One habit has saved me countless hours when building AI systems. I don't start with code. I start with a blank page. Before I think about Claude Code, APIs, automations, or AI agents, I ask myself a few simple questions: - What kicks off this process? - What information is needed at each step? - Where does the work slow down? - Which decisions are repetitive, and which actually require human judgment? Only after those questions are answered do I start building. I've found that many automation projects become complicated because the workflow was never fully understood in the first place. The AI isn't confused. The process is. Once the workflow is clear, choosing the technology becomes much easier. Sometimes the solution is an AI agent. Sometimes it's a simple API integration. Sometimes it's just removing an unnecessary step that no one questioned before. The more systems I build, the more I realize this: Good software doesn't create good processes. Good processes make good software possible.

Hi everyone, my name is Sebastian. I’ve been working as an iOS developer for more than 12 years and now want to start my own AI agency. I’ve been working with AI for several years now, and never before has it offered people as many opportunities as it does today. I’ve already developed a few tools and am currently working on more. the challenge for me is finding clients. So this is my path as a “builder” I’m excited to be here let’s build something big!

Hey ya’ll ~ I’m having good luck with finding problems to solve with IRL contacts. By extension, I will be trying my luck at in-person events as well. It looks like Luma is a good platform (https://luma.com). I’ve used Meetup in the past as well (https://www.meetup.com/) Does anyone have recommendations for platforms by which to meet up with prospects IRL? Please note I have recently taken a *very* long social media hiatus, so I am also open to event calendars within those platforms as well if they happen to exist. Drop your recommendations below and we can chat about them!

I might be seeing something that's not there, so I want a vibe check. Will y'all come through for me? The situation is that every time I have a demo scheduled, instead of a reminder message, I send the prospect a short visual preview. I accompany this preview with a short message like "I'm excited for tomorrow" or simply no message at all. This approach always elicits a positive response from the client on the surface. However, it also results in the demo being rescheduled 100% of the time, at the client's request. Did I stumble onto some strange power move, or what? Personally, I wanted more time to work on the demo anyway. Now, they're just giving me more time. Yes this is what I wanted. Is this good in practice, though? It might not matter. Can anyone else speak to this experience/phenomenon?

I love this path of entrepreneurship with every fiber of my being. As the days go by, I’m feeling more and more like I was made for it. I knew the business would be up and running in no time, but I didn’t think it would look like this. That said, I wasn’t entirely clear on what it would look like exactly either. I’m thankful, and it’s just very surreal for me. It won’t be my last payment either. Cheers to getting paid!