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Build logsAnyone can build a platform now. Almost nobody can get people to find it.I want to start this post with an admission that's a little uncomfortable, which is that the platform I built specifically to help other people solve their distribution problem is itself struggling with exactly the same distribution problem I built it to solve. ClaudeFolio is live, the submissions feature works, the upvoting works, the design is clean, and the rules are exactly the rules I wanted them to be. The only thing missing is the part where lots of people know it exists. And that part, as I'm learning the hard way, is the part that actually matters...
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GeneralHow Long Before Claude Code and Codex Become Unaffordable?Here's a question that I've been thinking about, and probably you too if you've built your whole workflow around these tools. Right now Claude Code and Codex are cheap, but...
General75% of New Apps Can't Hit 1,000 DownloadsMore than 75% of new apps launched in the past year failed to reach even 1,000 downloads, while app launches jumped 50% thanks to AI coding tools. That's not a coincidence. Here's what the data actually shows and what it means if you're about to build something...
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GeneralWhy Is My Facebook Feed Full of AI Slop?Shrimp Jesus, impossible birthday cakes, rage-bait charts. Your Facebook feed is full of AI slop now.
GeneralWhy Does Twitter and Reddit Feel Like I'm Talking to AI Bots Now?That "are these even real people" feeling on X and Reddit isn't paranoia.
LessonsJust Because You Can Vibe Code It Doesn't Mean You Should Ship ItThe vibe coding tools made building so easy, and shipping without looking is where people are walking off a cliff. Here's the gap between "it runs" and "it's done," and how to close it.
NewsFable 5's Safety Filters Are Blocking People for Asking About SunglassesFable 5 has been out for about a day and the honeymoon is already getting awkward. The model itself is a monster but the safety filters that Anthropic bolted onto it are so twitchy that people are getting blocked for asking completely normal stuff, and the complaints are piling up fast. I went and read through what people are actually running into, and people think it's a problem...
NewsAnthropic Just Released a Tamed Version of Its "Too Dangerous" Model: Fable 5Anthropic dropped Fable 5 today. This is the first time they've taken one of their Mythos-class models, the tier that sits above Opus, the stuff they've been keeping locked in the basement because it was too spicy to hand out, and actually made a version of it that “normies” can use...
LessonsPeople Are Using LLM Bots to Write Their Own Posts on Reddit. What Happens When AI Trains on AI?People are getting too lazy to write their own posts, so more of the internet is AI-generated every year. The next generation of AI trains on that content. So what happens when AI starts learning from itself? It has a name, and real research behind it.
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LessonsWhat Happens to Your SaaS When Customers Can Just Build It Themselves With Claude Code?Okay somebody needs to say this out loud because everybody building their little SaaS with Claude Code right now is having a great time and not thinking about the obvious problem sitting right in front of them… The same tool you used to build your SaaS in a weekend? Your customers have access to it too...
GeneralHow Much Does Claude Code Cost?Claude Code pricing depends on how you access it and how hard you use it. Here are the actual numbers for Pro, Max, Team, and the API, plus a realistic sense of what light, moderate, and heavy users actually pay.
GeneralWhat Exactly is Claude Code?You've heard the name a hundred times but never gotten a straight answer about what it does. Here's a plain explanation of what Claude Code actually is and how it's different from the regular Claude chat.