- Full-Stack Engineer (AI Platform) - https://mitchallen.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mkh2uvw5uc2oI’m getting “download this CLAUDE.md” fatigue. Just telling me that you have a magic pill to solve everything doesn’t help me. Especially if I blindly install it and it proceeds to hijack my accounts. I need you to explain it to me. Then I’ll probably build my own version.27 Apr 2026 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkh2uvw5uc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mkgyyz6wd22fMy test blog, which I haven’t updated in 4 years, gets 2K visitors a month. It contains nothing but 3 Bacon Ipsum posts (think Lorem Ipsum - but with bacon). Behind the US it’s most popular in Japan. Why? I have no idea.27 Apr 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgyyz6wd22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mjz6uqxwak2qwordgame.tools https://wordgame.tools/21 Apr 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz6uqxwak2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mjwavsdnok2nhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=grdoOQ-sLfE Tokenmaxxing is some of the dumbest, inefficient, most wasteful tech bro BS that I’ve ever heard of. It’s right up there with KLOCs (ask ChatGPT). As the story points out, the system can be easily gamed. We should reward doing more with less. Not less with more.20 Apr 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwavsdnok2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mjturhebv22qWhen designing a nano SaaS, my new book describes 4 critical pillars. They are: - The one-sentence description of your product - The one user persona that it is for - The one outcome it delivers - The one reason someone would pay for it instead of using a workaround19 Apr 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjturhebv22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mjsvdobtdc2nMy latest book is now available on Amazon! Nano SaaS: The Solo Developer's Guide to Building, Launching, and Monetizing in Days a.co/d/04LQjRVP https://a.co/d/04LQjRVP19 Apr 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsvdobtdc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mjr64ckc3k2dI’m not off to a good start selling my book through Lemon Squeezy. I had to remove the product link on LinkedIn because the price and buttons came up in what I think is Russian! Linking direct from my home page is fine. Though fine is a relative term after reading the comments about LS on Reddit.18 Apr 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjr64ckc3k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mhhofarls22fAI isn’t replacing software developers. AI is assisting software developers.20 Mar 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhofarls22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mhasuxxqmk2mOne thing holding Bluesky back is its inability to import simple videos from my phone. Having to chase down a converter, upload, convert, download, move to it to my phone so I can post it - adds too much friction. One thing that will kill any app is usability friction.17 Mar 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhasuxxqmk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mh6d73fxl22iAnthropic wants you to think that AI is going to take over all software development and support. Yet their API keys and associated billing are an absolute mess. To the point where API keys are unusable and I want a refund. Now I’m in a battle with their chatbot trying to get through to a human.16 Mar 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6d73fxl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mgvu6y47422zhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=YTLnnoZPALI Even Rick Beato thinks the future of AI is local.13 Mar 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvu6y47422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mgpf5g4ux225https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/microsoft-announces-copilot-cowork-with-help-from-anthropic-a-cloud-powered This morning, Microsoft announced "Copilot Cowork" a new cloud-based AI agentic automation tool within Microsoft's existing AI tool 365 Copilot, except now it can complete work on users' behalf across many Microsoft apps, instead of contained within each one.10 Mar 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpf5g4ux225https://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mg4pcxiwik2jhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91498615/stop-calling-it-inevitable-the-ai-job-crisis-is-being-built-not-born #fastcompany03 Mar 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4pcxiwik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mfzdxyqd5s22NASA finally gets back to iterating. #naa #artemis https://youtube.com/watch?v=8VwRdui50FY01 Mar 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzdxyqd5s22https://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3messwsn7gk2wThis is what happens when CEOs buy the hype. https://youtube.com/shorts/tBWenRZIgdg?si=QduflrBy3Tl9B8Ii14 Feb 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3messwsn7gk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3meqm3lkyj22zClaude Code with their stingy token allocation put me on a timeout again. That frees me