The tech, marketing & AI work I do
This is my journal where I share the tech, marketing and AI work that I do — written for real estate agents, team leaders and broker/owners.
How to Save Credits on Lovable: Is This Even Legal?
Love Lovable? Here's how to keep using it to make apps while saving credits.
Not happy with an app? Build your own.
Fix your organization's problems by building your own app.
It’s not me. It’s the machine.
Building today at a fraction of the cost, in a fraction of the time.
The Era of Personal AI Assistants: Grok Bot, Muse, Instinct
From chatbots to agentic AI, and now the shift to personal AI assistants. Will they really make a difference in your life?
My Backwards Setup of Grok Bot and How You Can Do It Properly
You're doing it the wrong way! The right way to setup and use Grok Bot.
The 'Build vs. Buy' Dilemma: When Companies Start Building Their Own Applications
Every company could potentially build their own apps using their own tech stack.
Moving from Lovable to Vercel and Claude Code Fable 5
I've skipped a few days of writing because of a big move... I'm going from Lovable to Vercel.
Claude Code Plan Mode & Efficient Token Use
I burned a lot of tokens using Claude Code until I did this...
Building a Real Estate Website with Claude Code, Vercel and PropTx RESO API
In this post I summarize the first steps I'm taking to build a real estate website with the PropTx RESO API.
Rebuilding My Blog with Astra.Build 🚀 (Featuring Claude Code and Vercel)
You probably won't see this post live the day I'm writing it, and that's because...
The Wrong Way to Use Claude Code
I shifted gears from using Claude (Sonnet 4.6) with Hermes on PC (via Telegram) to using Claude Code in Terminal on my MacBook Air. It did everything I was...
Why Not Make Things Easier? (With Claude Code and Vercel)
This morning I built the world's easiest landing page builder, using Claude Code and Vercel, and I practically finished the whole thing before I went to my...
Do It Yourself / Done For You / Automations / AI
If you've baked a cake recently, how did you do it? Did you buy all of the ingredients, follow a recipe to put them all together, bake it, decorate it and...
Just Pick Up the 🤬Phone!
I visited Matt Richling's New Purveyors Team in Ottawa. The office vibes felt more like a tech startup than a real estate team office. Located inside an open...
The Death of the Dashboard: AI Agents via APIs and MCPs vs. Logging Into Every App
Is this what the future of interacting with apps looks like? A chat interface via an AI agent (such as Gumloop), talking to your app (Ahrefs) and giving you...
I Built a Real Estate Coaching App for Free on Manus by Meta
I built a real estate coaching app using Manus by Meta, whose multi-billion dollar acquisition is in an international dispute between China and the US. China...
The Police Sketch Challenge and AI Prompt Best Practices
Have you heard of "The Police Sketch Challenge?" My family tried it this morning. The way it works is simple. One person describes to another, step by step,...
REMAX Meets REAL Homies: How Each Brand Benefits From The Upcoming Merger
I asked this question to my REAL homies Steven Kim and Ray Ortiz when I met them at this year's TRREB REALTOR® Quest: How do you guys benefit from this merger?...
How Much Should You Remove? UI/UX – The Simple User Experience
When you walk into a house, how does it feel when the layout doesn't quite flow? When light switches aren't where you expect them to be? When hallways feel...
Should You Use AI Generated Content on Your Website?
Today it's easier to build a website than ever before. And that includes generating content on your website. If you've ever felt stuck about what to write for...
Replicating PropTx RESO API Listings + Geocoding
I thought geocoding with an API (Mapbox) was an all-you-can-eat buffet. Until I got the bill for $612.60. (I assume it's in US dollars.) If you're working on a...
OpenClaw Fail, Hermes, AI Agents and Building Stuff
Agentic AI is what takes your chatbot LLM (i.e. you asking ChatGPT questions and it giving you answers) to the next level – where it doesn't just give you...
AI: Equalization vs. Amplification
Imagine a world where there are no more trade secrets. That comprehensive and detailed report you "put together" in mere minutes? Everyone can do it. That...
How to Build a Real Estate Website in 10 Minutes
Real estate agents: no more cookie cutter websites. (And no more drag and drop editing either.) Today you can build a website in a little over ten minutes, and...
Real Estate Data: Repliers API vs. PropTx RESO Web API
If you're a real estate agent and you need to build a website or an app, you have two options: buy from a vendor, or build your own. Either way, you need your...
The Problem with AI & Vibe Coding (Bonus: Free Prompt)
The problem (rather – my problem) with AI and vibe coding is that it's too good. Read 'til the end, or skip through this if you want, to get the prompt I used...