AI Development

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AI Development

Slowly figuring out the right AI Model to use (health) | Build in public E141

My Daily Build and Public Log Update Today, I share my progress and challenges in building a micro SaaS product powered by an AI agent designed for event scheduling. I discussed my struggle to find the right balance between speed and accuracy, particularly when using ChatGPT-5, which, although accurate, often runs unbearably slow. My update also covers the painstaking process of tweaking prompts, model settings, and the scheduling system while I work through a backlog of technical issues left by previous projects. Alongside these professional hurdles, I candidly explain my personal health problems and sleep issues stemming from a long-term hiatal hernia, which has been a recurring challenge since a serious surgery years ago. Despite the technical and personal difficulties, I remain determined to refine my system and build a sustainable solution, though I continue to evaluate whether it meets an actual market need.
September 18, 2025
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GPT-5 is crazy slow and killing my agents (Channel) | Build in public E140

Daily Update: My Micro SaaS and AI Event Calendar Project In today’s update, I shared my ongoing efforts to build a micro SaaS platform using a micro AI agent that converts text and images into calendar events. I discussed the challenges I’m facing with reoccurring events, particularly how the AI takes too long to process complex prompts and times out. I explained my plan to implement a router to better manage user interactions and feedback, and I emphasized the need for extensive testing using deterministic unit tests to ensure accuracy. Additionally, I mentioned personal updates about quitting a freelance contract and my plans to rebrand my YouTube channel, including its name, image, intro video, and thumbnails. I also called on viewers to leave feedback by commenting with the word 'calendar' to help improve my channel’s visibility. This update highlights both technical hurdles and my journey toward creating a better product and brand.
September 17, 2025
AI Development

I moved! | Build in public E121

London Move and AI Agents Update I recently moved to London, England, and in my update I share my relocation experience including the challenges of moving internationally and adjusting to a vibrant new city. I detailed my work on developing AI agents that analyze email threads by exporting 20 years of Gmail data to improve their accuracy. I also recounted a frustrating red-eye flight with American Airlines and how the discomfort of the unexpected seat change added to my stressful travel. Now as a legal resident in a busy zone of central London, I am eager to network and pursue entrepreneurial ambitions after my freelance gig ends. This update reflects on both the technical progress of my projects and the personal challenges I faced during the move, while expressing cautious optimism about the exciting opportunities ahead.
July 9, 2025
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Working through the Email Agent (Short life) | Build in public E110

Daily Update: Building an Email Summarization AI Agent Today I provided an update on my work building an email summarization AI agent. I discussed the technical challenges I’m facing with tuning the prompt and choosing a cheaper model to avoid high API costs for a free demo tool. I also shared a personal story about my long walks and an encounter with patriotic signs commemorating fallen soldiers. This led me to reflect on life, gratitude, and the contrast between optimism and the current pessimistic mood in society, emphasizing how important it is to appreciate being alive and to recognize the fleeting nature of life. I expressed my mixed feelings of technical frustration and personal introspection, highlighting both the challenges of my project and the need for reflection during difficult and uncertain times.
May 8, 2025
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My build in Public Dashboard (Horrible alarm) | Build in public E102

Daily Update - AI Agent API Build In today’s update, I detailed my ongoing work on building an AI agent API service and a public dashboard to showcase real-time performance metrics. I explained how I’m facing fierce competition from well-funded teams while managing my project as a solo entrepreneur, and shared my frustrations about the slow progress, low user sign-ups, and some discrepancies in the dashboard’s data. I also recounted my personal experience of being woken up by disruptive fire trucks and an early morning school marching band, which added a layer of daily annoyance to my life. Despite these challenges, I remain focused on improving the dashboard and advancing my project, and I welcome feedback and ideas from the community to help design better agents.
April 26, 2025
AI Development

