I mass-unsubscribed from every AI newsletter last week and…
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I mass-unsubscribed from every AI newsletter last week and my brain finally works again
Spent the last two years deep in AI automation for small teams. Building workflows, testing every new tool the second it dropped, staying up reading changelogs like some kind of deranged hobbyist. I was proud of it for a while.
Then around March I realized I hadnt actually shipped anything new in six weeks. I was just migrating. Moving from one tool to another because some guy on a podcast said the old one was dead. Rinse repeat every month.
The whole ecosystem runs on making you feel behind. Every launch is "the one that changes everything" and then three weeks later nobodys talking about it anymore. I mass-unsubscribed from about 40 newsletters, muted a bunch of Discord servers, and just sat with the stack I already had.
Turns out the boring setup I built in late 2023 still works fine. My clients dont care what model is running underneath. They care that leads come in and content goes out. Thats it.
I'm not saying ignore AI entirely, thats dumb. But the pressure to constantly retool is manufactured by people selling courses and subscriptions. The actual work hasnt changed that much.
Anyway I used my freed-up time to finally fix my sleep schedule so, net positive I guess.
#dev #technology #programming
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Spent the last two years deep in AI automation for small teams. Building workflows, testing every new tool the second it dropped, staying up reading changelogs like some kind of deranged hobbyist. I was proud of it for a while.
Then around March I realized I hadnt actually shipped anything new in six weeks. I was just migrating. Moving from one tool to another because some guy on a podcast said the old one was dead. Rinse repeat every month.
The whole ecosystem runs on making you feel behind. Every launch is "the one that changes everything" and then three weeks later nobodys talking about it anymore. I mass-unsubscribed from about 40 newsletters, muted a bunch of Discord servers, and just sat with the stack I already had.
Turns out the boring setup I built in late 2023 still works fine. My clients dont care what model is running underneath. They care that leads come in and content goes out. Thats it.
I'm not saying ignore AI entirely, thats dumb. But the pressure to constantly retool is manufactured by people selling courses and subscriptions. The actual work hasnt changed that much.
Anyway I used my freed-up time to finally fix my sleep schedule so, net positive I guess.
#dev #technology #programming
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