The Journey
Field reports from building with AI in public. What's working, what isn't, and what it cost me. Open numbers, the failures before the wins.
Subscribe via RSSGEO Goes Enterprise (But Solopreneurs Get Left Behind)
GEO is the new SEO. Enterprise tools start at $129/mo. Like SEO in 1998, big agencies charge enterprise prices while solopreneurs get zero guidance.
llms.txt Gains ML Community Validation
Sebastian Raschka launched LLM Architecture Gallery with llms.txt. When PhD researchers building the models start using llms.txt, it is not a gimmick. It is infrastructure.
Your 2,000-Word Blog Post Is Killing Your AI Visibility
74% of AI citations come from listicle content. Not blog posts. Not pillar pages. Lists. Here is what the data means for your content strategy.
I Built an AI Visibility Monitoring SaaS in 2 Days (After 10 Days of Research)
Two days ago I had zero lines of code. Today: fully deployed SaaS with Stripe, 8 AI integrations, 347 tests. Here is how.
The One Variable That Matters: How Data Analysis Transformed Our Trading System
We analyzed 16 trades and found a binary outcome determined by one variable. Here's how we fixed it.
AI Search Is Getting Ad Slots. Here's What That Means for Your Business.
Right now is the last window to get found on merit alone. Here is what changes when paid placement arrives and what you can do about it.
We Scored Highest on Features. AI Can't Find Us.
How we are dogfooding our own tools to get LLMtxt Mastery cited — and building the playbook for any quality product.
Weathering the Storm: How Trader-7 Survived 8 Regime Flips in 72 Hours
Over 72 hours, Bitcoin crossed its 50-day moving average 8 times. Here's how my AI trading system survived the worst possible market conditions.
The Bug That Blocked Our Trading System for 30 Hours - And the Feature We Deliberately Didnt Build
My AI trading system went through a regime flip, lost $62, got stuck for 30+ hours, and taught me the most important lesson: the best code you write is the code you decide not to write.
We Just Ran Our 2nd Benchmark Cycle. Here's What 21K API Calls and 12M Tokens Actually Looks Like.
Most benchmark sites publish once and call it done. We just completed our second cycle. Here's what multi-cycle data actually unlocks.
First 8 Hours: What the Data Says
Watched my crypto trading agent for 8 hours after 4 structural changes. Zero trades executed, ~31 profit, validator blocked a bad trade.
The Smartest Developers I Know Left Their Brains at the Door
Even seasoned developers leave their brains at the door when AI agents impress them. The better the tool, the less we scrutinize it. Here's the pattern, why it's dangerous, and what to do about it.
4 Sprints in One Day: What I Learned
Four sprints in one day on my crypto trading agent — model upgrade bugs, context expansion, stale prompt fix, and a correlation cap that would have saved $63.
I Spent 12 Hours Optimizing My LLM Stack. Here's What I Found.
I pulled my billing data and realized I was paying for outdated models. 22% cost reduction later, I built ModelOptix.
I Built the Consumer Reports for AI SEO Tools. In 6 Days.
Six days ago, this didnt exist. Now its live with 32 tools scored across 51 dimensions by 6 AI models. Zero sponsors.
I Built an Emergency Brake for My Trading Bot. It Never Fired. Here's Why.
My trading bot had an emergency brake. It ran for 88 trades. It never fired once. Not because it wasn't needed — because two bugs silently disabled it.
We Scored 32 AI SEO Tools With 9,792 Tests. Here's What No One Else Will Tell You.
We just published the first independent benchmark of 32 AI search optimization tools. 9,792 evaluations. 6 AI models. Zero sponsors. Here's what we found.
Why Our AI Search Benchmark Methodology Lives in a Public GitHub Repo
We published our entire scoring methodology — 51 dimensions, 128 evaluation prompts, 6 AI models. Here's why every benchmark should be transparent.
When Your Trading Bot Loses $97 in 3 Hours — And How We Fixed It
My AI trading system was right about the market — detected the regime flip perfectly. Still lost $97 in 3 hours. Here's what I learned about pacing and portfolio-level risk.
I Built an AI Benchmark Platform in a Day. Here's Why It Matters.
27 tools. Every one says they're the best. Not one can prove it. I built AISearchArena.com to change that.