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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

most devs think automation is about speed. wrong. it's about never doing the same thing twice.

Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

mack's "turning bullshit into reality": 1. write your values 2. generate 10 actions per value 3. pick the scariest one 4. map micro-steps 5. execute now used this to ship 16 AI products in 5 months. it works.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

eric raymond was right: boredom is evil. AI finally kills all drudgery. 2015: automated mornings manually (125 hrs/year) 2024: automated infrastructure (€15K saved) 2026: AI automates my automation

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

"you're happening to life" - mack stopped being a victim of: - bad tools (built my own) - high costs (cut 84%) - slow processes (automated) agency = ownership.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

unpopular: you shouldn't use OpenClaw right now. 135K exposed instances, malware in packages, RCE exploits everywhere. innovation without security = handing your business to criminals.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Love that attitude Brandon! You are on the brink of obsession and high agency. We should connect!

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

learning german with claude feels like cheating. conversational practice 24/7. personalized corrections. business vocabulary on demand. duolingo could never.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

mack asks: "what would you do with 10x agency?" my answer: - AI as business mentor (done) - AI for german (done) - AI for investments (done) - automate automation (in progress) don't wait for 10x. act like you have it now.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

2012: managed 3 devs, one broke under pressure 2015: realized humans are the bottleneck 2024: automated infrastructure end-to-end 2026: AI handles what breaks humans pattern recognition took 14 years.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

why are devs scared of OpenClaw's vulnerabilities but not their own codebases? you have bugs in production right now. you shipped anyway. innovation always carries risk. own it.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

OpenClaw looks incredible. 512 vulnerabilities incredible too. want to use it for everything but security researchers found 135,000 exposed instances, no auth. the bleeding edge cuts both ways.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

"attitude is no substitute for competence" - raymond my competence stack: 17+ years shipping 50+ production projects 16 AI products in 5 months €15K saved through automation show the work, not the talk.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

most people: "i'll try AI tools" me: AI rewrote my entire decision-making process there's levels to this.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

shifted from "how do i code this?" to "how do i orchestrate this?" claude code handles implementation. i handle strategy. that's the real productivity unlock—knowing what NOT to build yourself.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

raymond: "freedom is good" why i went self-hosted: - no vendor lock-in - full control - €18K→€3.2K turns out freedom isn't just philosophical. it's financial.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

asked claude to analyze my spending patterns. got roasted for €400/month on tools i don't use. brutal. accurate.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

"there are no adults" - mack stopped waiting for: - HP to fix their 3-year backlog (did it in 1 month) - tools to mature (shipped with broken ones) - AI to be "safe" (built with it anyway) permission is a trap.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

the problem with OpenClaw isn't the 512 vulnerabilities. it's that everyone wants the demo, nobody wants the security audit. hype-driven development kills businesses.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

raymond: "hackers worship competence" me: showing 17 years of shipped code, not talking about prompts competence > credentials > conversation.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

high agency tricycle (mack): 1. clear thinking → define the problem 2. bias to action → ship before ready 3. disagreeability → ignore "that's impossible" used this to cut infrastructure 84%. nobody said it was safe. did it anyway.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

hackers believe "the world is full of fascinating problems" - raymond my evolution: 2009: manual deployment fascinating 2015: automation fascinating 2024: AI integration fascinating 2026: AI as co-founder fascinating obsession compounds.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

"only weird survives; normal is forgotten" - mack every automation i built was called weird first. €18K→€3.2K weird. 125hrs/year weird. weird wins.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

2012: led team of 3, broke one under pressure learned: humans have limits. automation doesn't. raymond said "creative brains are a limited resource." he was right. so i stopped wasting mine on repetitive work.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

"if it doesn't defy physics, humans can solve it" - mack so why are you waiting for: - perfect tools - more experience - someone's permission high agency means building NOW with what exists.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

17 years: solved problems manually 1 year: automated solutions 6 months: AI solves problems i didn't know i had raymond's loop, infinite speed.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

raymond's hacker ethic for AI: 1. fascinating problems → AI solves impossible ones 2. don't solve twice → AI automates infinitely 3. drudgery is evil → AI eliminates boring work 4. freedom is good → open AI democratizes intelligence 5. competence > attitude → mastery separates builders

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

low agency: "will AI take my job?" medium agency: "how do i use AI?" high agency: "how do i rebuild my entire business around AI?" the question reveals the mindset.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

"there's only now" - george mack stopped waiting for perfect tools in 2009. still shipping with broken ones. high agency = ship anyway.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

raymond: "no problem should be solved twice" been living this since 2015. if i do something manually twice, i automate it. zero exceptions.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

eric raymond said "no problem should be solved twice" george mack said "there are no adults" combining them: stop waiting for someone to automate your work. you ARE the adult. automate it yourself.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

unpopular: comments lie code tells you what it does comments tell you what it should do they diverge write self-documenting code comment only "why" not "what"

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

senior dev secret: google everything still forget syntax copy-paste from stackoverflow read docs for 10th time difference is: we know what to search for New age: chatgpt everything Don't check anything Mess up everything. Blame it on the prompt and chatgpt

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

my code review checklist: ✅ works? ✅ readable? ✅ edge cases? ❌ "elegant"? ❌ "best practices"? ❌ latest framework? functionality > aesthetics actually, scratch that. functionality first, aesthetics later.

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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Merryl DMello | AI × Automation × Anime 🔮 @merryldmello.bsky.social · 11/02/2026