A LinkedIn recruiter pitched me a remote "Software Engineer at a DEX" project this week. Reasonable comp range, tech stack squarely in my wheelhouse. After a couple of friendly exchanges, she asked me to "review the codebase before the technical interview" and sent me a GitHub repo link plus a Calendly invite for the call. The repo was malware. It didn't get me, but it's something developers shoul
The Idea After deciding to build an iOS app using AI, the first thing I set out to create was a metronome app designed for dark stage environments. Back in college, I played drums — and while that was a while ago, there weren’t many metronome apps that felt both clean and professional. (Turns out, that’s still true today.) That’s what led me to the idea: a simple, black-and-white metronome where
Why this list is different The "best" email API depends entirely on what you're building. A side project optimizing for the free tier needs different things than a Series B SaaS sending two million transactional emails a month. This post grades eight providers against the criteria that actually move the needle in production, and tells you which one to pick for which use case. Most roundups in th
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For the longest time, I was the classic "builder who doesn't ship content." I'd ship features, take notes, have insights... but turning them into consistent posts on X, LinkedIn, or Threads? That part always felt like a chore. The context switching, reformatting, trying to sound natural on every platform — it killed my momentum. So I built Elevenwritt. You paste anything: A rough idea Meeting note
What do you need for UCP? There are two levels of UCP readiness. The first is the minimum viable manifest — the bare requirements to pass validation and appear in the UCP directory. The second is the agent-ready setup — what it actually takes for an AI agent to browse, cart, and check out at your store without friction. Think of this as your UCP checklist — the minimum requirements plus the recomm
Series: AI Isn’t an Engineering Problem Anymore (Part 2) In the last post, I talked about hitting a usage limit while debugging my robot and realizing how repetitive my own AI usage had become. When we use LLMs, whether through APIs or tools, it feels like every request is new. The inefficiency isn’t from using AI too much. You don’t ask once, you iterate. These are the most interesting ones. Some
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