iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 08/03/2026

I'm calling it Proxima 👀

Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 25/02/2026

Just got off an onboarding call which was music to my ears: 1) "Oh this is really easy to use" (we're getting this a lot) and 2) Oh I can stop using [a competitor] and just use you, perfect I hate them. I'd never use a quote like that on a comparison page, but there will be a comparison soon!

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 06/02/2026

Today I'm installing @openclaw-x.bsky.social on a 2020 MBP. My plan is to have it be my Chief of Staff that I had been using Obsidian + Claude Code to do.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 05/02/2026

The rate of innovation we're seeing. Opus 4.6, boom Codex 5.3. I'm a Claude guy using dev3000. Who's got the best comparison of using Codex?

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 20/01/2026

Coding is fun again. Feels like anything is possible. And quickly! Thanks AI.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 07/01/2026

The new coding loop: 60% -> Spend a lot of time on definition (with AI) 10% -> Spend a little time using AI to turn it into stories 1%-> Walk away and do other things while AI codes 20% -> Come back and test and do code reviews 9% -> Use AI to do most of the necessary changes

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 07/01/2026

For coding and PRD writing I haven't used anything but Opus 4.5 in a month. You?

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 19/12/2025

In person events are under rated for marketing. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 18/12/2025

It's both stressful and insanely satisfying when you can fix something for a customer minutes after they bring it up. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 15/12/2025

There's nothing like screen sharing with a new customers doing onboarding to make you seen 100 flaws you need to refine. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 03/12/2025

Thought today would be a nice marketing day for HiCira.com But nope, today is implement free email check denial and IP checks. Because the internet has jerks (and scammers). #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 25/11/2025

Can anyone recommend an affiliate marketing software? Looking to add an affiliates for HiCira.com and want a solid platform to use that will make my life easier. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 19/11/2025

What do you do while you wait for AI to write your code? My new thing is working on card tricks.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 14/11/2025

Happy Friday #buildinpublic. Just a reminder. DISTRIBUTION > PRODUCT

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 12/11/2025

HiCira.com is in closed beta right now, but we'll be soft launching next week. Exciting stuff! #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 10/11/2025

When you find out you have to do marketing #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 30/10/2025

Trying out Cursor's agent mode today. I didn't realize it had a Plan mode then a Build mode available. It just one shot 3 pages and 3 forms, made server actions, db changes, in under 60 seconds. 🤯

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 29/10/2025

If you're using Cursor, you have got to give their new Compose 1 model a try. It's so stupid fast. Like crazy fast, totally change agentic coding.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 28/10/2025

New header image! Getting ready for launch day! HiCira.com

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 27/10/2025

I've noticed Claude doesn't produce documents as artifacts as often as it used to. I frequently have to tell it to do it after it creates something. (unless it's code)

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 27/10/2025

I kinda like X's longer posts you can do over having to threads on @bsky.app Am I alone?

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 22/10/2025

Added a 3rd person to our team building HiCira.com, super excited to have a 3rd person. As this will let me focus more on marketing. #buildinpublic

hicira.com

Never Miss a Call Again

Let Cira, Your AI Voice Agent Book Jobs While You Work

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 20/10/2025

It's not writing code today, it's marketing. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 20/10/2025

The AWS outage has impacted my Roomba. No house map == no vacuuming. Weird world we live in.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 20/10/2025

This AWS outage is really messing with my morning. You can't subscribe to App Store purchases right now because of it, and I have 3 ad videos I need to record.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 15/10/2025

Optimizing for growth when you have 0 customers is like deciding what Michelle restaurant you want to eat at tonight when your bank account says $0. Just ship already. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 15/10/2025

Stop building for other software companies. There's only 585k software and IT companies in the US. And only 36k of those are SaaS companies. Stop building for other Indies, they'll just clone you with AI or fold in a couple months. Instead... #buildinpublic 👇

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 14/10/2025

Moving away from our awkward 2 repositories and trying to share the DB code to a monorepo. Weird I've never used one before. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 14/10/2025

For the past 1.5 months my co-founder and I have been working on our next SaaS. And we're finally unveiling it. It's called Cira, your AI voice receptionist for solo owners of local service companies. Best part, we're launching this week! hicira.com #buildinpublic

hicira.com

Never Miss a Call Again

Let Cira, Your AI Voice Agent Book Jobs While You Work

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 13/10/2025

I love Claude projects. I use them for nearly every aspect of my businesses. Once I use a prompt more than twice I spin up a project. I've got one's for SEO, content outlines, content analysis, writing, tweets, and project analysis. And I have ones for... #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 10/10/2025

Today's plan: 1. Wrap up onboarding for Ceri. 2. Make jalapeño jelly 3. Coil up the hoses for winter 4. Make our initial landing page for Ceri. Oh, what's Ceri? You'll see soon. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 10/10/2025

🤯 Just bought a six letter .com that's two words. For $10.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 09/10/2025

When you get a 2 word, 7 character .com for your SaaS idea.🤌

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 09/10/2025

Somedays I'm like "Do I buy this little single purpose tool for $12/month... or do I vibe code it myself and host it as a free tool for my own SEO..." AI really is changing the landscape of what's possible.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 03/10/2025

AI search results are just SEO in a trench coat.

AI search results are just SEO summaries

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 02/10/2025

Most makers wing it when it comes to marketing. That may work for vibe coding, but not for marketing. The right play is to pick a channel, learn how to execute on it, and learn <-> iterate. Here's my top 4 for SaaS: * FB Ads * Google Ads * SEO * Cold email #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 01/10/2025

My favorite movie meets my favorite bricks. Sora 2 is wild. sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68dc688a...

sora.chatgpt.com

bryansmith on Sora

Interstellar but in Lego.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 30/09/2025

I'm working on marketing automation today. Just signed up for HubSpot (man the CRM space sucks). The goal is for FB form leads to get added to my CRM (with Zapier) and automatically get sent an SMS, get added to my newsletter, and to a 3 email sequence. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 30/09/2025

Sora 2 is looking amazing! I can't wait to make some ads with this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzne...

youtube.com

Introducing Sora 2

YouTube video by OpenAI

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 30/09/2025

Hey #buildinpublic this is your daily reminder to do more marketing. A new feature is less likely to get you a customer than doing more marketing is.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 29/09/2025

More makers need to learn to market. One of my favorite woodworkers, who makes some really cool products, says his business has been down 20% this year. So I do what I normally do, because I’m a business nerd, and looked into his advertising. And found he’s not advertising. #buildinpublic 🧵

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 28/09/2025

99 times out of 100 the answer is do more marketing. I don't even need to know what you're building. The answer is marketing.

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 28/09/2025

The side of entrepreneurship they don't tell you about. For "reasons" FB breaks initial ad payments into weirdly small chunks and then does A LOT oF THEM. Like 20+. AMEX sees that and goes FRAUD! Even though I'm sure they've seen this behavior across many other accounts. #buildingpublic 🧵

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 27/09/2025

Anyone have a FB ads automation or management tool they recommend? I'm looking to make experimenting with new ads and copy easier. #buildinpublic

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 22/09/2025

This weekend I spent $400 experimenting with AI ads. Here's the final ad I created and below you'll find which apps worked and which ones didn't (the last post created this video). #buildinpublic 🧵

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Bryan Smith @bryansmith.io · 18/09/2025

Vibe coding is great for allowing rapid prototyping and enabling no-coders with coding outcomes. The other path is the AI Assisted Engineer This let's you work 2x, 5x, 10x faster, but you're building within well known secure, scalable, robust rails to put something in production that you can trust

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