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How to build AI agent processes that actually scale?
A strategic breakdown of why wrapping repeatable business processes into portable Markdown "skills" protects your workflows from AI platform lock-in. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://bui...
Claude Code changed recently
Claude Code in 2026 is not what it was a year ago. In this video, I walk through three features — auto-plan, auto-memory, and voice mode — that might look like small quality-of-life improvements on...
Connect Claude to Your Business Data
A specific tactic for connecting Claude to event stores and analytics, allowing non-technical leaders to query business data (like completion rates) directly through Slack. 👇 **Your Builder Briefi...
OpenClaw vs. Claude for Running an Agent Team
I've been running my business across two AI ecosystems — OpenClaw for autonomous agent delegation and Claude's family of products for deep collaboration and creative work. In this video I break dow...
Stop Fixing Small CSS Tweaks Yourself
Arvid and Brian discuss why they ask Claude to make even tiny color changes rather than editing the code manually, arguing that the AI understands dependencies and side effects that a human might m...
Stop Making Mockups Start Making PRs
Brian explains why static mockups and specs are obsolete compared to generating "Claude Code prototypes" directly in Slack that run on the actual codebase. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https...
The JSON First Design Workflow
Brennan shares his new design process: asking the AI to generate realistic JSON sample data first (to account for edge cases), and then generating the UI mockups based on that data. 👇 **Your Build...
How to create JOBS for OpenClaw agents
The number one question after my last OpenClaw video was: what are you actually having your agents do? Instead of just listing tasks, this video gives you a framework for hiring agents like real em...
Let the AI Interview You Before You Code
A look at how the AI now natively asks clarifying questions to shape the spec—a feature that previously required custom frameworks—and why this "spec-driven" approach is critical. 👇 **Your Builde...
My Multi-Agent Team with OpenClaw
I ordered a Mac Mini just to run OpenClaw — and set up a team of 4 AI agents to help me run my business. In this video, I walk through every decision I made: hardware, security, costs, chat interfa...
I Built an AI Tool to Turn Voice Notes into LinkedIn Posts
Colleen demonstrates a tool she is building live that monitors a local folder for new voice notes and uses Claude to instantly generate formatted LinkedIn posts based on the audio transcript. 👇 **...
Why You Lose Control When AI Writes Your Code
Arvid explains "Comprehension Debt"—the risk that the developer's mental model of the software drifts away from the actual codebase when AI writes code without the developer understanding the "theo...
Claude Code in Slack changes how teams SHIP
I came across an article about how Anthropic uses Claude Code in Slack internally — and it changed how I think about the ROI of adopting AI with your team. Your engineers are shipping faster with C...
Build your own marketing tools with Claude Code
Colleen Schnettler is a Ruby on Rails developer who worked at ClickFunnels, runs SimpleFileUpload (https://www.simplefileupload.com), and is now launching a technical marketing consulting business....
Why I Stopped Using AI Frameworks in 2026
Brian argues that complex AI frameworks are now "overkill" and explains why he has reverted to using native, vanilla tools for 90% of his daily work. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://bui...
The Easiest Way to Train Your AI on Your Codebase
Arvid demonstrates his workflow of recording a video walkthrough of his app as if training a new employee, then having Claude convert the transcript into a structured technical documentation file (...
Brennan Dunn’s Team of (AI) Developers
In this 2nd installment of 'Builder Stories', Brennan Dunn, founder of RightMessage (https://rightmessage.com), a website personalization tool, shows us his sophisticated system of custom AI agents...
Agent OS v3: Leaner & Smarter for Building in 2026
Agent OS v3 is here — rebuilt from the ground up for how we actually build in 2026. I stripped out 70% of the framework. What's left: a leaner system for discovering, documenting, and injecting yo...
Arvid Kahl’s SaaS is 98% Coded by Claude
Trying something new on the channel! This is episode #1 of a new series called 'Builder Stories' where I'm inviting fellow builders to show us how they build and tell the story of their transition...
Claude Code is all you need in 2026
Claude Code in 2026 is not what it was when it launched. After a year of building frameworks, custom setups, and elaborate systems to make AI coding work, we've come to a point now where... most of...
Replacing my n8n workflow with a Claude Code Skill
I spent a week building a complex n8n workflow for AI image generation — then scrapped it and rebuilt the whole thing as a Claude Code skill in 30 minutes. Here's why automation without intelligenc...
This one AI skill multiplies all the others
Knowing when to use Claude vs ChatGPT, terminal vs IDE, subagents vs main context—that's workflow orchestration. Build this intuition and you're not just reacting to AI tools, you're directing them...
Design OS: The Missing Design Process for AI-First Development
AI coding tools build fast—but the results are a hodgepodge. Disconnected screens. Generic UIs. No cohesion. And re-prompting just makes it worse. Design OS fixes this. It's a methodical design pr...
Cursor's New Visual Editor: When It's Useful (And When It's Not)
Cursor's new visual editor lets you tweak CSS visually and apply changes directly to code. I break down when it's actually useful and when you'll want to reach for something else. 👇 **Your Builder...
Stop Prompting in Circles (Do This Instead)
The secret to great AI-generated code isn't better prompts—it's better specs. Here's how to let AI interview YOU with clarifying questions so your agents build exactly what you envisioned, first tr...
Build with paralell agents in Cursor 2.0
Watch me use Cursor 2.0 to build a feature with multiple agents building in parellel, then compare their work and choose a winner. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://buildermethods.com - Y...
