andrew pierno

andrew pierno

10
Apr
Vibe Science: AI and the Rise of Citizen Science

Vibe Science: AI and the Rise of Citizen Science

A software engineer discovers that AI + academic papers + cheap lab equipment = real applied science. I'm calling it vibe science, and it's just getting started.
5 min read
03
Apr
I Let an AI Trade Real Money on Kalshi for 60 Days. It Lost 25% of it all.

I Let an AI Trade Real Money on Kalshi for 60 Days. It Lost 25% of it all.

I gave Claude – Anthropic's most expensive model – $250 of real money, pointed it at Kalshi's weather
8 min read
25
Mar
Agentic Engineering — The AX Stack

Agentic Engineering — The AX Stack

A compound coding loop that gets AI agents to 90% accuracy on feature work in 30 days. Open source system with Knowledge Bbase server, skills, and evidence from Stripe, Intercom, etc
8 min read
28
Feb
Feature Dev is Dead. Long Live Feature Dev

Feature Dev is Dead. Long Live Feature Dev

💡The great transition to Agentic engineering has begun. If you've been on tech Twitter this month, you'
8 min read
16
Dec
Stop Asking Chat GPT for Business Ideas: The Case for Solving Internal Pain

Stop Asking Chat GPT for Business Ideas: The Case for Solving Internal Pain

Looking for business ideas is one of the most energizing and exhausting processes known to mankind. I feel like I’
5 min read
07
Dec
Robotic Side Quest

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).

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

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

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

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