Operationalizing the “Human + AI” Stack
From 30 Days to 30 Minutes There is a pervasive narrative in the boardroom and the breakroom alike: “Will AI take my job?” As leaders, we need to shift that conversation immediately. The question isn’t whether AI will replace your workforce; the question is whether your workforce is using AI to replace their inefficiencies. We […]
Debug Your AI-Built App in 5 Easy Steps
My AI-Built App Was Broken. Here’s the 5-Step Process I Used to Debug It. You’ve been there. You’re “vibe coding” with an AI agent. You feed it a brilliant Product Requirements Document (PRD), and in minutes, it generates a beautiful, functional-looking application. You open the admin panel for the – oh, let’s say, lead-gen SaaS […]
The AI Coder’s Guide to Stripe
How to Actually Integrate Payments with AI You’re solving business problems and that means when your app is ready for a payment gateway, you need it fast. You’re not afraid of the Stripe API. What you’re frustrated by is the endless, token-burning loop of arguing with your AI assistant. You ask for a simple integration, […]
Stop Trying to Move Apps from Replit to Bolt.
We’ve seen this question pop up on our free Weekly AI Zoom meetings a few times: “How do you move your application directly from Replit to Bolt?” Let’s clear this up: I don’t do that. What you might have seen was a parallel build, where I built the same app (a reading app for kindergartners) […]
What is an AI System Prompt?
Understanding the Hidden Instructions Behind AI Conversations What is a User Prompt? What is a System Prompt? Why Understanding What a System Prompt Is Matters Why You Can’t Always Edit the System Prompt (Like in Replit) Gaining Control: Build Your Own Assistant with System Prompts Best Practices for Prompting When System Control is Limited Final […]
3 Popular IDEs for AI Coding (Here’s My 2 Favorites)
IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment. It’s a tool that allows you to write code, interact with the terminal and your console, and run commands—all in one integrated panel. Replit, Lovable, and Bolt – mostly what we’ve been using on our free weekly AI calls – are cloud IDE’s. To run code on your own […]
Context Windows in AI Vibe Coding
On one of our free weekly AI Zoom calls, the topic of context windows came up in a big way. What started as a side note turned into an in-depth discussion. Multiple participants had questions about how context windows actually work and why they can derail even experienced AI builders during app development. Given how […]
How to Use “Additively” in AI Projects: Building Without Breaking
Have you been weeks into building an app with an AI coding assistant, made it 80% of the way, and then every feature you told the AI to build went off the rails? Features broke. The interface is different between pages. Buttons stopped working. Chaos ensued. Your blood boils and you go onto Reddit to […]
How to Stop AI Error Loops with a Change Log
Is your AI agent in Replit, Bolt, or Lovable stuck in an error loop and not fixing the problem with your app? There’s a problem with your app the AI built. You tell the AI ‘there is a problem, fix it.’ The AI reports that ‘yes, there’s a problem, let me fix it.’ It tells […]
How to Rapidly Create Ads Using AI
What if your socks had AI and GPS so that you never, ever lost a sock again? It sounds a bit out there, right? Well, that’s the imaginary product – let’s call it “Socks Niche” – I’m going to use as an example to show you how to create ads very quickly to test a […]