9–5 me: clock out, feel free.
Self-employed me: clock out... and still feel pressure to hustle.
I wrote about the art of "Active Inactivity" — learning how doing nothing can make you better at everything.
blog.marcolamina.me/p/active-ina...
Just took a giant leap—I've left corporate America after 15 years to embrace uncertainty, independence, and creativity. I wrote about why this scary step feels so right in my essay "A Journey Beyond Corporate America."
Check it out, and let's connect! blog.marcolamina.me/p/a-journey-...
Just published a short video about how I built the anonymous onboarding flow for Life in Weeks.
Letting people play with your app before sign up is one of the best way to get more conversions - especially in B2C.
And it's not hard to build (in Django)!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFnE...
So cool! Reminds me of the book 4000 Weeks, you might enjoy it www.amazon.com/Four-Thousan...
"Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself you'll make a fortune." ― Jim Rohn
brilliant conversation about professional #growth youtu.be/Kl-I7sUcAOY?...
AI is supercharging engineers - we’re building faster, learning quicker, and doing more with less.
But while we race ahead, most people I know aren’t using AI at all. If we don’t bridge this gap, are we leaving them behind?
Do we have a moral duty to make AI accessible?
How can AI be used to build a better future for humanity? This yesnoerror.com
3 months ago I spent $30 on AI headshots. I had no idea it was THAT easy to do it myself :o Thanks Cory!
Me realizing the automation I just ran deleted all docs and spreadsheets I worked on over the past two weeks
Interesting! What do you use for analytics?
Motivation isn't a one-time thing; it's built on understanding your "why". Essential reading for solo entrepreneurs looking to stay the course. #Focus #Motivation medium.com/@joshi.vandi...
As a solo entrepreneur, efficiency is key. AI #agents offer a game-changing opportunity to simplify daily operations. Less admin, more innovation! Ready to take the leap? Learn more: botpress.com/blog/ai-agen...
How So?
#AGI is coming, folks... OpenAI defines artificial general intelligence (AGI) as "a system that can outperform humans at most economically valuable work". Their new AI agent "Operator" demonstrates what that could look like openai.com/index/introd...
Today I used ChatGPT's audio & visual capabilities to brainstorm a content creation strategy on my whiteboard. I put my phone next to me, camera pointed at the board, and started talking. The conversation felt incredibly natural produced a strategy that suits my business perfectly.
Came across a fascinating Podcast with Andrew Bustamante, an ex-CIA operative who left the agency and is now teaching his skills to entrepreneurs. What stuck with me was a framework for understanding people's core motivations. RICE - Rewards, Ideology, Coercion and Ego. youtu.be/QVVe2rCHtN0?...
Zapier came out with its own solution for building agents. Seems like it could be a time-saver on paper compared to building them manually on n8n or Make. Anyone tried them?https://zapier.com/agents
That's correct. In the GPT's instructions, I give it clear guidance on how to use its tools in different situations. Combined with "conversation starters", it makes for a super quick workflow
Absolutely not. I just think it just becomes exponentially more difficult with project size / complexity. A good understanding of software / cloud architecture and testing are invaluable IMHO. But I know there are folks who would disagree, so don't take my word for it :D
Hopefully? I still see my CS degree + years of experience as not optional for building great products. But who knows if "building products" is even going to be a thing in a few years. Interesting times...
Did that for a year. It's an easy trap to fall into. Now I solve problems for wellness practitioners in my local area. Real people who care about other people. I feel human again.
Today, I had to do a corporate training course on AI ethics policy. The videos, characters and voices were... AI-GENARATED 🫠
Step 5: Create more agents. Next, I'm going to create an agent to help me with content creation for blogs and social media. What are you going to build?
Step 4: Have a meeting with your agent. I like to run daily standups to stay organized. Paul automatically logs every meeting in a Google Doc and reads it at the beginning of each meeting, so the quality of our conversations improves over time.
Step 3: Define your agents actions. Use the Make.com webhooks to create the actions for your agent. Paul can access Google docs, read my current backlog and create new Linear issues for me.
Step 2: Create a custom GPT on ChatGPT.com for your agent. Give it a name, a purpose and instructions. For example, I've built "Paul", a product manager that runs daily stand-ups and retrospectives with me.
List of Make.com scenarios that serve as GPT actions
Step 1: Define agent capabilities on Make.com. I do project management on Linear and use Google Docs a lot, so I've created some basic read/write actions. Using the "Custom Webhook" trigger, you get a unique endpoint for each scenario.
For a while now, I've been exploring different platforms to create AI agents that assist me in daily tasks. I finally found a system that is both easy to use and flexible. So far I've built a product owner, project manager and brand expert.
