If you don’t see the utility personally, I can get that. If I wasn’t coding I probably wouldn’t either. If you’re worried about its downsides, join the club. A lot of us are too. But no matter what your take is, take it seriously. This shit isn’t crypto.

A year ago, I thought LLMs were kind of neat but not that useful. I saw the code autocomplete and thought, meh. Last summer just flipped. I never ever thought I would see automated code generation like we see now. I know there’s baggage but you need to know the coders are being real about this

We're overthinking how customer demand works; it's not that sophisticated. "Human beings are not logical; they are driven by feelings." We're motivated by basic emotional impulses: "Want iPhone because friends have one." "Want PDF report to make boss happy." "Want chocolate because sad."

Going live in ~5-10 minutes! Come hang out!

New post: Don't kill my pretty RSS feed. justinjackson.ca/xslt

Decided to make a pretty version of my blog's RSS feed before Google removes support for XSL stylesheets. 😭 justinjackson.ca/feed

Just published this thought: "Why you should build some fake AI products" Curious what you think...

When it comes to OpenClaw and autonomous AI agents, the example everyone uses is “it can book a table for you at a restaurant.” Is this really a breakthrough? How often are people booking a reservation? 1-2 a month? You’re telling me you can’t pick up the phone a few times a month?

Distribution is harder than ever now – way more competition for people’s attention.

Definitely feeling it, everyone just hang onto your board. 🏄 justinjackson.ca/claude-code

Well, we’re screwed

"Today's builders understand that the value we bring has moved to the bookends: the up-front thinking and the final push across the finish line. The messy middle — the grunt work of implementation — is where AI thrives (if we let it)." – @briancasel.com

Here's my "Marketing in the AI era" chat with @larslofgren.bsky.social: "Founder-led marketing was always a cheat code. Now it's becoming a requirement." The people who win right now are the ones who can rise above the AI-generated average. youtu.be/0AZvEm43QU8

Nice knobs.

😔 sad to hear about Catherine O’Hara’s passing. One of Canada’s shining stars, and a delightfully funny person. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

This!!! 🎯

So nice to hear Ben and @adamwathan.com back on the mics. Really good episode: "Every dev tool company is built assuming humans will sign up. That's not true anymore. Build agent-first—no captchas, open APIs, no humans allowed." — Ben Orenstein share.transistor.fm/s/fc684e64

The 1984 disinformation machine is firing on all cylinders, including AI altered images to support the administration’s false accounts of the shooting

The new version of Agent OS looks for unique patterns in your legacy code, and then interviews you to learn why you made those decisions. Then it documents those standards for Claude Code to follow. Well done @briancasel.com! youtu.be/mcxgLB5-eZc?...

All of the hosting platforms (including YouTube!) are having to fight the AI slop problem. Also a problem for podcast hosting platforms: thousands of slop shows being programmatically created. (From The Leverage newsletter)

Love driving through the mountains

I've wanted this feature since we started @transistor.fm: Podcast Show Notes Templates! Automatically insert pre-formatted text (like social links, section headers, etc) into every new episode you create. (Saves a ton of time when writing out your episode description)

Wake up. It’s time to download some MP3s!

[eddie vedder voice] ohhhh oh i'm still online

A tale as old as time: It turns out, building something is the easy part. Building something people want? That’s the real challenge.

When @wesbos.com does this, but for HTML emails built with table layouts, I’m in.

"Suddenly, the whole universe has shifted. Coding agents are just smarter every day. It's crazy." – @mikker.dev, Onto Something podcast

Apple Store homepage, 2004.

do u remember LAN parties

Found on FB marketplace

AI coding tools blur the lines between PMs and engineers. PMs can ship code, devs can make product calls. But when boundaries dissolve, people can feel threatened, jealousy, protectionism... Chatted with @jordangal.bsky.social and @briancasel.com on @thepanel.bsky.social about all of this.

Such a good episode. AI (and AI development in particular) is disrupting the culture, process, and fundamentals of many companies. How is your business responding to all of this? panelpodcast.com/31

Had my first "@briancasel.com is a celebrity" moment today. Went for lunch with a friend I haven't seen in 6 months. Start talking about AI (naturally), and I say: "Yeah, my friend Brian is really into this..." He's like, "Wait, you know Brian Casel?!? I've been watching his YouTube videos!"

In the AI age, marketing gets a lot harder, because there will be way more people announcing stuff: new features, new products, new shows, new projects. There will be a huge increase in noise (way more posts). Standing out will be more important than ever (and way harder).

Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

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"For devs, the AI vibe really shifted over the Christmas break." – @taylorotwell.bsky.social (This is what I noticed as well: a big shift in attitude towards AI happened during the holiday) h/t @mostlytechnical.com

AI, algos... everything's moving so fast. But while everything's moving faster, some fundamentals are truer than ever. The highest-value algorithm is *still* word of mouth: humans telling their friends about stuff they like. Make something people love so much, they tell their friends.

They say AI is the end for developers. They say the job market is gone. They say learning to code is pointless. I don’t buy it. I think we're just getting started.

“Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.” –Jerzy Gregorek

Computer ads in the 70s hit hard

This is the living room I want.

First livestream of 2026!!! youtube.com/live/681hQAX... Topics - @justinjackson.ca's MFD website + coding in Cursor - @briancasel.com's Claude Code course launch - Brand illustrator agent Plus... predictions and goals for 2026!

Doing a little Cursor AI livestream to build some membership site stuff for the new "Marketing for Devs" site, if you'd like to join. youtube.com/live/Ql2HY3n...

Life hack: office slippers

Started work on my first 2026 side-project. 👀 Building a custom @ghost.org theme in Cursor. 🔥 Will be live on marketingfordevelopers.com shortly. 🤞

This is making the rounds (and for good reason). tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...

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Just finished writing my year-in-review for 2025. justinjackson.ca/2025-review (I'll send this to my email list shortly - would love to know if I missed anything that you'd like to hear more about)