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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

yesterday

I 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 min

castkit: CLI Demo Videos From One Command

1 week ago

castkit 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 min

31 Rust CLI Tools Built for AI Agents

1 week ago

I 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 min

The 3-Month Gap: Building AI Agents That Actually Work

3 weeks ago

The 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 min

Universal MCP Server: Two Tools, 56 APIs

1 month ago

How 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 min

Prompt engineering is dead

2 months ago

Prompt 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 min

I Stopped Posting on Twitter for 2 Months

2 months ago

I 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 min

My coding stack is 4 models deep

6 months ago

How 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 min

0 to 500 Twitter Followers in 30 Days

6 months ago

I 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 min

Building 7 Apps at Once as a Solo Founder With ADHD

7 months ago

What 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 min

Why AI Products Have Terrible UX

7 months ago

Most 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 min

How ADHD and AI Work Together (My Real Stack)

8 months ago

Scored 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 min

Why I Left My Role as Solo Product Designer at VALK

8 months ago

I 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.

7 min