The step-by-step guide to building your AI second brain (no coding required)
A step-by-step guide to building a self-maintaining knowledge base using one folder, one subscription, and one copy-pasted prompt
AI & Productivity
Work
AI & Productivity
My AI second brain knows me better than I do
I spent the Labour Day long weekend building an AI second brain — the kind Andrej Karpathy wrote about, where an AI reads and maintains your knowledge base for you. I was building it to think better at work. What it gave me instead was a picture of myself I didn’t recognise.
AI & Productivity
The best app you’ll build is one nobody would buy
I went to a vibecoding workshop at Google, went home, and built the most pointless app I could think of. I’ve never felt more accomplished.
AI & Productivity, Uncategorized
The Vaughn Tan Rule: A Simple Framework for Working with AI
There’s one part of your job AI can’t do for you. Here’s how to tell the difference between tasks you should delegate and decisions only you can make.
AI & Productivity
Two AI Shortcuts I Use In My Daily Work
What happens when crafting the perfect AI prompt takes longer than doing the task yourself? Two simple techniques I used to transform AI into a daily workflow partner.
AI & Productivity
How I Use AI To Supercharge My Second Brain
I loved the idea of a Second Brain, but the time it took to build felt like a net-negative. Then I found a way to outsource the grunt work by using AI.
AI & Productivity
What Lupe Fiasco Taught me About AI & Creativity
Lupe Fiasco vs AI: Who writes better lyrics?
Sales & Marketing
The Seduction of the Big Sexy Pitch
While most salespeople obsess over perfecting their pitch deck, 80% of deals are actually won or lost in a completely different phase that nobody talks about.
Business & Career
Little Moments of Awe
Even Michelangelo, after painting the Sistine Chapel, felt the jaded grind of work he didn’t want to do. How can we stop losing sight of our work’s purpose?