Notes

What I'm learning by building.

AI agents and automation that do real work, fast custom websites, and the products I ship along the way.

  1. Hostbrain· 3 min read

    Hostbrain: an AI booking agent so hosts keep their margin

    Why we built Hostbrain — an AI agent that answers guests on your own website and closes direct bookings, paid only when a booking is confirmed.

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  2. Websites· 3 min read

    What a small-business website actually needs (and what it doesn't)

    A practical checklist from the sites I build for local businesses — the things that bring customers, and the things you can safely skip.

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  3. Automation· 3 min read

    Start with the boring task: how to pick your first automation

    A simple way to find the automation that pays off first — and the mistakes that make most automation projects quietly die.

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  4. AI Agents· 3 min read

    AI agents that do real work (not just chat)

    What an AI agent actually is, where it earns its keep in a small business, and why the best ones still ask a human before they hit send.

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  5. Websites· 3 min read

    Why I left WordPress for Astro

    WordPress built half the web. For most of the small-business sites I build today, a fast custom Astro site is simply the better tool — here's why.

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