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AI16: Building an AI workspace app
I'm looking for people who work in their desktop files, such as documents, slides, and images, multiple times a day to try our latest prototype!
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Alfred Lua
Keep showing up
Over the years, I developed a helpful habit to get me through tough times—as a parent, founder, and triathlete.
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Alfred Lua
AI15: Using LLMs with actions, not only text
Instead of describing what we want to LLMs, what if they can also infer from our actions?
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Alfred Lua
Looking for the Alfred of 2018
I was enjoying my work so much that I thought I'd be doing it forever. I fell out of it and have been feeling lost for seven years—until recently...
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Alfred Lua
AI14: How to build a productivity AI agent in 24 lines of code
If you have tried figuring out AI automation or agent builders, I'm confident you can build this.
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Alfred Lua
Why bother having favorites
Learning to enjoy things with no immediate or any practical value
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Alfred Lua
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AI13: Building an MCP server
How I enabled Claude to get my tasks from my Todoist account
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Alfred Lua
March recap: Work hard, rest hard
Taking a break to grow, annual goal progress, and 5 interesting links
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Alfred Lua
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March 2025

6 days in Perth with an 18-mo (Singaporean edition)
Our recommendations, our accommodations, and things we would do differently
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Alfred Lua
AI12: How I AI code
Starting as an apprentice, evolving into a collaborator, and mastering augmentation
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Alfred Lua
In praise of the daily mundane
We obsess with the big, special occasions and forget about the small moments that truly make up life.
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Alfred Lua
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AI11: Otaro, Muse, and a sneak peek of Stores
A few updates for some of our latest AI projects
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Alfred Lua
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