up to consider Open AI Codex as an alternative. #codex #claude #anthropic #openai github.com/openai/codex https://github.com/openai/codex13 Feb 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqm3lkyj22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3meqexqdwkc2gNearly 21K new AI agents go live on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana https://www.cryptopolitan.com/nearly-21k-new-ai-agents-go-live-on-ethereum-bnb-chain-and-solana/13 Feb 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqexqdwkc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3meplkayk5k23The guy just wants to nerd out: Peter Steinberger is the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework that's the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NMBoNFDOr_o13 Feb 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3meplkayk5k23https://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3men2llfbw22oHere is a breakdown of how OpenClaw works. https://youtube.com/watch?v=CAbrRTu5xcw12 Feb 2026 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3men2llfbw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mdyjud4rk222https://finance.yahoo.com/news/traders-dump-software-stocks-ai-115502147.html #SaaSpocalypse #SaaS #Anthropic #Claude https://finance.yahoo.com/news/traders-dump-software-stocks-ai-115502147.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJSs_LkmY8UUJb9J4375ya7eFL_R4NKCnwP2cxV9HLo43OfjLYFw366cS3Sed77zAFTfV7Y4S-wmE-eNaSGGCWOBwf-rxe5y5wOQRtzTT7dXgaXbQZ5jJcxVYXtzB6DVfHhLcwLRqzMRAlhQjm9PxnODxEh9X8fodLok-IfhCC9T03 Feb 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdyjud4rk222https://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mdxmvzohqk2bhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=6OXE65fjjsU #moltbook #openclaw #moltbot #clawdbot03 Feb 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxmvzohqk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mdjswuzto226Oh here we go again. Apple torpedoed one of my apps again and never bothered to tell me why. I was thinking of closing my account since I have no time for updates anyway. #apple #indiedev29 Jan 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjswuzto226https://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mdfo2kxusc22Before installing ClawdBot, make sure you’ve mitigated the risks. One way to shore things up is to use Slack or Signal for messaging. I wish all the automation gurus would stop recommending Telegram. #clawdbot #agentic #telegram #ollama #security #automation https://jpcaparas.medium.com/hundreds-of-clawdbot-instances-were-exposed-on-the-internet-heres-how-to-not-be-one-of-them-63fa813e662527 Jan 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfo2kxusc22https://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3md5ep5mvt22vSkool has a $9/month hobby plan for building online communities. Since I’m a “web guy” I get asked how to do something like that all the time. If you want to build a site where you can host courses, discussions etc you can checkout my affiliate link below. #skool https://www.skool.com/signup?ref=5f9512cfc22f443da1006a9aa7c82d9b24 Jan 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3md5ep5mvt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mczxkkyw3k27I’m trying to use Gemini CLI at work under their enterprise license. Every prompt is met with “Trying to reach gemini-2.5-pro (Attempt X/10)” Then sometimes it reaches 10 and I have to tell it to try the flash version. At least I get paid by the hour to stare at my screen. #gemini22 Jan 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczxkkyw3k27https://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mchthmopy22kAnthropic has been alienating a lot of developers lately. Including myself with their token limits, daily and even weekly timeouts. #anthropic #claudecode #claude #opencode #aidev https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/claude_devs_usage_limits/15 Jan 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchthmopy22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3mbyltm6s5c2hWith 3 agents running in the background I always hit my Claude Code token limit in 15 minutes. This is unsustainable. I’ll be building up my home lab this year to move Ollama to a beefy server and shift my work there. Then see what I can do until open source catches up. #ollama #claudecode09 Jan 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyltm6s5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3m7wytba4zk2iMeta bails on open source AI. #meta #llama #avocado #opensource #closedsource https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/09/meta-avocado-ai-strategy-issues.html14 Dec 2025 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7wytba4zk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mitchallen.bsky.social/post/3m7joxbj5fk2hTo avoid posting quotes that were hallucinated by one AI agent, I've built another to review each quote and assign a status, along with an explanation. In this case, the agent found that the original attribution was misidentified. #aiagents #workflow #verification #citation #n8n #anthropic #gemini09 Dec 2025 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:wjohvyn24w7phqmlwuheufjr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7joxbj5fk2h