Product Journal: Watch me build in public!

Every episode is one build, published while it happens: the video, the article and the working files. The method behind all of them is on the build in public page.

NEWSLETTER

008: How I Removed AI Watermarks From Everything I Publish

How to remove AI watermarks from your writing: the four layers every AI provider hides, why 100% removal is a lie, and the cleaner I built and shipped.

7 min read

007: This Backend Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself

An onboarding questionnaire that reads who you are from the stories and goals you love, the pivot that made it work, and the psychology engine underneath.

7 min read

006: I Built One Backend For My Entire Business With Claude

Business data backend, built and live. I wired every platform into one Postgres database, firewalled the PII, and put Claude Code on top to read the whole thing.

7 min read

005: I'm Gamifying My Channel for Growth

Gamify your YouTube channel for growth. I design two animated subscribe buttons live with AI video and DaVinci Resolve, so the art does the asking instead of me.

5 min read

004: One File Makes Claude Write Like a Human

How to make ChatGPT or Claude write like a human: three rules in one Markdown file the model reads before it writes. The research, the rulebook and the skill, free.

7 min read

003: Designing A Backend For A One Person AI Company

Solo founder backend architecture, planned live with Claude Code. One droplet, one Postgres, four databases, a published cost ceiling, and a 28 item scaling backlog.

8 min read

002: Planning a Gaming App in 40 Minutes with User Story Mapping

User story mapping example, applied live to a gamified growth app. Forty minutes of planning, one lean step I didn't expect, and the core insight that reordered everything.

7 min read

001: How I Set Up My Build-in-Public System in One Session

Planning and shipping a build-in-public pipeline with Claude Code: tooling decisions, the lead magnet UX, and a reused newsletter webhook. All live, in one session.

7 min read