🧠 AI Eats Clicks, Developers Eat Complexity
Sora 2, OpenAI Apps, Agentic Commerce Protocol, and other beasts are coming. AI eats clicks, developers eat complexity.
AI is moving fast — and it’s dragging the rest of tech along for the ride. One week it’s coding your app, the next it’s running your checkout flow, predicting intent, and buying ads on its own.
Developers are rediscovering simplicity, trimming the fat from frameworks, and realizing that the “future of frontend” might look a lot like the past — just faster, smarter, and less bloated.
Meanwhile, marketers are facing the opposite challenge: too much noise, not enough reach. In an age where AI eats clicks and distribution decides who wins, the smartest strategy might be to say less, but ship better.
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🤖AI, Agents & the New Stack
A deep dive into how Anthropic’s new Claude Code product was architected, with engineering insights into its stack, design principles, and how it compares to GitHub Copilot.
Buy it in ChatGPT
Official announcement introducing native shopping and purchase flows inside ChatGPT, signaling OpenAI’s move toward conversational commerce and app-store-style integrations.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Ads Job Listing Hints at a Marketing Platform
A breakdown of OpenAI’s new job postings suggests that ChatGPT could soon become an advertising and marketing channel — potentially rivaling Google and Meta.
✨ChatGPT and the Great Bundling —
on .Explores how OpenAI is consolidating multiple use cases — search, shopping, and productivity — into a single bundled experience through ChatGPT’s evolving ecosystem.
ChatGPT Pulse: The Era of Proactive AI
Analyzes OpenAI’s latest feature that enables ChatGPT to take initiative, monitor context, and act without prompts — marking the rise of “proactive AI.”
😱The AI Coding Trap
A personal essay on the hidden risks of overreliance on AI coding assistants — from skill atrophy to subtle technical debt.
To AI or Not to AI
An introspective look at when (and when not) to automate creative and technical processes with AI, balancing human intuition with machine efficiency.
7 AI Coding Techniques That Could Save You 10 Hours This Week
A practical guide highlighting seven workflow automations for developers using AI tools to speed up code writing, debugging, and documentation.
An essay comparing AI agents and cloud architectures, arguing that agentic AI could decentralize the next computing paradigm.
8 AI Tools That You Should Be Excited About (and Adopt)
Curated list of eight emerging AI tools changing the game for developers, marketers, and creators — from data wrangling to storytelling.
Sora 2 Reactions: What It Means for OpenAI’s Future
Examines industry reactions to OpenAI’s Sora 2 video model and what it reveals about the company’s push toward complete multimodal dominance.
The Magic of Claude Code
Explores the elegance and potential of Claude Code as a coding companion, focusing on user experience and interaction design principles.
The AI Debate Is Not About Art — It’s About Power —
, for .A provocative essay arguing that the AI vs. art debate misses the point — the real issue is control, access, and power in the creative economy.
Best Input Data Format for LLMs
Technical guidance on optimizing text, structure, and metadata to improve the performance and consistency of LLM responses.
Marketing AI Tips: How to Use AI Without Losing the Human Touch
Tips and frameworks for marketers to integrate AI tools into content creation and analytics while maintaining brand authenticity.
Real AI Agents and Real Work — One Useful Thing by
.Mollick examines how autonomous AI agents are starting to handle complex professional tasks — and what that implies for productivity and trust.
Effective Context Engineering for AI Agents
A detailed technical breakdown of how Anthropic engineers design prompts, context windows, and retrieval strategies to make AI agents smarter and safer.
⚙️Dev & Web Performance
Watch: JS, Agents & the Future of Frontend
Panel on the evolving role of JavaScript, AI agents, and the browser’s comeback in 2025.
Test Your Page Without JavaScript
A practical guide for testing resilience and accessibility by simulating JS-off environments.
😱React Is Good, JavaScript Is the Problem
A spicy take arguing that React’s issues stem from JS complexity, not the framework itself.
Enterprise-Grade Features for All
Cloudflare rolls out high-end security and performance features to all users — not just enterprise customers.
MCP Security Explained
Breaks down how the new Model Context Protocol (MCP) standardizes and secures AI integrations.
👍👀Fast-Loading Google Tag Manager
Optimizing GTM for eCommerce without compromising performance — key insights for devs and marketers.
What You Need to Know About Modern CSS (2025 Edition)
All the latest CSS capabilities — container queries, scope, layers, and more — distilled for 2025.
State of JS 2025 Survey
The annual developer sentiment survey charts trends in frameworks, tooling, and satisfaction.
