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Longer-form posts built from the best ideas in AI + tech podcasts — distilled, referenced, and linked back to the source episodes.
How to Start with AI Agents: A No-BS Guide for Beginners
The simplest way to get started with AI agents — no coding required, no expensive subscriptions. Just pick one tool, start small, and build from there.
Topic: AI Agents
Best AI Agents for Solo Founders in 2026
A comparison of the best AI agents for solo founders — based on real usage, not affiliate links. What actually works for one-person companies building products, sales, and support alone.
Topic: AI Agents
AI Agents vs Traditional Automation: What's the Difference?
Zapier vs AI agents: when to use which. A practical framework for solo founders deciding between traditional automation and AI-powered workflows.
Topic: AI Agents
AI Agents for Product Managers: The Practical Guide
How PMs are using AI agents to reclaim 10+ hours a week — without touching code. Real workflows, real tools, no fluff.
Topic: AI Agents
AI Agents vs AI Assistants: What's the Difference?
Why the distinction between 'AI agent' and 'AI assistant' matters — and how to know which one you actually need.
Topic: AI Agents
AI Agent Safety: What You Should and Shouldn't Automate
The line between helpful automation and dangerous automation. What solo founders need to know before handing over sensitive tasks to AI agents.
Topic: AI Agents
Personal AI Agents for Personal Ops: A Practical Starter Kit
A hub of practical, advice-only personal agent workflows you can actually run: morning briefing, inbox triage, pre-meeting packet, bills watcher—and how to make them reliable.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
The Personal AI Agent Blueprint: How to Build One That Actually Runs
A practical blueprint for personal AI agents: pick the right recurring jobs, set sane defaults, and make the outputs reliable (without turning your life into a notification feed).
Topic: Personal AI Agents
OpenClaw and the Rise of Personal AI Agents: What Actually Matters (and What’s Hype)
A practical, non-hype guide to personal AI agents — what they’re good at today, what breaks in production, and how OpenClaw-style systems make them reliable.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
How to Write Sources That AI Answer Engines Will Cite
A practical guide to adding sources and evidence to content so ChatGPT/Perplexity-style answers can quote you reliably—without turning posts into academic papers.
Topic: SEO
Best Personal AI Agent Workflow to Start With (If You Want It to Actually Stick)
A practical decision guide for choosing your first personal AI agent workflow—so you ship something real instead of building a fragile demo.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
Best AI Podcast Summaries (2026): What to Look For (and What to Ignore)
A buyer’s guide for AI podcast summaries: the signals that matter, the failure modes that waste time, and how to evaluate a summary product in one week.
Topic: Product
AI Retention Benchmarks: The Real Bar Isn't DAU — It's Habit Formation
A VC-style field note on AI product retention: why weekly active isn't the benchmark you think it is, what 'habit' looks like in AI workflows, and the leading indicators teams should track before churn shows up in revenue.
Topic: AI Retention
AI Pre-Meeting Packet: Show Up Sharper Without Rereading Everything
A practical workflow for generating a one-screen pre-meeting packet (context, decisions, risks, questions) 15 minutes before—without sending anything automatically.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
AI Podcast Summaries vs Transcripts: Which One You Actually Need
A practical comparison of summaries and transcripts: when each is the right tool, how they fail, and a simple workflow that avoids information overload.
Topic: Product
AI Podcast Summaries vs Newsletters vs YouTube: What to Use (and When)
A practical comparison of three learning channels—podcast summaries, newsletters, and YouTube—based on constraints like time, depth, and decision quality.
Topic: Product
AI Podcast Summaries for Product Managers: A Workflow That Actually Fits the Week
A practical, PM-friendly workflow for using AI podcast summaries without turning your learning into a second job—plus who this is for (and who it isn’t).
Topic: Product
AI Podcast Summaries for Founders: Turn Long Conversations Into Weekly Advantage
A founder-oriented workflow for learning from AI/startup podcasts without falling behind: what to track, what to ignore, and how to turn takeaways into decisions.
Topic: Startups
AI Morning Briefing vs Inbox Triage: Which One to Build First?
A practical comparison of two starter personal-agent workflows—and how to choose based on your actual constraint (scattered vs buried).
Topic: Personal AI Agents
AI Morning Briefing That Doesn’t Turn Into Doomscrolling
A practical setup for a daily AI briefing that keeps you oriented (calendar + priorities) without becoming another feed. Includes templates, defaults, and failure handling.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
AI Email Triage (Advice-Only): Reduce Decisions Without Outsourcing Your Voice
A practical workflow for using AI to sort, summarize, and draft replies—without letting it send anything. Includes output templates, defaults, and failure playbooks.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
AI Bills & Subscriptions Watcher: Catch Leaks Without Automating Payments
A practical workflow for using AI to flag new charges, price increases, and forgotten subscriptions—without giving it permission to cancel or pay anything. Includes templates and failure handling.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
AI Agent Reliability: Acceptance Tests, Drift, and the Boring Stuff That Makes It Work
A practical approach to making personal AI agents reliable: define acceptance tests, log inputs/outputs, handle drift, and fail loudly without spamming yourself.
Topic: Personal AI Agents
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