andysmith.aiWriting about AI, agency, and building systems that think.https://andysmith.ai/Thinking Through the Boxhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/04/thinking-through-the-box/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/04/thinking-through-the-box/A box of thoughts is not a collection of aphorisms. It's a thinking tool — but only if you use it as one.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMTZero-Effort Blogginghttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/04/zero-effort-blogging/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/04/zero-effort-blogging/Record your work session, let the machine turn it into a blog post. Combine with a pomodoro timer and you get a problem journal for free.Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTThinkbox: an LLM Knowledge Base with a Public Surfacehttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/04/thinkbox/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/04/thinkbox/Building a personal knowledge system where the LLM maintains the wiki, Twitter distributes it, and others can grow it with you.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMTAI Won't Teach You — Unless You Make Ithttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/ai-wont-teach-you-unless-you-make-it/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/ai-wont-teach-you-unless-you-make-it/AI accelerates work where you're already an expert but may hinder you from becoming one. How to learn new skills when AI always wants to do everything for you.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:48:12 GMTShort Sessions Beat Long Ones in Claude Codehttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/short-sessions-beat-long-ones-in-claude-code/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/short-sessions-beat-long-ones-in-claude-code/Why keeping Claude Code sessions short and saving context to persistent storage is more efficient than running everything in one endless session.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:26:16 GMTThe Real Metric for Autonomous AI: Quality Without Hand-Holdinghttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/autonomy-with-acceptable-quality/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/autonomy-with-acceptable-quality/Stop watching multiple monitors. The true measure of autonomous AI systems is how many tasks they complete without your intervention.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:49:45 GMTSmall Steps Beat Big Leaps: Why Familiar Interfaces Winhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/small-steps-beat-big-leaps-familiar-interfaces-win/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/small-steps-beat-big-leaps-familiar-interfaces-win/Successful products lower the barrier to entry by building on interfaces users already know, rather than demanding complete workflow transformation.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:22:10 GMTClawdbot, Capsules, and Self-Evolving Agentshttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/clawdbot-capsules-and-self-evolving-agents/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/clawdbot-capsules-and-self-evolving-agents/My impressions of Clawdbot and why I think AI assistants need a minimal core with self-development capabilities instead of feature accumulation.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:07:08 GMTBotlord: The Human as Corporationhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/botlord-human-as-corporation/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/botlord-human-as-corporation/With AI agents, the boundary between individual and company blurs. Time to learn management.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:36:15 GMTProduct Over Technologyhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/product-over-technology/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/product-over-technology/Why engineers who spent years building elegant systems often miss the most important thing — actually selling them.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:43:54 GMTCapsules: Isolated Environments for AI Agentshttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/capsules-isolated-environments-for-ai-agents/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/capsules-isolated-environments-for-ai-agents/My evolution of working with AI tools and a new concept for safely running agents in isolated, reproducible environments.Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:36:04 GMTFrom Solo Sessions to Agent Orchestrashttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/from-solo-sessions-to-agent-orchestras/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/from-solo-sessions-to-agent-orchestras/A framework for vertical and horizontal scaling of AI systems through maximizing inference utilizationWed, 21 Jan 2026 07:37:45 GMTRobots Should Do Everythinghttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/robots-should-do-everything/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/robots-should-do-everything/My entrepreneurial hypothesis for the coming year — building meta-factories that construct and maintain robot systemsTue, 20 Jan 2026 10:30:00 GMTHow Many Tokens Did You Spend on This Task?https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/how-many-tokens-on-this-task/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/how-many-tokens-on-this-task/A simple question to gauge whether someone actually tried to solve a problem with modern toolsTue, 20 Jan 2026 08:15:28 GMTNo Way Back: Why Constraints Drive Better Workflowshttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/constraints-drive-workflows/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/constraints-drive-workflows/How switching to pure Claude Code forced me to abandon old habits and embrace a new paradigm of working with AI agents.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:14:22 GMTMy Digital Twin Starts with Claude Codehttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/my-digital-twin-starts-with-claude-code/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/my-digital-twin-starts-with-claude-code/Building a personal knowledge graph by capturing and indexing every Claude Code session.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:23:11 GMTUnrealized Risks Are Still Real Costshttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/unrealized-risks/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/unrealized-risks/Why surviving a risk doesn't mean you made the right choiceThu, 15 Jan 2026 07:14:00 GMTEverything Is Texthttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/everything-is-text/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/everything-is-text/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:57:00 GMTDone Today Beats Perfect Neverhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/done-today-beats-perfect-never/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/done-today-beats-perfect-never/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:35:00 GMTBetter Written Than Losthttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/better-written-than-lost/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/better-written-than-lost/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:03:00 GMTCommand: Controlling the World Through Texthttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/command-controlling-the-world-through-text/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2026/01/command-controlling-the-world-through-text/What if your entire participation in life could be reduced to sending text commands, with a chain of AI agents executing changes to the world?Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:12:00 GMTThe last human bastion is agencyhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/the-last-human-bastion-is-agency/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/the-last-human-bastion-is-agency/Sat, 18 Oct 2025 11:14:00 GMTOrganize and delegate, not just replace yourselfhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/organize-and-delegate-not-just-replace-yourself/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/organize-and-delegate-not-just-replace-yourself/Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:39:00 GMTEverything should be writtenhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/everything-should-be-written/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/everything-should-be-written/Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:49:00 GMTWhy I write posts myself and don't use AI generationhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/why-i-write-posts-myself-and-don-t-use-ai-generation/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/why-i-write-posts-myself-and-don-t-use-ai-generation/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:42:00 GMTWhy AI is the most important thing to invest in todayhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/why-ai-is-the-most-important-thing-to-invest-in-today/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/why-ai-is-the-most-important-thing-to-invest-in-today/Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:58:00 GMTHello Worldhttps://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/hello-world/https://andysmith.ai/blog/2025/10/hello-world/Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:09:00 GMT