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The weekly newsletter for founders and builders using AI to ship faster—practical tactics, tools, and real-world lessons from Alex Finn.

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5 steps to your first ai employee

There's a whole genre of AI videos I can't stand… The ones where the creator tells you to set up an army of 50 sub agents, drops a GitHub repo underneath it, and calls it a starter kit. I hate them because they always end the same way... You open it You can't work out what any of the 50 agents do You end up running none Or you run them all, and it cripples your performance and skyrockets your costs It might feel really tempting to use all 50 agents. It might feel like you all of a sudden are...

6.44 billion people have never used AI. Yes... not once. Even though the most powerful technology ever created is free to try, most people have never touched it. Which is why everyone using AI to build and automate their lives has an OBSCENE advantage right now. To help you stay on the cutting edge, I've put out 3 posts over the last couple of weeks. 1. 77.6% of Earth has never used AI In a decade 75% of this chart will be red. Until then you have the greatest arbitrage opportunity there is....

I have never designed anything in my life. I'm very unartistic, and I just stink at all of that. So when I started using Claude Design, I experimented a ton just to figure out what I even liked… I asked questions I tried things 10 different times And I hit my limits fast without creating anything good Ever had a similar situation? Chances are, you made the exact same mistake I did… You opened the best AI tool before you knew what you wanted. But, as you probably already know, every AI tool...

Every AI agent you run lives in its own little box… Your OpenClaw can't see the context from Hermes Your Hermes can't see your conversations with Claude Code And your Claude Code can't see the work you've been doing in Codex But Jack Dorsey just released a new multi-agent chat app that finally lets them read each other's work. It's called Buzz. And there's so much more to it that no one else is talking about. Which is why I put together a full breakdown of Buzz in a YouTube video 2 weeks ago....

I have an agent whose only job is to hack my own app. And it’s the reason my app never had a single security incident. If you’ve also shipped a vibe coded app, you need to set up this agent ASAP. And if you’re still in the process of vibe coding one, this is a security practice you 100% want to do. But why would a working app need an agent attacking it? Because deploying a vibe coded app doesn’t just publish it for your users to see. It also exposes the easiest way to hit your app from the...

For the first time ever, I ripped Claude Opus out of my Hermes agent and put ChatGPT 5.6 Sol in. And it's not even remotely close… It's smarter It's cheaper And it has way better computer use Now, the one caveat I'd give is that Claude still stands on business with its decision-making. Whereas ChatGPT sways with the wind if you challenge it. But for me, these 3 things still dominate whatever advantage Claude has at the moment. Which is why ChatGPT 5.6 Sol is officially my recommendation to...

I’ve cut out 90% of my software subscriptions. But I didn’t stop using a single one of those tools, because I rebuilt them. And whenever I have to enter my credit card for a subscription, I think twice. And you should be doing the same. So why isn’t everyone doing it? Because they start with the wrong build. See, most people’s first project is usually a tutorial clone… They follow the tutorial’s instructions They finish a working copy of someone else’s app And they never open it again because...

OpenAI quietly released what I believe to be the biggest AI tool a major lab has ever put out. And I think it's not just the future of AI, but the future of how we interact with computers as a whole. Btw, this isn’t fake hype. No major lab paid me to tell you this (none of them talk to me at all lol). Anyway, the tool that has completely changed how I use AI is ChatGPT voice. I've turned it on for 10 of my friends already, and all of them thought it was just voice dictation until they tried...

I did it. I figured out the perfect AI coding loop. It’s called the Finn Loop. Since I started running it, my vibe coding output is up 100x and my own work is down by 95%. And you can get the Finn Loop for free. But more on that at the end of this email. Now, before I show you how it works, you need to understand the problem it solves: Right now, most people vibe code in a single session. They give the agent one idea, then babysit it through every step it takes. But that workflow eats your...

Over the past few weeks, OpenAI and Anthropic employees have been posting vaguely about something. Nobody would explain what it was or go into any detail. Just hints. I think I know why. And once you understand it, you'll realize this is the most important thing you could be working on right now. Here's what's going on. Opus 4.8 leveled the playing field. Anyone can build anything now. Which means just using AI is no longer a competitive advantage. So what is? Loops. An automated loop is a...