Alexander Akbik
@alexakbik.bsky.social
Product manager, cat owner, hobby cook
Can you use any of the buzzy buzzword AI at your job? I wrote a small piece about it, because I think you can and should. Probably. Maybe.. open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
Vibe coding when your company won’t let you install a f*ing thing
... or how to use any of this in your normal job
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Little looked piece of the puzzle when #vibecoding is how to resolve bugs in your app. I put down three places to look: the console, the API response, and the backend logs: open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
My shit doesn't work
... or: where the fuck do I actually look when something breaks?
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I decided to summarize my posts to give you a better overview of the main building blocks to start with your project. Hopefully, it is helpful to somebody. If not, at least I tried :) open.substack.com/pub/alexande...
Before You Code
... everything You Need to Know So Far
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Wrote a new article on how to get started with vibe coding. You start by building something you know you will throw away. Why? Because you need to learn the basics first. And the most basic thing to learn is that you will make mistakes. open.substack.com/pub/alexande... #vibecoding #MVP
Do a one-day throwaway
... because practice is how you learn, not how you build
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Decided to double down on my Substack by writing a post on how to best communicate with your AI when vibe coding (the return of the user story?). Start cutting your features into user stories open.substack.com/pub/alexande... #vibecoding #AICoding #ProductManagement
AI can't read your mind
... so think in user stories and epics
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Some self-promotion here: I’m writing a blog for people who want to build apps with AI, but are not technical and don't want to end up with an app that ruins their life. Hopefully, it's more helpful than the shit you see on TikTok. #vibecoding #AICoding #ProductAI alexanderakbik.substack.com
Alexander's Substack | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Alexander's Substack, by Alexander Akbik, a Substack publication. Launched 8 days ago.
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⏰ 90. +5 Min AUSWÄRTSSIEG!!! Wir holen in Wolfsburg ganz wichtige drei Punkte. Das Tor des Tages erzielte Justin #Njinmah. Der Spielbericht 👉 svw.de/sbwobsvw26 ⚽ 0:1 #WOBSVW #Werder
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Nobody told us that adulthood means getting genuinely excited about the colours of your socks
Totally unrelated to what's going on in Romania, but can we do the same in the US?
A Republican-appointed former judge, in a recommendation to the Illinois State Officers Electoral Board, concluded that Trump should be disqualified from the ballot under the 14th Amendment. freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/u...
Can I shamelessly promote the app I worked on as a hobby? It's called drink track and helps you keep track of how much you drank, calculate how drunk you are, and offers a nice little widget. You can download it here: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #hobbyapp
The accountability of the Eurogroup is a key topic in EU economic governance. To what extent can Members of the European Parliament hold the Eurogroup accountable in the Economic Dialogues? I answer this question in a new book chapter: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... EUsky Polisky
When employers moved suddenly to adopt remote work during the pandemic, researchers leaped to examine its effects on employees and the economy at large. Now the early results are emerging. Here’s what we do and don’t know about the effects of remote work.
Here’s What We Do and Don’t Know About the Effects of Remote Work.
Three years into a mass workplace experiment, we are beginning to understand more about how work from home is reshaping workers’ lives and the economy.
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Horrified and heartbroken at the barrage of attacks by Hamas upon civilians in Israel. Innocent people suffer the consequences of violent extremism, and this kind of terrorism only produces deeper, more intractable problems. My thoughts and hopes are for peace... /1
