Hi friends,
I hope you’re having a great weekend. We’re leaving on our world trip in 9 days (holy moly). I wrote a bit on how we decided to take this adventure.
If you’re new here, every Sunday I curate the top AI blogs, tweets, podcasts and tutorials (so that you don’t have to).
Let’s jump in.
If you only read 3 things
The AI Engineering Skills Map for Knowledge Workers — Coding Agents (like Claude Code) give us clues on where the technology is heading for knowledge workers. I recommend everyone listen, starting at minute 12.
Why your colleagues won’t use Claude Code — The people who are the domain experts are usually not the same people that can diagnose the problems that need to be solved. (Enter consultants…)
Own Your Intelligence — Should your company own the model, harness, context and memory? Or should you just buy a vertical solution?
From the desk of Khe Hy
Claude Design can now make beautiful slide decks — I created my first Design System and can’t believe I waited this long. Finally, consistent branding for everything I do.
I think you should learn to play golf and be funny — My advice on what skills to develop in a world of AI and automation.
My initial thoughts on Grok Bot — I didn’t give it access to all my info, just a few connectors. I don’t see a huge difference with Codex + iPhone.
Create personal leverage using Claude Cowork
Imagine sitting down Monday morning and your meetings are already prepped, your inbox is triaged, and last week’s notes are organized — all before you open your laptop. That’s Claude Cowork running on a schedule you set once. This self-paced course teaches you to build that system. Finish it in a weekend.
What’s new with the frontier labs
Claude can now send emails in Gmail and manage files in Google Drive — I’m still not ready to turn this on.
ChatGPT announces the Apple Messages plugin — I’ve been hacking this with computer use, but I will use this as read only. Makes my headless CRM even more powerful.
You can now start Claude Code sessions from your phone — The absence of this feature pushed me to Codex. Finally.
Grok Bot pro tips — Treat each bot like a job. Pin the ones that matter.
For our builders
AI Makes Building Easy. Choosing What to Build Is Harder. — The bottleneck has moved — problem definition is the critical skill
Stop Waiting for the Perfect Idea—Build Something Useful in a Day — I’m a huge Matt Van Horn fan (from Last 30 days), especially his focus on using CLIs.
AI and the future of work/investing
What Happens When the AI Boom Runs Out of Money — I love Ben Thompson’s market takes. He’s bullish but not blind. Also some fantastic metaphors on TSMC.
With A.I. Riches at Stake, Pressures Mount to Share the Wealth — I personally think income inequality was a huge problem pre-AI and I expect the gap to widen significantly. The backlash is here, and it’s bipartisan.
If problem definition is now the bottleneck, which of the five AI engineering skills best helps a nontechnical domain expert turn messy work into something an agent can actually execute?