Product Validation

I Built an AI Website in 3 Hours. 562 People Signed Up. I’ve Never Felt More Lost.

📅 August 18, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Vanity metrics are the new opium of the entrepreneur. I built an AI website in 3 hours, got 562 sign-ups, and felt lost. The real danger of AI isn’t replacing developers—it’s creating a generation of zombie startups that solve no real problems. Learn why speed to market is useless without a foundational understanding of the problem you’re solving.

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The Easiest Way to Build an AI Agent Is Also the Fastest Way to Fail

📅 July 21, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

I built two AI agents in three days. They were beautiful. They were useless. The reason? Building was too easy. The 80% of AI agent projects that stall at demo stage aren’t failing because of technology. They’re failing because the cost of building has collapsed, eliminating the forcing function that made product managers validate demand before coding. Speed without discipline is just expensive noise.

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