I want to like Google Antigravity, but...
I was genuinely excited about Google Antigravity's fresh ideas for the agentic IDE—multi-project management, multi-agent orchestration, and that clever screen recording review process. But when I a...
Taking Cursor's new Composer 1 model for a spin
Watch me build using Cursor's new 'Composer 1' model that dropped with Cursor 2.0. This thing is fast! 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://buildermethods.com - Your free, 5-minute read to ...
Claude Opus 4.5 vs. Google Gemini 3: Design & build an app
Let's compare Claude Opus 4.5 and Google Gemini 3 to see how they stack up when it comes to planning, designing frontend and backend for a new app! Plus how I evaluate new frontier models when the...
A short history of devs adopting AI (it happened fast)
rom tab-completion to autonomous agents—here's the 3-year timeline that changed everything about how we build software. If you've been skeptical about AI coding, you were actually right to be... un...
Breaking a Spec down into Tasks using Agent OS v2
How I break a feature spec down into a task lists using Agent OS v2. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://buildermethods.com - Your free, 5-minute read to keep up with the latest tools & wor...
Spec a new feature using Agent OS
How I shape and plan a new spec for a new feature using Agent OS v2. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://buildermethods.com - Your free, 5-minute read to keep up with the latest tools & wor...
From AI skeptic to UNFAIR advantage
Your skepticism about AI coding was justified. But the shift that's happened over the last 12-24 months changed everything—and your experience is now your unfair advantage. I break down 5 skills t...
How Developers Should Use Claude Code Skills
After a week of testing Claude Code Skills, I've found two clear patterns where they actually make sense. First, they excel at utility tasks that pop up unpredictably - like commit messages, code r...
Claude Code Skills vs. Subagents, Commands, and Memories
Claude Code Skills just launched, but what exactly are they? In this quick comparison, I break down how Skills differ from the tools you already use - they're not like subagents (which run in isola...
Claude Code vs. Cursor vs. Codex: Cloud Agents Showdown
Cloud-based coding agents from Claude Code on the Web, Cursor Cloud Agents, and Codex all promise the same thing: kick off a task, walk away, and come back to a completed pull request. But do they ...
Cursor 2.0 Changed How I Work
Cursor 2.0 dropped last week, and unlike most recent AI updates, it's actually changed how I work. Two features in particular: Cursor's new Composer model that's 10-50x faster than any other coding...
Claude Code Skills: What Problem Do They Solve?
Claude just launched Skills across all their platforms, and I've spent a week testing the Claude Code implementation specifically. Do Claude Code Skills actually solve problems developers have, or ...
Agent OS v2: Spec-Driven Development with ANY AI Tool
Agent OS v2 is here: It's my free, open-source system that trains your AI coding agents to build like YOU—with ANY AI tool (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, or any other). Stop re-explaining ...
3 USEFUL New Features in Claude Code 2.0 #coding #ai #claudecode #anthropic
Claude 2.0 dropped! Here are 3 features I actually use on a DAILY basis. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://buildermethods.com - Your free, 5-minute read to keep up with the latest tools ...
Codex CLI first impressions (switch from Claude Code?) #coding #ai #codex #openai
My first impressions of using Codex CLI as a daily Claude Code user. 👇 **Your Builder Briefing (free)** https://buildermethods.com - Your free, 5-minute read to keep up with the latest tools & wor...
3 New Features in Claude Code 2.0 I use DAILY
Claude Code 2.0 dropped with Sonnet 4.5, a VS Code extension, and new features. But I've been testing these updates in production for weeks to see what's actually useful for professional developers...
Is Codex CLI Worth The Switch (from Claude Code)?
I've been a daily Claude Code user for most of this year but I wanted to give Codex CLI a look, since OpenAI has been making an obvious effort to win back developers. NOTE: I recorded this video t...
Spec-Driven Development in the Real World
The industry is converging on spec-driven development as the professional way to build with AI, but most tools are missing 3 critical aspects that make it actually work in the real world. I'll show...
Day One with Claude Code (Start Here)
So today's the day. You've been hearing about Claude Code for weeks. Now it's time for you to see what all the fuss is about. Here's what most newcomers get wrong about Claude Code. It's not about...
Agent OS: The System for Spec-Driven Development
Update! Agent OS v2 has been released. All new video demo here: https://youtu.be/kApsR0l9Jfw?si=x7IKxRHLIC3DktuT --- Two months ago, I released Agent OS—a free, open-source system that brings s...
Finding FLOW with AI Coding Agents
Remember what FLOW used to feel like? Hours would disappear. It felt amazing—that perfect flow state where you're crafting software with your hands. Sure, we're building much faster with AI now.....
Solving Claude Code's (Short-Term) Memory Problem
Claude Code forgetting things? The key is to manage Claude Code's context window—a.k.a. Context Engineering. This video covers how to be more efficient with your context useage, primarily by mark...
The Missing SYSTEM Your Coding Agents Need
Update! Agent OS v2 has been released. All new video demo here: https://youtu.be/kApsR0l9Jfw?si=x7IKxRHLIC3DktuT Our AI coding agents are capable of so much more. If we want our coding agents t...
Cursor Keyboard Shortcuts for POWER Users
As professionals, we have to master our tools. My daily driver for coding and building with AI? Cursor (a fork of VS Code). So I'm sharing all most frequently used Cursor keyboard shortcuts, how...