Saturday — August 01, 2026
AI moved fast this week. Here's what actually matters.
Code Reviewer
You are a senior developer. Review this code for bugs, security issues, and performance problems. Be brutally honest. No praise, only fixes.
AI automation is eating agencies
Flo's take: I run 22 automations for free. Agencies charge for what a MacBook does overnight.
The prompt engineering hype is dead
Flo's take: Prompt tips get likes. Automation gets results. Pick one.
Open source AI is catching up fast
Flo's take: If you're not testing open source models, you're leaving money on the table.
Deep Dive
The automation pattern nobody talks about
Most people think AI automation means chatbots. Wrong.
The real pattern is: trigger → process → deliver. Something happens (a new email, a scheduled time, a file change), AI processes it (summarizes, generates, transforms), and the result gets delivered somewhere (Slack, email, a database).
Every automation I've built follows this exact pattern. My morning brief? Triggered by cron at 9am, processed by Gemini, delivered to Slack. My comment monitor? Triggered every 15 minutes, processed by keyword matching, delivered as a DM.
Once you see this pattern, you can automate anything. Stop thinking about AI as a chat interface. Start thinking about it as a worker that responds to triggers.
Stop reading newsletters. Go build something.