Creator Leverage: Master AI. Build Systems. Grow Your Business

I spent the past few months testing the latest and greatest vibe coding tools. For Complete Beginners: Lovable and Bolt - Build full web/mobile apps just by describing what you want V0 (Vercel) - Create polished frontend components by writing prompts Replit - Perfect for prototyping and collaboration. For Those Ready to Code: Cursor - Enhanced VS Code with powerful AI features (cheaper than Copilot) VS Code + Copilot - The classic editor with AI assistance Claude Code - Terminal-based coding...

Horsey saddle makers earned big for 2,100+ years. The masses flocked to a local saddle maker for cloth pads to protect their cushy derrieres. For centuries, riding a horse was the easiest and fastest way to get around. In France, these bourreliers crafted richly decorated saddles for knights and wealthy travelers. By the 19th and early 20th century, every town had a saddle maker and harness shop. If I were a parent back then, I’d have nudged my son or daughter towards this profitable career....

I spent a few years building a hub of books and reading resources on my site: Become a Writer Today. I wrote some of the articles myself and commissioned many more with a team of writers. These author profiles, book round-ups, listicles, and reviews were accompanied by content on the craft of writing, YouTube videos, podcast notes, and more. Google tanked my site two years ago leaving me with a ton of content… and no traffic. I experimented with trying to go viral with the content on social...

The average content creator can knock out 300-400 words per hour... if they stick their head down and don't get distracted. They could knock out a little more if they've super sharp keyboarding skills or dictate with an app like Otter. But how much faster can you create content with the help of AI? I wanted to find out. I custom-built a calculator that compares the process of creating content manually versus using AI. According to the calculator, I could write ad copy seven times faster using...

How good are you at writing prompts for AI? Anyone can bang in a request to ChatGPT or Claude and get a reasonably valuable output. I do that when I’m in a rush, and it’s kind of like using AI to drive a screw into a wall. Advanced prompting transforms AI into a precision Swiss Army knife. A well-crafted prompt is like selecting the right tool. I get much better outputs when I spend five or ten minutes writing an effective prompt. Essentially, I assign AI a specific role and clearly define...

A few months ago, I hired a developer on UpWork. I wanted him to fix a technical bug on my website. I won't name and shame, but he cost me $500. And my project went nowhere. I'm reasonably good at hiring and outsourcing... but I've always had a bad experience contracting work to developers. It's usually expensive and time-consuming. This week, I found a sweet workaround... without lifting a finger. I'm building a news aggregator covering developments in the AI space. It's called the AI Flash...

I've abandoned the platform that built my business. I’ve spent the past few months working on a fun coding project with a great vibe. I’m building a network of news aggregators by prompt engineering. If the news aggregators are successful, I’ll monetize them with display ads or use them to build a newsletter. That’s a few months off, though. Right now, I’m focused on building and launching my series of aggregators. I usually build my content websites on WordPress. WordPress helped me write a...