I'm really enjoying seeing how people are using agentic systems to help run their businesses and, in some cases, lives. As great as all the theory is, it really helps me to see real practical examples... and this video is chock full of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBmg...

7 Grok Bot agents I use every day

YouTube video by How I AI

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I know I'm new to getting my hands dirty in the world of marketing, but this pitch that just landed in my inbox feels a tad... 1960's. That said, I checked their FAQ which helpfully pointed out that it is actually not sexist, so that's good. #marketing #bootstrapped #buildinpublic

I may be a certified Claude-fanboi, but Anthropic sure do make it hard to love them. Rather than a request they can deny, requesting ZDR should be a simple toggle switch in their platform settings #buildinpublic

I've just written about the rules I follow when I'm building AI into the customer support platform I'm building at StayUpfront robgough.net/six-rules-ai... #buildinpublic

Six rules for putting AI into customer support – Rob Gough

I came up with the six rules to follow when adding ai into my customer support tool StayUpfront

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Finally built the "Get Started" functionality for StayUpfront, something I had long considered the final step before bringing more customers on board. I'm pretty pleased with it. There's an awful lot to this product now, and I hope this helps customers find useful features #onboarding #buildinpublic

I think it's underrated how much fun it is building things with AI now. Really hoping we don't lose Fable access and have our credits halved tomorrow.

Scary stories about teens sell. The data tells a different story. After decades studying adolescent mental health, here's what I found: This isn't an anxious generation. It's a resilient one. Let's start treating them that way. go.ted.com/candiceodgers

What we're getting wrong about teens and tech

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...

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Turns out the scary thing about frontier AI isn't the model. It's that someone else's government can switch it off whenever the politics shift. The Fable cutoff made that obvious. Why open weights end up inevitable: robgough.net/2026-06-15-f... #AI #OpenSource

I've just added a very early preview of “meetings” to Dictator on the Mac (dictator.robgough.net). Right now, the recommendation is 32GB RAM, but with that you can get fully offline meeting summaries. It’s still going to need tuning, but it works quite well! #buildinpublic #macos #speechtotext

Dictator — Talk to your Mac. Not the cloud.

A free, open-source local-first dictation app for macOS and iOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, release — text lands where your cursor is. All on-device.

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Dictator is live on the iOS App Store! Dictator is now available for those who want to try out talking instead of typing without needing to pay. Essentially the likes of wisprflow but for free! apps.apple.com/gb/app/dicta... #speechtotext #dictation #iphone

Dictator – Voice Typing App - App Store

Download Dictator – Voice Typing by Rob Gough on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Dictator – Voice Typing.

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I was getting close to building my own simple Markdown editor app yesterday, but then I found MarkEdit. It seems pretty good and so far it's looking like it has saved me (or claude!) a job… github.com/MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit

After being frustrated one too many times with the iPhone keyboard, I quickly decided I needed to build Dictator for iOS. It's not quite ready for launch yet, but it is available on Test Flight for anyone brave enough to join the beta. Would love your feedback. testflight.apple.com/join/UT6mYapq

Join the Dictator – Free voice typing beta

Available on iOS

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One of the funny things about using dictation more and more is that it is teaching me how poor my pronunciation can be, and is certainly helping to improve it. It's also surprising (to me at least) how often I speak total nonsense.

I've added some new features to Dictator this week. Probably the most meaningful is modes, which (amongst other things) lets you skip post-processing steps in apps where you don't need it. Tab to switch between modes while listening. dictator.robgough.net #macOS #Privacy #Productivity #IndieDev

Lots of chatter this week about people switching from typing to talking. I'm one of them — and got fed up with the more advanced features being locked behind subscriptions. So I built my own. Dictator: menu-bar dictation for macOS. Runs entirely on-device. Free. dictator.robgough.net

Dictator — Talk to your Mac. Not the cloud.

A free, open-source menu-bar dictation app for macOS. Hold a hotkey, speak, release — text lands where your cursor is. All on-device.

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Sometimes I think leadership of large companies should regularly be forced to interact with their core workflows like their users have to. Here I'm trying to create a new apple account – to give them money! – and it's giving literally no information on what is wrong here with my actual phone number

Building a status page product means your own status page better be rock solid. No pressure. This is mine: https://status.stayupfront.com #buildinpublic

Some days you think you're getting lucky... but it's a trick. NO LUCK FOR YOU! #wordle

I often find myself having ideas when I'm working on one thing and needing to come back to them later so I don't confuse the agent. My notes file was getting a little unwieldy. I thought it might be nice to have an agent-friendly Trello. So I built Trellis just for myself. It's so good.

@justinjackson.ca I let Gemini have a go...

I built AI ticket triage into StayUpfront yesterday. Decided including a backup provider could wait a little. Less than 24 hours later the endpoint is giving 500 errors ... so I will be revisiting that decision! I'm shocked at how effective the triage is, can't wait to launch it! #buildinpublic

What's the first thing you do when a SaaS tool you rely on goes down? Check their status page? Search socials? Email support? Genuinely curious. #saas

I'm a pretty quick typer but I've been giving MacWhisper a go for replacing text input on my computer and I have to say I'm pretty impressed. Not so great in a cafe, but pretty nice when I'm at home. Somehow I feel less critical of myself when I'm speaking instead of typing.

This. You slowly learn to use it little by little, see the flaws, see the benefits – go too far, and then have to reign yourself back in. Rinse and repeat with each model update 🤣 Welcome to the bleeding edge.

Brian Casel@briancasel.com · 5mo ago

"Where do I start with AI if I have zero coding experience?" Honest answer: forget the tools for now. Start with a real problem you need solved. Let AI guide you through building the solution. Your first project teaches you more than any tutorial ever will.

Building this. When something goes wrong, your customers need a status page that's actually up to date, a way to report issues, and clear communication throughout. That's what Stay Upfront brings together

Stay Upfront@stayupfront.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Your status page is often the first thing customers check when something feels off. It should update automatically — not be a forgotten page from 2023. Why not make it your go-to home for when customers are having issues. https://stayupfront.com #buildinpublic #b2b #saas

Made a ton of progress on the support ticket tooling this week — can't wait to show more of what I'm building! What did you ship this week? #buildinpublic

Jobs' line about saying no to the hundred other good ideas hits a little harder when you've got a magical mystery box that can build anything you ask for. Staying focused has never been more important. #claudecode #buildinpublic

I always knew quick side projects were valuable for learning — I just rarely made time for them. Now it's super easy to spin up something meaningfully useful. Building a small tool to explore a new technology pays off when you tackle the bigger, more complex product #buildinpublic #indiehackers

You know that thing where you build something and it works, but then you can't stop yourself tweaking it until it feels right? That was me and the incident page. Pretty happy with where it landed #buildinpublic #incidentmanagement

Apparently the Claude Code team are investigating people hitting usage limits "quicker than expected" .... I was fully prepared for full conspiracy theory mode here https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1s7zg7h/investigating_usage_limits_hitting_faster_than/