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07
Dec
Robotic Side Quest
It's been an extremely strange several years for developers. We’ve seen code becoming commoditized by large language
4 min read
05
Dec
Vision LLMs Are Easy To Trick (Even GPT-5.1).
Hey folks, I'm going to be experimenting with some more technical content for a bit.
The truth is
4 min read
28
Nov
Value-Based Trials For AI Products Make Sense
Time-based trials inflate conversions and drive churn. Value-based trials tie onboarding to real usage, expose the moment your product “clicks,” and protect you from runaway AI costs. This is how I’m structuring every Endless product.
3 min read
21
Nov
Noco.io - post mortem
$5K in Credits and 4 Months Building a Lovable Competitor That Went Nowhere
TLDR;
* if you have a product whose
4 min read
14
Nov
Building An Endless Ecosystem
TL;DR — Founder Notes
* I’m experimenting with Endless, a 3-product ecosystem (Posts, Blog, Startups) that feeds itself.
* Each tool
5 min read
07
Nov
Humbled By Markets
Hey, it's Andrew (from xo.capital).
I haven't written in a while. There have been a
2 min read
21
Apr
Anatomy Of A Turnaround
We accidentally bought a turnaround. Now, to be clear most of the products we've purchased would fall into
5 min read
11
Apr
March 2023 Round Up
If you've been missing my dulcet tones check out my most recent interview with Jaryd Krause from Buying
6 min read
17
Mar
Focus
How to be consistently productive?
This is Danny from XO Capital chiming in for this edition of Friday Notes.
Productivity
3 min read
03
Mar
Feb 2023
What up XO fam. I've had plenty of caffeine this morning so I'm going to be