Buddy of mine paid me 1k to build out an agent for him. Simple API call and financial data parsing. Took me an hour on Manus to get it dialed in. But before we started I literally told him, "Dude, I could just show you how to do this on your own in 20 minutes." He looked me dead in the eye and said "Alex, I have ZERO interest in learning this stuff. I'd much rather pay you to just get it done." That's one of the two buckets I'm hearing right now. People either don't have the time or don't have the interest. And since you love AI, that means that your bubble and your world are reflecting that back to you on a daily basis on your Twitter, on your LinkedIn, on your YouTube, probably with your friends. It's twisting your mind to think that everybody thinks that way when they don't. MOST people are like my buddy who either do not care or don't have the time.

I was never in the trades. But I was a wildland firefighter for four years. Thank God I did that. Because when I sat down at a bar with a bunch of HVAC guys on Friday, I could talk about getting off work with dirt under my fingernails and grabbing a six pack and a can of Copenhagen. Then I switched tabs and talked to my AI friends about MCP servers. The ability to speak both languages might be the most underrated skill in this space.

With the help of @ItsAlexStarr I built an AI agent this week. It pulls every P&L and transaction report from QuickBooks across all my LLCs and properties, analyzes everything, flags irregularities, suggests expense reductions, and drafts a follow-up email to my bookkeeper for anything that needs adjusting or clarification. In 3 minutes it found: - A $900 expense tagged as income - A double charge - 2 misclassifications That’s real money. That’s real time saved. I used to spend hours manually reviewing reports hoping I’d catch something. Now I’m catching everything in minutes. If you’re running multiple entities and still reviewing your books manually, you’re leaving money and hours on the table This is what I mean when I say the goal is to work ON your business, not IN it. Who else is building AI into their back office? @ItsAlexStarr is a wealth of knowledge if you have questions.

Two types of business owners when it comes to AI: 1. "I don't care if it's just a couple buttons. I don't want to do it. I will pay someone." 2. "Yeah, I've learned the tools. I just need someone to tell me WHAT to apply it to." Both will pay. Neither is wrong. But the first group is way bigger than anyone admits.

It's wild how in 2026 you can decide how much money you make based on what you click on. Do you spend time clicking on endless YouTube videos or do you click on sending a cold email. That's the whole game.

The AI adoption gap is actually bigger than anyone on X wants to admit. Yesterday I helped dozens of contractors build their AI Operating System. These guys were BLOWN away with Claude projects and that it could connect to their Microsoft 365. Legit shocked. These are 30 and 40-something business owners. In Austin. A literal tech hub. Imagine what a 52 year old in Wisconsin knows. Unevenly distributed adoption = unevenly distributed outcomes. Act accordingly.

This will never get old. No matter how small the transfer is. I’m making money from a mobile app I built.

Just got a new MacBook and had to come face to face with the mortality of my Claude Cowork and Code sessions. anybody know how to easily transfer those to a new machine? Or should I use this moment to practice the ancient art of letting your AI chat sessions go?

I have no idea who these people are. My mobile app has been live for 60 days and this is the first time the leaders on the dashboard are customers who don’t know me.

This requires an important caveat: Some of the people you admire might actually be smarter than you… And that’s OK. You can still succeed.

The biggest opportunities networking to make money in AI right now are all happening in private telegram groups, WhatsApp chats, and slack channels.

We’re in a bubble on this app

I've talked to 5-6 people who are seriously building with AI, not just dabbling. Every single one said the same thing: stop spreading yourself thin across every tool. Go deep on Claude (Co-Work Code). The reasoning: they can do 99% of what you need. The rest are just distractions. But what fun distractions they are...

apple just announced they're rebuilding Siri from scratch using Google's Gemini AI. Siri has been useless for years. you ask it for a local pizza spot in Miami, it says "here's what i found about dinosaurs in Baltimore" now imagine Siri actually understanding what you mean. holding a real conversation. doing stuff for you without 14 follow-up taps. that's what's coming with iOS 26.4. and everyone with an iPhone who hasn't jumped on the AI train yet will start to use it everyday.

the wildest marketing strategy of 2026: tell the government no and watch your downloads go through the roof

I discovered the most effective tactic on God's green earth to actually do what you say you'll do: Find a friend to be accountable with and PUT MONEY ON THE LINE so whoever f*cks up has to pay the other person. It should be an amount that hurts when you send it. $100-$1000 depending on your income. Beginning of every month, send your list of what you're going to do and what you won't do that month. ( Lift 3x/week, send 100 cold emails, don't order DoorDash, whatever). Then the power of peer pressure, competition, and good ol' fashioned guilt will take over. Enjoy the best year of your life.

From idea to App Store in 3 weeks! I have two kids but seeing my first mobile app out there in the world might actually be the happiest moment of my life. Just kidding. Kind of.