Jul 21, 2026
I reverse-engineered Marc Lou's 259-post week. It's 8 posts and a Big Mac.
I read all 585 posts four top founders published last week. Underneath: a 5-move system any solo founder can copy.
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Notes from Practical by AI on using AI in design and product work without the hype.
Jul 16, 2026
The Practical Five: Week 28
Five ideas from AI and product design you can apply by Monday
Jul 14, 2026
Was This $545 AI Experiment a Waste?
I wasn’t ready for what a week of Fable uncovered.
Jun 18, 2026
The Practical Five: Week 25
Five ideas from AI and product design you can apply by Monday
Jun 16, 2026
I cleared a weekend to test Fable 5. By Friday night it was banned.
The most capable model Anthropic has shipped lasted 76 hours. What the demos showed before it vanished, and what it means if you design for a living.
Jun 11, 2026
The Practical Five: Week 24
Five ideas from AI and product design you can apply by Monday
Jun 9, 2026
When you drop a 40-page file into Claude, does it read all of it?
The honest answer to how much of your project knowledge Claude actually sees, and the one badge that tells you.
Jun 4, 2026
The Practical Five: Week 23
Five ideas from AI and product design you can apply by Monday
Jun 2, 2026
You don't become a millionaire. You become a product designer, PM or indie hacker
Play the game and test your product skills.
May 26, 2026
6 Claude Cowork setups every designer should run
Jira, Figma, Mobbin, Playwright. The exact stack I've been refining all year on client work.
May 19, 2026
Figma just opened the canvas to AI agents.
The MCP server changes how design and code talk. Three workflows, all built on it. Here's what each one does and how to set it up.
May 12, 2026
I tested every viral AI prompt on X this week. Expectations vs reality.
Seven viral prompts. Two weeks of testing. Honest verdicts on each.
May 6, 2026
I tested ChatGPT image editing so you don't have to. The results surprised me.
Four tests. No cherry-picking. ChatGPT vs. Nano Banana, side by side.
Apr 28, 2026
Nobody expected this from Claude Design.
10 examples of what people actually built in the first 8 days.
Apr 21, 2026
Can Claude Design actually replace Figma? I tested it as lead designer.
Another tool saying it will replace Figma, let's see what I can build with it.
Apr 16, 2026
When AI shows only the answer, the product feels broken (The blackbox effect)
Your model works. Your UX does not. Here is what to fix first.
Mar 30, 2026
Case study: How we automated 30% of compliance work with AI (without breaking anything)
A real project. Real constraints. Real lessons.
Mar 24, 2026
Builder PMs are eating everyone else's lunch
Why the PMs who ship prototypes, not PRDs, are winning every argument.
Mar 19, 2026
AutoResearch: The New Must-Have AI Skill?
You learned prompting. You learned vibe coding. The next skill might be letting AI run experiments for you while you sleep.
Mar 16, 2026
MCP is becoming the USB-C of AI
One protocol now connects your AI agents to every tool your database, Slack, GitHub, CRM. Here's why it matters and why security teams are panicking.