Dee's Blog
AI engineering, design, and building in public. By Dee - ex-fintech designer, now shipping AI tools from LA.
The Distribution Problem Nobody Talks About →
yesterdayI have 61 post drafts, 18 finished blog posts, and published nothing. Here's what my AI agent diagnosed about why - and how I'm fixing the default.
10 mincastkit: CLI Demo Videos From One Command →
1 week agocastkit is an open-source Rust CLI demo video generator. Run one command on any binary and get a polished MP4 or GIF. Works headless in CI.
8 min31 Rust CLI Tools Built for AI Agents →
1 week agoI built 31 open-source Rust CLI tools for AI agents and measured 35x better token efficiency vs MCP servers. Here's the stack, the design decisions, and why it works.
10 minThe 3-Month Gap: Building AI Agents That Actually Work →
3 weeks agoThe hard part of building AI agents isn't the demo - it's the 3 months after. Real lessons from running a 15-agent system in production for 90 days.
9 minUniversal MCP Server: Two Tools, 56 APIs →
1 month agoHow I built a universal MCP server that wraps 56 APIs into just two tools using the OpenAPI Code Mode pattern - cutting token costs 50x.
11 minPrompt engineering is dead →
2 months agoPrompt engineering had an 18-month run as a real skill. Models killed it. Learn what actually matters now - tool use, agent architecture, and MCP integration.
8 minI Stopped Posting on Twitter for 2 Months →
2 months agoI accidentally stopped posting on Twitter for 2 months. Here's what happened to reach, followers, and my work - and what it actually cost me.
8 minMy coding stack is 4 models deep →
6 months agoHow I use Grok, Claude Code, Codex, and more in sequence to ship faster - what each model does best and why one tool isn't enough.
8 min0 to 500 Twitter Followers in 30 Days →
6 months agoI rebuilt my Twitter from zero after a ban. Here's exactly how I grew to 500 followers in 30 days with replies, real takes, and no cross-promo deals.
8 minBuilding 7 Apps at Once as a Solo Founder With ADHD →
7 months agoWhat it actually looks like to run 7 simultaneous projects solo with ADHD - the failures, the systems that survived, and why I'll never take a cofounder.
10 minWhy AI Products Have Terrible UX →
7 months agoMost AI products have terrible UX - not because the AI is bad, but because no one who understands both AI and design is building them. Here's what to fix.
9 minHow ADHD and AI Work Together (My Real Stack) →
8 months agoScored 147 on RAADS-R and 38 on AQ-50 (autism), plus ADHD. Here's how I built AI systems that work with my brain, not against it. Real stack, real workflows.
9 minWhy I Left My Role as Solo Product Designer at VALK →
8 months agoI was the only designer at a $4B fintech platform for 5 years. Here's the real reason I left in 2025 and what I'm building now.
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