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Real-World Builds
March 3, 2026

A Database is Just a Spreadsheet

People hear 'database' and think mainframes, server rooms, and six-figure engineers. It's a spreadsheet. That's it. And now AI can talk to it.

Chris Johnston
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Real-World Builds
February 23, 2026

Sending Marketing Emails in 6 Minutes with an AI Agent

From draft to send: using an AI agent integrated with SendGrid to create and deploy marketing emails faster than you can make coffee.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Events
February 21, 2026

Hack Night is Back — February 24th at Subculture Coffee

Bring your laptop, bring an idea (or don't), and come build something real. Hack Night returns to Subculture Coffee in Delray Beach. All levels welcome. No gatekeeping.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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What is Vibe Coding
February 3, 2026

Agile Backwards: Why Users Should Build First

Traditional agile overlooks users until it's too late. In the AI era, users can build what they need themselves, flipping the development process on its head.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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Tools & Workflows
December 16, 2025

Cursor: Your New Battle Station

Cursor is more than a code editor. It's an agentic platform for automations, CRM, email, database queries, and everything in between.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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Getting Started
December 11, 2025

Your First Vibe Coding Session: What You Need

A computer, a browser, and a Google account. Most AI tools have free tiers. No prior experience required.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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What is Vibe Coding
December 9, 2025

What is Vibe Coding?

Vibe coding is using natural language to create software. You describe what you want, AI builds it. No traditional programming required.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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The Future of Work
April 2, 2026

The Agentic OS: When AI Handles Your Taxes, Shopping, and Scheduling

Software is evolving into agentic operating systems. Instead of clicking through menus, you'll tell your AI to handle it.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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The Future of Work
March 26, 2026

Old Funding Models Are Broken: Why You Need Less Capital Than You Think

If AI cuts development from 18 months to 2 weeks, VCs estimating old-school costs are living in the past. You might need $500K, not $5M.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Real-World Builds
March 19, 2026

We Built a Lead Gen Engine That Replaces an Entire Office

An agentic engine that scrapes the internet, qualifies businesses, finds email addresses, and writes to a database -- all automatically.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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Real-World Builds
March 12, 2026

Automating Blog Posts: From Client Call to Published Article

The full workflow: Gemini takes notes, suggests topics, Cursor generates posts, Google Drive handles review, and the site publishes on approval.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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The Future of Work
March 7, 2026

Value Rolls Up

Models, chips, facilities, energy. The AI value chain has a ceiling -- and it's made of power lines and water pipes. All roads lead to electrons.

Chris Johnston
5 min read
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The Future of Work
March 6, 2026

The SaaS Reckoning

Salesforce put a Rolodex in the cloud for $300K a year. OpenAI can spin up a CRM from scratch. MailChimp dies. Twilio thrives. The SaaS model is about to break.

Chris Johnston
5 min read
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The Future of Work
March 5, 2026

The UI Tax

Every dropdown you navigate, every settings page you memorize, every onboarding flow you endure -- that's the UI tax. AI is about to eliminate it.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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Real-World Builds
March 5, 2026

Who Are You Scaling For?

In the AI age, the name of the game isn't building a SaaS -- it's building a fully functioning company. For six people. With jQuery and SQLite.

Chris Johnston
5 min read
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The Future of Work
March 4, 2026

Death of the CRUD Monkey

CRUD -- create, read, update, delete. That's what every app does to a database. The engineers who build those interfaces? Language models do it better.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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The Future of Work
February 25, 2026

The Time is Now

Pre-training is over. AI consumed every human-written word it could find. Now the machines are hungry -- and your original content has never been more valuable.

Chris Johnston
4 min read
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Real-World Builds
February 20, 2026

Chat With Your Database: Natural Language to SQL

Ask questions in plain English and get answers from your database. No SQL knowledge required. No dashboard needed.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Tools & Workflows
February 17, 2026

Automations Without Code: Make.com vs. Cursor

Make.com is visual programming for automations. Cursor does it all through conversation. Here's when to use each.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Tools & Workflows
February 10, 2026

AI Image Generation: From Nano Banana to Fal.ai

How to use Fal.ai as a model provider to access Nano Banana and other image models at raw cost. The difference between text-to-image and image editing.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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What is Vibe Coding
January 27, 2026

Code is Liquid

Technology is fluid and adaptable. Features and learnings from one project flow into the next. Your codebase is a living thing that evolves with you.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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What is Vibe Coding
January 20, 2026

Don't Panic, It's Just English

The biggest shift in software: text prompts are replacing dropdown menus. If you can describe what you want, you can build it.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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What is Vibe Coding
January 13, 2026

Why You Don't Need Mailchimp, Eventbrite, or Hootsuite Anymore

Third-party SaaS subscriptions are becoming unnecessary. With AI and pure code, you can manage emails, events, and social media by simply asking.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Tools & Workflows
January 6, 2026

V0, Lovable, Replit, Base44: Which AI Builder Should You Use?

A quick comparison of web-based AI building platforms. Each has a sweet spot depending on your experience level and what you're building.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Getting Started
December 28, 2025

What is a Token? AI Jargon You Actually Need to Know

A token is a small unit of text the AI processes. Understanding tokens helps you work smarter and budget your AI usage.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Tools & Workflows
December 23, 2025

How to Write a PRD and Let AI Build It

Ask AI to write a Product Requirements Document, then feed it to V0 or Cursor to build the entire app. The PRD is your blueprint.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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Tools & Workflows
December 18, 2025

What Are MCP Servers and Why Should You Care?

MCP servers let AIs communicate with external tools and each other. They're the bridge between your AI and the real world.

Chris Johnston
3 min read
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