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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 21/09/2026

This is how we work now. Multiple projects happening. Each orchestrated by a lead agent delegating to sub agents. Each working on their own machine (orb) with @AmpCode. What a time.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 18/09/2026

Launched a refresh of buildermethods.com today (on it's 1 year birthday 🥳) It's a return to it's original promise: Helping fellow builders stay ahead as our craft is changing faster than ever.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 17/09/2026

All my work happens on orbs (cloud agents) now. I work working through one "orchestrator" who spawns a few team members (code implementer, copywriter, designer, etc.). Each on their own orb. Sometimes in different repos. Often using different models. All talking and coordinating with eachother.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 16/09/2026

Shipped a 'manage my subscriptions' UI for mimeohq.com

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 21/08/2026

How I trust code I never read: 1. Heavy up-front planning sessions, PRD, specs 2. Agent self-verification loops before delivery 3. Manual QA on critical paths only No surprises. No hallucinations. A few refinements, then ready.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 19/08/2026

New in flywrite.app: I added Cursor CLI integration so it knows your current file and selection (just like it does Claude Code and Codex CLI). Now I can use my favorite markdown editor (Flywrite) with my Cursor/Grok subscription.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 18/08/2026

Plus a reference library of quick, just-in-time lessons on essential concepts. Aimed at helping you understand and observe our quickly changing landscape of tools, platforms, and models.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 18/08/2026

The program follows 3 build-along examples where we use my AI patterns to streamline things like: - Sales pipelines - Content creation (with voice training) - Proposal writing for consultants (and more)

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 18/08/2026

Covering concepts that apply across every platform and model, proven industry standards. My personal conventions and designs for using them real business processes.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 18/08/2026

Scenes from my new course, Become AI-Native: 👇

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 10/08/2026

Using skills and claude.md/agents.md continues to be the most annoying "lock-in" thing. Claude more to blame here for not embracing 'agents' standard naming. Plenty of hacks and workaround strategies, of course. All annoying (and even harder to teach newcomers). 🙄

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 07/08/2026

Writing and building my next course, 'Become AI-Native'. flywrite.app is the perfect tool for this type of work (writing-heavy project with some design work). Developing & iterating with Claude, hand-editing some parts...

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 07/08/2026

Last year I created Agent OS to keep coding agents on the rails. This year, I stopped using it. Today's models do worse when you micromanage how they write code. They do better when you pour everything into planning and verification.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 28/07/2026

Spruced up my Claude Code status bar today.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 24/07/2026

If you feel like you have to review every line of code AI writes, the bottleneck isn't AI. It's micromanagement. Move that energy into planning and verification. Own the what and the proof. Let the agent own the how. That's what unlocks bigger builds.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 16/07/2026

In flywrite.app, your AI agents are one keystroke away. Launchers open a new terminal with something already running: a plain shell, Claude Code, or Codex — each on its own shortcut. Add launchers for your own commands, and remap any keyboard shortcut in settings.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 15/07/2026

Your writing app should look like yours. In flywrite.app you can pick any font installed on your Mac with a live preview as you choose. Build full custom themes, down to every color, font size, and weight.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 15/07/2026

New in flywrite.app: click any image, video, or audio file in your project and it opens right in the editor — zoom images, scrub video, play audio. And it refreshes live so you can watch your agent generate visuals in real time.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 14/07/2026

Good thing I've started moving all my writing and artifact'ing into local markdown files with Claude Code and flywrite.app.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 14/07/2026

New in flywrite.app: put images right in your writing. Paste a screenshot, drag a file in, or click the Img button — the picture appears right in your document. Files land in an images folder near your doc (configurable).

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 12/07/2026

Subtle but helpful: When toggling between the file editor and terminal in flywrite.app the top line of each lightens/darkens. That lets me know which is active so that I can manage the tabs in each using the same keyboard shortcuts (all customizeable btw).

