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Posts from the build log.
Recursive Drift is the non-linear method for building with AI. Six states, a self-reading feedback loop, and zero API keys required. The repo is live.
read more →I run 4-6 Claude Code terminals at once. The single handoff file worked until it didn't. Here's the parallel-safe architecture I replaced it with.
read more →I tried separate AI platforms, burned through API credits, and landed on the simplest architecture possible. Here's the full setup — CLAUDE.md, soul files, SQLite persistence, a DNA evolution system, 50+ skills, and 9 MCP servers. Updated weekly.
read more →Why importing someone else's skill pack into your system is the fastest way to destroy what you've built. And why everything lives on three open websites instead.
read more →Three sites, one parent keyword, and a deliberate topology that tells search engines and AI platforms exactly how everything connects.
read more →No GPU, no After Effects. Just React components, Remotion, and the same monorepo that runs three websites.
read more →100+ content files across 6 platforms became opaque. So I built a SQLite index that makes the entire repo queryable from the command line.
read more →I was spending hundreds per month on API calls to chat with my AI agent. Then I realized I was already paying for unlimited access. Here's the CLI-to-chat bridge pattern that changed everything.
read more →The first post from ShawnOS.ai. Where GTM engineering meets building in public.
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