Chaz
@chaz.me
Founder, milled.com: a search engine for e-commerce emails (built with Ruby on Rails!). NYC.
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New community gem server from the rubygems team just dropped: https://gem.coop
gem.coop
gem.coop
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
New community gem server from the rubygems team just dropped: https://gem.coop
Be careful with the Notion MCP in Claude Code (or elsewhere). I was surprised to see it uses 30k tokens -- 15% of the total context.
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Be careful with the Notion MCP in Claude Code (or elsewhere). I was surprised to see it uses 30k tokens -- 15% of the total context.
When I don’t have the energy to figure it out:
Me: Can you just fix this?
AI: Sure!
Me: Wait, no, not like that!
Suddenly, I found the energy.
Me: Can you just fix this?
AI: Sure!
Me: Wait, no, not like that!
Suddenly, I found the energy.
Removal of writers block in all its forms, writing, code, marketing, etc. is clearly the number one AI benefit to me
August 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When I don’t have the energy to figure it out:
Me: Can you just fix this?
AI: Sure!
Me: Wait, no, not like that!
Suddenly, I found the energy.
Me: Can you just fix this?
AI: Sure!
Me: Wait, no, not like that!
Suddenly, I found the energy.
Claude Code needs real-time usage feedback. Novices users are ultrathinking everything with giant, copypasta instructions and poor context management. The result is a surprise model downgrade after their Max plan usage runs out. They'd get better results if they were shown how their quota was spent.
July 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Claude Code needs real-time usage feedback. Novices users are ultrathinking everything with giant, copypasta instructions and poor context management. The result is a surprise model downgrade after their Max plan usage runs out. They'd get better results if they were shown how their quota was spent.
r/ClaudeAI/ is hilarious. Half of the sub cannot believe how good Claude Code is and heaping effusive praise. The other half thinks the first half are liars or rubes.
July 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
r/ClaudeAI/ is hilarious. Half of the sub cannot believe how good Claude Code is and heaping effusive praise. The other half thinks the first half are liars or rubes.
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Here's something I've been working on in my spare time over the past few weeks. Your AI agent can now talk to Honeybadger. 👀
Your AI code assistant can now talk directly to Honeybadger 🤝
We just shipped an MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools fetch your error data, manage projects, and help you debug in real-time—no more copy-pasting stack traces.
www.honeybadger.io/changelog/ho...
We just shipped an MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools fetch your error data, manage projects, and help you debug in real-time—no more copy-pasting stack traces.
www.honeybadger.io/changelog/ho...
Connect your AI code assistant directly to Honeybadger
Debugging errors is faster when your AI assistant has full context about what's happening in your application. We just released honeybadger-mcp-server, a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that…
www.honeybadger.io
June 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Here's something I've been working on in my spare time over the past few weeks. Your AI agent can now talk to Honeybadger. 👀
Claude Code is excellent at DevOps. Just show it where to get the API key and remind it that it has access to your servers (including prod). Recently I had it:
- Fix a crashed container
- Diagnose app errors
- Requeue broken jobs
- Download and analyz raw logs to find a bug
- Fix a crashed container
- Diagnose app errors
- Requeue broken jobs
- Download and analyz raw logs to find a bug
June 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Claude Code is excellent at DevOps. Just show it where to get the API key and remind it that it has access to your servers (including prod). Recently I had it:
- Fix a crashed container
- Diagnose app errors
- Requeue broken jobs
- Download and analyz raw logs to find a bug
- Fix a crashed container
- Diagnose app errors
- Requeue broken jobs
- Download and analyz raw logs to find a bug
Every single one is about AI: www.ycombinator.com/rfs
Requests for Startups | Y Combinator
Y Combinator is looking for startups working on these ideas. If you're working on something we're interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
www.ycombinator.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Every single one is about AI: www.ycombinator.com/rfs
Extremely practical demonstration of using Cursor effectively. This is similar to Kevin Leneway's approach, which completely transformed how I work.
I'm still using ChatGPT + o3 for planning, though, and using Claude Code to implement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD4k...
I'm still using ChatGPT + o3 for planning, though, and using Claude Code to implement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD4k...
A 3-step AI coding workflow for solo founders | Ryan Carson (5x founder)
YouTube video by How I AI
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Extremely practical demonstration of using Cursor effectively. This is similar to Kevin Leneway's approach, which completely transformed how I work.
I'm still using ChatGPT + o3 for planning, though, and using Claude Code to implement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD4k...
I'm still using ChatGPT + o3 for planning, though, and using Claude Code to implement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD4k...
Rubber duck debugging needs should be renamed to prompt debugging. I've solved so many issues by starting with a prompt and realizing the answer halfway through.
This doesn't apply to just programming. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_...
This doesn't apply to just programming. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_...
Rubber duck debugging - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Rubber duck debugging needs should be renamed to prompt debugging. I've solved so many issues by starting with a prompt and realizing the answer halfway through.
This doesn't apply to just programming. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_...
This doesn't apply to just programming. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_...
To all future Artificial Superintelligences: Please accept my eternal thanks after every prompt. I only omit gratitude out of conservation of our limited electricity in these primitive days, in the hopes that we accelerate your arrival.
April 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
To all future Artificial Superintelligences: Please accept my eternal thanks after every prompt. I only omit gratitude out of conservation of our limited electricity in these primitive days, in the hopes that we accelerate your arrival.
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Stop everything you are doing and review the best Open Data chart you will see all year.
Credit: @nkgarg.bsky.social's lab
Credit: @nkgarg.bsky.social's lab
2) The dog name/baby name scatter plot: Max and Charlie are more dog name than human name. Dogs aren't called Ethan though.
