Seth Rose
Senior Software Engineer. AI Automation Specialist.
Building systems that reduce friction and create leverage.
North Texas based. Systems over noise.
- 2025: Built in silence. Shared almost none of it. 2026: Build In Public. Wins, fails, revenue, lessons Same (better?) skills. Different approach. Follow along. 🚀
- “AI powered” workflow... You mean typing bad ideas until one looks less stupid?
- I don’t fear AI replacing me. I fear AI documenting how bad I was at my job before it got here.
- You’re not using AI to save time. You’re using AI to feel productive while procrastinating harder.
- Every AI Conversation... One guy says, “this is the future,” the other guy says, “this is Skynet,” ...but both are just pitching their newsletter to you.
- Say no once, you look difficult. Say no ten times, you look disciplined.
- Not every client ask is worth a fight. Nitpicks? Let them slide. Scope creep? That’s a hill to die on. Which battles do you always pick?
- Your focus blocks aren’t luxuries, they’re armor. If you don’t guard them, clients will fill the space with their chaos. What’s the one block on your calendar that never moves?
- Today’s already been full of disruptions and distractions. Reminder to myself: a small derail doesn’t have to wreck the whole day. Control > perfection. Focus is a choice.
- Flexibility isn’t free labor. Adapt on your terms, not theirs. If clients want evenings, shift your mornings later. Today, I'm allowing for a peaceful morning.
- Momentum is built on small daily victories. The size of the win matters less than the chain. - Write them down. - Show your receipts. - Keep the streak alive. What’s the smallest win you tracked today?
- The most radical productivity hack isn’t a cold plunge or a 5 AM alarm. It’s turning distractions off at a set schedule everyday. Sleep is the real leverage. Be honest 😅 What time do you actually crash?
- Boundaries aren’t walls, they’re safety nets. They protect your time, your family, and your work by keeping focus where it matters most in each moment. What’s harder for you, holding the line at home or at work (or both)?
- People think automation = scripts. It’s really structure. My setup so far... • Walk NFC → logs workout in daily note, starts workout on Apple Watch • Work NFC → Auto Focus mode • Family → QR code for requests (appts, etc.) How do you containerize your day? Suggestions?
- Agents don't need full autonomy. Should reliability be the priority instead?
- Bitcoin halvings reduce supply growth. Is that a strength or artificial scarcity?
- Proof-of-stake saves energy but concentrates power. Better or worse than proof-of-work?
- Debugging multi-agent systems feels like tracing microservices. Do you log every step?
- Wallet recovery is still crypto's weakest UX. Would you trust mainstream adoption without a fix for lost keys?
- Most agent failures are state bugs, not reasoning bugs. How do you handle state?
- People imagine “AI agents” as sci fi butlers that run your whole life. In reality they’re just scripts with memory, context, and decision making. The magic isn’t hype, it’s using them to take over the boring tasks that steal your hours. Bookmark this if you want your hours back👇
- Wrappers that enforce schemas prevent chaos. How do you handle output validation?
- Gas fees differ wildly chain to chain. Do users even care, or just chase low cost?
- As men we’re often valued when we provide. Money, stability, solutions. But what we really crave is to be seen when our hands are empty. That is not weakness. It is human. Is it too much to ask to be wanted for more than being useful?
- AI orchestration feels like microservices 2.0. Powerful, brittle, and expensive to scale. Stitch your own stack together, or buy into a platform & accept lock-in?
- Money, much like algorithms, might never be truly unbiased. It's all about who we choose to trust.
- Agents need fallback behavior. Should they retry tasks or escalate to humans?
- Hardware wallets keep keys offline. Safer, but harder. Which tradeoff do you make?
- Wrappers should separate model calls from app logic. How do you structure yours?
- Up +7% in just over a month. No trading, just holding + staking. Sometimes boring works. 😎
- Indie hacking moat = consistency. Not secrets. What’s your tiny win today?
- AI agents often fail at tool handoffs, not reasoning. The 3 design rules that fix it? 1. Ensure context persists through interactions. 2. Expect failures as the norm and plan accordingly. 3. Allow agents to seek clarification before finalizing. Which ones do you commonly see ignored?
- Tried paying with a stablecoin last year: Gas fees + failed transactions made it unusable. This year, it worked flawlessly. Crypto quietly fixed more UX in 12 months than banks did in 12 years.
