Giving Claude Code a Memory (and a Soul) with AutoMem

This post is going to age like milk. That’s the nature of posts about AI workflows these days. Things are changing so fast. As a snapshot in time, and to help folks trying to experience the wonder that is a CLI-based coding agent with advanced memory, here is my current setup which I have running...

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On the 2024 US Elections

Most votes are in. Trump is the projected winner. Still, I hope Harris and her team are ready to keep fighting. You cannot trust whatever “calls” the media has made. The winners are the people who get the most votes, so count the votes. Recount the votes. This election is too important to give up...

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Fair Value Estimate for Snowflake $SNOW

I wrote up my thought process while doing a fair value calculation for Snowflake stock ($SNOW). You can read about it in my Tweet thread here: > As we enter (or exit?) this bear market in stocks, there will be some buying opportunities. How do you know if that stock that just fell 80% is "on sale"...

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The WordPress Way

I’m writing down the core values for our business and team. Here is one of our 5 core values: > We are committed to open source and “the WordPress way”. Stranger Studios, LLC Core Values What does that even mean? How does this value specifically show up in our actions? Why is this important to...

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Blog less for more views?

The @MrBeast interview on the @joerogan Experience podcast is a good one. Mr. Beast's life story is interesting, but there is also a bit of marketing advice that's useful for businesses trying to produce viral content. Here’s a link to the podcast. It’s on Spotify. You need at least a free account...

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Here’s one way internet businesses of any kind can help Ukrainians now.

Find your Ukranian customers and email them. Ask them “Is there ANY thing I can do to help YOU?” I’ve just sent a similar email to a few dozen users in the Paid Memberships Pro website. In this post, I’ll cover how sites running PMPro can find users with a Ukrainian billing address, Ukrainian email...

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How we do profit sharing for Paid Memberships Pro.

Here's a thread about how we do profit sharing bonuses for @pmproplugin, a company of about 15 people. Lots of inspiration from @wilreynolds and @Shpigford on this and generally how to treat employees well. Some lessons learned through the years. 👇🧵 Make It Rain Money GIF First, why give bonuses...

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Business Update 2020

I try to write these transparency reports every so often. You can find some previous transparency reports here: - 2019 Transparency Report- 2016 Transparency Report- 2015 Transparency Report I wrote most of this down last year, but it’s taken a while to publish. The 2021 Transparency Report should...

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Helpless/Boombastic Mashup Teaser

On a recent road trip, we were rocking out to the Hamilton soundtrack, when I realized that the beat is Helpless is pretty much the same as the beat in Shaggy’s Boombastic. I need to learn how to make a proper mashup and do some artistic mixing around this, but here’s a little clip of the 2 songs...

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