I now have two AI Agent demos working! (Ugly shoes) | Build in public E82

Summary of the Video: Daily Update for AI Agent Build and Public Log The video provides a daily progress report on developing an AI agent API service, highlighting demos of a scheduling agent and a YouTube transcript agent. The creator explains challenges with front-end integration, cost management, and shares personal updates on freelance work and health issues.
March 23, 2025
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Switching the landing page from Netlify to self-hosted (I hate Soccer) | Build in public E79

Summary of the Video: Daily Update from Build and Public Log The creator shares his daily progress update on building an AI agent API service, detailing technical steps like migrating from Netlify to a dedicated server for security, the impact of COVID and freelance project delays, ideas around lead generation, and personal anecdotes including immigration challenges and childhood memories.
March 20, 2025
AI Development

I made a YouTube Summarizer AI Agent! (Firefox)

Summary of the Video: Daily Update for AI Agent Build. The speaker shares progress on developing an AI agent API service that downloads YouTube transcripts, generates summaries and chapters, and integrates with multiple platforms. He explains workflow challenges, cost considerations, and his plans for further enhancements.
February 13, 2025
AI Development

I got AI Agents running on Trigger.dev! (First job)

Summary of the Video: Daily Update - January 31, 2025 The speaker shares his progress in building an AI company, detailing a shift from a downloadable agent framework to an API service model. He demonstrates an event scheduling agent, discusses backend improvements and smart queuing, and concludes with a personal anecdote about a past job incident.
February 1, 2025
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Trying out Deepseek R1 on a MacBook Pro (RSS Feeds)

Summary of the Video: Daily Update January 21st, 2025 The speaker shares his daily update amid a headache and reduced productivity, discussing updates to AI chat email code, experiments with a new Deep Seek AI model, and comparisons of local versus cloud processing. He also explores using RSS feeds to avoid algorithmic content and discusses plans for focused work.
January 27, 2025
AI Development

More progress on the Event Scheduling AI Agent (Pomodoro technique)

Summary of the Video: Daily Build and Work Update. The creator shares his progress on an event scheduling AI agent and discusses his daily deep work routine using Pomodoro techniques. He explains the importance of focused work, prompt engineering, and optimizing cost and performance in AI model usage.
January 17, 2025
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Demoing my Event Scheduling AI Agent for my AI VA (SpaceX from the plane)

Summary of the Video: Daily Update - AI Event Scheduling Agent Demo The video features a developer giving his daily update on building an AI event scheduling agent. He discusses challenges with recording software, provides a live demo of the agent processing email event details, and shares his inspiration from recent SpaceX rocket launches.
January 16, 2025
AI Development

I'm building a directory of AI Agents I'm building! (My stomach is F'd)

Summary of the Video: Daily Update for Build and Public Log Update. The video covers the creator’s update on his ongoing stomach issues, sharing challenges with productivity and health after traveling. He details progress on his AI chat email project, describing his work on building a large suite of AI agents for virtual assistants and discussing monetization and open source strategies.
January 15, 2025
AI Development

Added real-time search and routing for controversial topics (Bears!)

Summary of the Video: Daily Update for My Build In Public Log This video blends a personal story about visiting national parks and an encounter with a bear with detailed progress on developing an AI-powered email assistant. The speaker explains the technical aspects of routing email requests, enabling real-time search, and handling controversial queries while discussing challenges with censorship.
January 10, 2025
AI Development

In a Waymo!

Summary of the Video: Build in Public Log Update for December 16, 2024 The speaker shares his update on freelance work in AI, describing his first self-driving car experience and a trial run on a web scraping agent project. He highlights challenges in coding, client expectations, and observations about navigation in diverse neighborhoods.
December 16, 2024
AI Development

Working on a bleeding edge AI Scrapper (Spanish Flu)

Summary of the Video: Daily Build and Public Log: The speaker shares a personal travel mishap from Europe along with updates on their freelance work and progress on a fast, web-scraping AI agent. They also outline plans for a new AI-focused channel and improved video production as the holidays approach.
December 15, 2024