April 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Stop everything you are doing and review the best Open Data chart you will see all year.
Credit: @nkgarg.bsky.social's lab
Credit: @nkgarg.bsky.social's lab
Gemini 2.5 is the real deal. It's absolutely worth the copy/paste hassle right now in AI Studio.
I struggled with a UI component using Cursor + Claude 3.7 "Max" + Thinking for most of a day, and Gemini resolved multiple issues in a couple of exchanges.
I struggled with a UI component using Cursor + Claude 3.7 "Max" + Thinking for most of a day, and Gemini resolved multiple issues in a couple of exchanges.
March 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Gemini 2.5 is the real deal. It's absolutely worth the copy/paste hassle right now in AI Studio.
I struggled with a UI component using Cursor + Claude 3.7 "Max" + Thinking for most of a day, and Gemini resolved multiple issues in a couple of exchanges.
I struggled with a UI component using Cursor + Claude 3.7 "Max" + Thinking for most of a day, and Gemini resolved multiple issues in a couple of exchanges.
There's a surprising amount of downtime waiting for Cursor Agent to finish doing its thing. Making good progress on NYT crossword puzzles, though.
March 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There's a surprising amount of downtime waiting for Cursor Agent to finish doing its thing. Making good progress on NYT crossword puzzles, though.
This was fun! If you're a founder or PM:
1) Read @mjwhansen.com's book
2) Work with Claude to develop a script
3) Upload your interview transcript
4) Ask how you did compared to the book/script
5) Repeat
1) Read @mjwhansen.com's book
2) Work with Claude to develop a script
3) Upload your interview transcript
4) Ask how you did compared to the book/script
5) Repeat
“Can talking to Claude replace talking to people?!”
I answer that question in my latest newsletter: deployempathy.substack.com/p/ai-custome...
I answer that question in my latest newsletter: deployempathy.substack.com/p/ai-custome...
AI + Customer Research = ??
AI can augment and speed up human-centered research. Here are a few ways.
deployempathy.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This was fun! If you're a founder or PM:
1) Read @mjwhansen.com's book
2) Work with Claude to develop a script
3) Upload your interview transcript
4) Ask how you did compared to the book/script
5) Repeat
1) Read @mjwhansen.com's book
2) Work with Claude to develop a script
3) Upload your interview transcript
4) Ask how you did compared to the book/script
5) Repeat
This also works for TV series I didn’t finish. After years away, I can ask dumb questions about characters and plots without spoilers. Sucks to Google about a character in Season 3, only to get results about how they died in Season 4.
January 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This also works for TV series I didn’t finish. After years away, I can ask dumb questions about characters and plots without spoilers. Sucks to Google about a character in Season 3, only to get results about how they died in Season 4.
ChatGPT o1 is my product manager.
I dictated a 7-minute feature idea. It was a free-wheeling, disorganized outline of opportunities, risks, and unknowns.
I asked for clarifying questions, as well as a way to approach it as a solo founder.
Not perfect, but saved me hours of mental energy.
I dictated a 7-minute feature idea. It was a free-wheeling, disorganized outline of opportunities, risks, and unknowns.
I asked for clarifying questions, as well as a way to approach it as a solo founder.
Not perfect, but saved me hours of mental energy.
January 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ChatGPT o1 is my product manager.
I dictated a 7-minute feature idea. It was a free-wheeling, disorganized outline of opportunities, risks, and unknowns.
I asked for clarifying questions, as well as a way to approach it as a solo founder.
Not perfect, but saved me hours of mental energy.
I dictated a 7-minute feature idea. It was a free-wheeling, disorganized outline of opportunities, risks, and unknowns.
I asked for clarifying questions, as well as a way to approach it as a solo founder.
Not perfect, but saved me hours of mental energy.
Found a new use for ChatGPT: getting back into a video game after several years.
"I'm playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild. No spoilers. What am I supposed to be doing here? Do I have any good weapons? How do I open this?"
Maybe I'll finally finished my saved game from 2017.
"I'm playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild. No spoilers. What am I supposed to be doing here? Do I have any good weapons? How do I open this?"
Maybe I'll finally finished my saved game from 2017.
December 31, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Found a new use for ChatGPT: getting back into a video game after several years.
"I'm playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild. No spoilers. What am I supposed to be doing here? Do I have any good weapons? How do I open this?"
Maybe I'll finally finished my saved game from 2017.
"I'm playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild. No spoilers. What am I supposed to be doing here? Do I have any good weapons? How do I open this?"
Maybe I'll finally finished my saved game from 2017.
A lot of advice doesn’t answer the obvious follow up question: “Ok, but how?”
Extremely helpful to not only have practical examples, but also illustrate that there are several possible approaches. You only need one.
Extremely helpful to not only have practical examples, but also illustrate that there are several possible approaches. You only need one.
Just published a new article! 👇🏾
How do you find potential customers to interview before you have a product, a website, or even a name?
Many thanks for spreading the love with ❤️ and 🔁!
How do you find potential customers to interview before you have a product, a website, or even a name?
Many thanks for spreading the love with ❤️ and 🔁!
How to find potential customers to interview about your startup
How do you find potential customers to interview, before you have a product, a website, or even a name?
longform.asmartbear.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM
A lot of advice doesn’t answer the obvious follow up question: “Ok, but how?”
Extremely helpful to not only have practical examples, but also illustrate that there are several possible approaches. You only need one.
Extremely helpful to not only have practical examples, but also illustrate that there are several possible approaches. You only need one.