else is on your mind. Two comps a month. Feedback on every entry. Direct time with Jake for the winners. Mark your calendar for the 15th and let's get to work!

I've run into what I hope is a no brainer for someone. How do I make a transcript for a video in a website... the right way?