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AI Focus Groups?

AI Focus Groups?

I use AI focus groups in my daily meditation! It's now part of my process. It's how I start my day on a bounce and not stuck in the grind of execution. How in the hell did AI get so far into the world that it's part of meditation?

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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AI Adoption Patterns

AI Adoption Patterns

I am a developer. While I have no intention of going back to being a staff engineer, wrangling code, branches, PRs, and agile process, I do rely on my background to get things moving. Engineering rigor is the pattern. AI adoption in the tech community has some things to teach (to me).

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Chessboard Chaos!

Chessboard Chaos!

The last two months have been stressful for many founders working out of Venture Lane. EdTech startups have taken the brunt of the funding changes for Universities. It's not over yet, but there is a silver lining!

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Vegas vs. Berlin: What I Learned About How Clients Want to Engage

Vegas vs. Berlin: What I Learned About How Clients Want to Engage

I reworked my fractional CTO practice by changing my mindset. I had been operating like a German Casino, and missing the mark, but I needed to be more like Las Vegas. Make it stupid easy for a client to hire and pay.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Are Developers Becoming Obsolete?

Are Developers Becoming Obsolete?

The next wave of software builders won't know how to code. And that's ok. The challenge for tech leaders will be bringing their work into a company's technology stack.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Friday Newsletter

Friday Newsletter

Ok this week, I got off the Ai horse for a bit. I am a bit Ai saddle sore, if thats a thing. Turns out there is a limited, that even I can tired of. This week I did some reading, explored the Magma AI Agent Platform and built out a Beehiiv Identity solution. Happy Friday everyone!

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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AI Coding Patterns & Rules of Engagement

AI Coding Patterns & Rules of Engagement

Scrambled codebases, competing NPM packages, duplication code and a high token burn are all part of the learning curve. I remain very focused on driving my code utility rate as high as possible.This is a rolling set of learning...

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Week 2: No Code February

Week 2: No Code February

Week 2 was all about remapping a code approach to an AI code approach, with little learning lessons. Big insights are on the value of planning prompts to get better outcomes.

Stephan Smith
Stephan Smith
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Week 1: Friday's Low Code Brain

Week 1: Friday's Low Code Brain

This week has been all about the concept of the 'Mixture of Experts' AI concept.