React Frameworks and Server-Side Features Beyond Client Rendering
Comparative analysis of modern React frameworks and how they handle server-side rendering.
The HTML Renaissance
Why plain HTML is making a comeback in a world tired of over-engineered frontends.
GraphQL 101: An API Approach Beyond REST —
at Substack.Concise introduction to GraphQL fundamentals and why it’s replacing REST in modern architectures.
Content Signals Policy
Cloudflare’s new initiative to flag and manage harmful content signals at the network level.
DORA Report 2025
Latest DevOps research on performance metrics, team velocity, and engineering culture trends.
React Server Components
Deep dive into how RSCs reshape React’s rendering pipeline and DX.
HTTP Caching for Performance
A thorough explainer on caching strategies that actually move the needle for speed and SEO.
✨MCP vs API: What’s the Difference?
Clear comparison of the new Model Context Protocol versus traditional APIs — and why it matters for AI.
Why Over-Engineering Happens
A reflection on why developers tend to over-abstract, and how to resist complexity creep.
The Case for Comment-Driven Development
An argument for writing better code by writing better comments — especially in an AI-assisted future.
↗️🛒Cart Performance at Scale
Explores the impact of cart architecture on performance and conversion in large-scale eCommerce.
Where It’s At
Dan’s return to blogging, reflecting on React’s present and where the frontend is heading.
Vercel vs Cloudflare
Detailed comparison of two edge-first platforms.
📈 Growth, Marketing & the Future of Distribution
✨PLG vs. Sales and Marketing: Do You Really Need Both? —
on Substack.The growth legend behind “growth hacking” revisits the balance between Product-Led Growth and traditional go-to-market models — and where each breaks down in 2025.
B2B Marketing in 2026: Distribution Is the Monopoly
Forecasting how B2B content distribution, not creation, becomes the ultimate moat in the AI era.
The Death of the Corporate Job —
for .A reflection on how AI, freelancing, and lifestyle independence are dismantling the idea of lifetime corporate employment.
Startup Marketing AI Playbook —
by & .Practical guide for startups on integrating AI into marketing ops — from content generation to campaign optimization.
🤐We’ve Never Spent More on Advertising — It’s Never Done Less for Us
A sharp commentary on the paradox of rising ad budgets delivering weaker ROI — and what marketers can do to reverse the trend.
😱AI Search Visibility Study Findings
New research showing how AI-generated answers are impacting organic visibility across industries.
How to Start Selling on TikTok Today
Step-by-step guide to getting your brand up and running on TikTok Shop — from setup to first sales.
Why Creative Risks (and Failures) Matter
Explores why taking creative risks is essential to stand out in algorithmic feeds — and how to recover when they flop.
How We Hit 20K Followers on LinkedIn
A transparent playbook on what actually worked for Buffer’s audience growth — metrics, posting rhythm, and tone.
Keep Video Ads Under 10 Seconds
Data-backed neuroscience findings on optimal ad length and how short-form attention truly behaves.
✨How to Succeed in a Zero-Click World —
for .Advice for marketers adapting to AI-driven search experiences where users consume content without clicking through.
YouTube SEO: A 2025 Guide
Actionable tactics to rank on YouTube’s evolving algorithm — including new AI-based recommendations.
I Analyzed 1M Software Purchases to Find the Strongest Buyer Intent Signals
Massive dataset analysis revealing which behaviors most accurately predict a B2B software purchase.
How to Audit Brand Mentions
Tutorial on identifying, tracking, and leveraging unlinked brand mentions to grow authority and backlinks.
AI Indexing Benchmark for eCommerce
Benchmarks how well eCommerce platforms are being indexed by AI-powered search — with performance comparisons.
Google Meridian ROI Insights
Deep dive into Google’s new Meridian ROI framework and what it means for measuring ad performance in 2025.
✨EU Data Act Is a Golden Opportunity
The EU Data Act is no longer theoretical — from September 12, 2025 onward, every business must support data portability, fair contracts, and switching rights.
AI Survival Strategies for Publishers - At
.AI is seen as an existential threat to publishers. Some strategies enable news to survive and even thrive in an AI-first world. However, these may present some significant challenges.
Audience Research: How to Really Know Your Market
Comprehensive guide to modern audience research, combining SEO, social data, and behavioral signals.
👍👀October 2025 Marketing Trends
Curated look at experimental campaigns, social trends, and product launches, defining the upcoming quarter.
Better Audience Targeting in Google Ads
Hands-on strategies for segmenting, matching intent, and refining targeting inside Google Ads.
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