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More AI, More Work
Article, 5 min
What we all feel is now backed by research. In an eight-month study of a 200-person tech company, researchers found that AI didn’t reduce work. It expanded it. Workers moved faster, took on broader tasks, and stretched their workday without being asked.
Three patterns outlined in the linked article:
- Everyone becomes a generalist. You build dashboards, analyze data, create visuals, write code — tasks you would have delegated or skipped entirely. Work that once required a specialist gets absorbed.
- Logging off gets harder. Prompting feels like chatting, so it bleeds into lunch breaks and evenings.
- Multitasking increases. While AI runs in the background, you switch tabs. The to-do list grows.
Drowning in Software
Blog, 10 min
Anyone with a bit of tech curiosity can create an app today. And the numbers show it. By late 2025, coding activity on GitHub had risen by 30%, iOS app releases by 55%, and new website registrations by 34%. Even Claude Code, Anthropic’s agentic coding tool, wrote the code for its own follow-up platform, Claude Cowork, showing how far the leap from chatbot to agentic tool has come. This piece explores how these agentic tools are shifting the market from simple chat to actual autonomous work.
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Hack your workflow
AI to Slide Deck
Claude now connects directly to Gamma. That means you can go from an AI conversation to a drafted slide deck without leaving your AI chat.
I tried it: asked Claude to turn one of my blog posts into a Gamma presentation. The result is AI-ish, as you’d expect, but it’s a solid starting point when you need to build a deck fast.
Tools & Apps
Private Voice Typing
Productivity
Flowstay is a minimalist voice input app designed for macOS. It uses “Apple Intelligence” to process everything locally, meaning your words and data never leave your computer.
The app auto-detects languages without you needing to change any settings, making it a great choice for privacy-sensitive work where you need to switch between languages quickly. It is currently free to use.
AI Images, Finally Consistent
Design
Google just released Nano Banana 2, and its biggest win is subject consistency. You can finally keep characters and objects identical across a sequence—no more AI “forgetting” details in between. It also adds a “Thinking Level” toggle for better prompt adherence and native 4K support. Read our last blog to see examples of how the previous version handled these challenges.
Website to Markdown
Content
Turn any website content into Markdown. Just enter the URL and you’re done. Copy it wherever you need it. When would you use this? For example, when you want to discuss a piece of content in an AI chat and the design of the page is irrelevant.
One Subscription, All Models
AI Chat
Mono is another AI wrapper that lets you access multiple models under one subscription. It automatically picks the right model for your prompt, so you don’t have to think about it.
The catch: you lose platform-specific features like Claude’s Projects, ChatGPT’s Canvas, or Cowork. If those are part of your workflow, you’ll likely keep a separate subscription anyway. If they’re not, Mono is worth a look.
Fresh Reflections
How Tos, opinions, thoughts.
Free Online Event: Prototyping with AI
Join me for an online session in which I am going to share a case study exp. You can get it on your calendar by clicking attend on LinkedIn or Notify me on YouTube.
Blog: From Vibecoded Proof of Concept to Product
in the last newsletter I shared how I vibecoded a dashboard app. Now I upgraded this app and put it online.
Blog: More Output, Same Attention
The amount of stuff you push out — in content, apps, feature updates, socials — your bandwidth has increased. But what about your audience’s brain?
Classifieds
Descript: Audio and Video Editing for Creators
Descript started as a podcast editor where you edit audio by editing the transcript. Today it’s a full-fledged audio and video editor for creators. Quirky at times, but powerful once you’re into it.
No-Nonsense Web Analytics
For too long, installing Google Analytics on a new website was the default option for many webmasters, but for most projects, it’s overly complex. Meet Fathom, privacy-first, cookie-free web analytics. We ditched GA for Fathom a long time ago.
The Smart Email Marketing Alternative
EmailOctopus is the email software perfect for creators and small businesses. Simple, intuitive, world-class support – all at a fair price point. And this newsletter also runs on EmailOctopus.
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Off-Topic Links
Jazz for the Jet Set
Music Rec
A jazz album for when you need your brain to slow down.
The Day in a Life …
Video Rec
“This is the best government funded infomercial I’ve ever seen” – A YouTube comment about this video