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 11/07/2026

How do you like your markdown docs to feel? Dial in the perfect fonts, weights, colors, scale in flywrite.app. See mine here. Now available.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 07/07/2026

I plan builds twice. For a reason: PRD = the macro plan. My product vision. The decisions around *what* to build. (👈 vast majority of my time is here) Plan mode = the micro plan. Claude's plan for how it will code that vision. (👈 this alone is not enough)

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 07/07/2026

Good morning to you too, Fable.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 03/07/2026

A frontier model can build your whole app in one prompt. Sometimes that's even true. The question is whether you should. And no, you shouldn't. One-shotting skips every checkpoint where you'd catch your own planning misses. Build in milestones.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 01/07/2026

"It works", Claude said. Reality: All it did was re-read its code and decide it was "correct". Make Claude prove it: 1. Write tests, require 100% pass. 2. Use agent-browser skill to screenshot & check its UI work. That eliminates a ton of time having Claude fix stuff.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 30/06/2026

This answer to my surveys will never get old. So helpful.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 29/06/2026

My internal app for planning my pipeline, scheduling and publishing content. I develop pieces in Claude Code. Agent pushes to here then schedules things out, according to my rules.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 18/06/2026

The tool (or agent skill) your business actually needs is already hiding in your week. You don't have to dream up a clever app idea. Look at the recurring busywork that quietly eats your hours every week. That's the thing worth building. Start there.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 17/06/2026

A stronger AI model isn't a threat to your job. The best output from the best models comes when someone with judgment, taste and experience is steering it. More horsepower goes to whoever's willing to migrate their technical chops UP the ladder to where they matter more now.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 09/06/2026

Creative meeting with my video editor. 👀

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 01/06/2026

Don't love "workflow" being a keyword for Claude now, which instructs Claude to use its' new Workflow tool. The apps I build are for managing MY workflow, so I often frame my specs/prompts around the user's "workflow" with the feature/UI. That's a different meaning/context.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 29/05/2026

The AI prompted playlist feature on Spotify is pretty great. Here are 2 of mine (in my work account):

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 28/05/2026

Seeing how far I can go to make my solo creator business AI-native. Here's my slate of custom apps and agent skills that run my pipeline. Goal: Less of my time on busy work. More of my time on creating, teaching, building.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 22/05/2026

Been working on some internal tools for me & my agents to power my content pipeline. So much freedom and power when designing for a customer base of one.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 12/05/2026

Every time I buy a new mac it sits unopened for a week until I have a day to set it up.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 11/05/2026

Added this email sent to folks who hesitate in my checkout flow. Highly recommend.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 13/04/2026

Working on a new course for people who want to build tools, but lack software dev experience. You will fill those gaps and build something real, using the same tools and process that "pros" do. Coming to Builder Methods Pro this month.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 10/04/2026

What are we building today?

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 19/03/2026

This is what 'working on the business' looks like now.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 16/03/2026

Working on my take on Ralph.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 03/03/2026

My agent sends me my morning report daily. (apparently I'm behind on my todos)

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 27/02/2026

Built myself a core daily tool I call "BrainDown": 📝 Markdown file editor/viewer. 🔄 Dropbox-based file management. 📱 Mobile & keyboard-friendly. 🎙️ Create with voice, text or paste. 🔗 Link to any markdown file (great for my chats with @openclaw agents).

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 24/02/2026

Who said snow days are only for the kids?

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 23/02/2026

Working title for my next video: "How to create jobs for OpenClaw Agents."

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 20/02/2026

My tasks board for my @openclaw agents is much more useful when grouped by agent, showing each agent's queue of scheduled/recurring tasks. The status view (todo/doing/done) is there too, but not as useful here. Just build your own tools.

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 19/02/2026

My Telegram chat folders 🙂🤖

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 13/02/2026

Putting an Agent Team to work in Claude Code today...

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Brian Casel @briancasel.com · 11/02/2026

The Builder Methods Pro library has been growing so I gave it a refresh. Now easier to navigate into the series: - The Claude Code Course - Builder Stories (builders share their screens!) - Project ride-alongs.

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