🌟 Editor's Note
Hey builders! 👋
A special thank you to my first 5 subscribers! Martin, Jen, Chris, Catarina & Matko this is for you!
This week was hard! Lots of challenges, lots of learnings and plenty left unresolved… I made progress, it just wasn’t as much or as fast as I’d like. I’m excited to share more over the coming week or so, as I’m close to a big breakthrough 🤞
Here's what went down in the trenches.
This Week’s Build Logs
🪄 First Impressions: ChatGPT Codex Opens New Possibilities
I tested ChatGPT's Codex AI coding agent for the first time. It found a typo I missed, added 1,300 lines of test code, and opened my mind to what's possible with AI-assisted development. Here's what happened and why it matters for solo developers.
👍 Building Content Backlogs with PostHog + Astro Voting
Built audience‑driven content ranking with PostHog + Astro. Full implementation with troubleshooting, live vote counts, and UX best practices.
🌪️ Monorepo Design System Chaos (Part 1)
Three apps, one design system, and a $20 AI expert consultation. Here's what happens when Astro, Vite, shadcn/ui, and Tailwind collide in a monorepo, and why it's still not resolved.
🔧 Quick Tools Roundup
This week's tech stack that made it all possible:
Development: ChatGPT Codex + Cursor (Auto Agent + GPT-5 sometimes)
Analytics: PostHog
Functions/Backend: Netlify Functions
Framework: Astro + Tailwind
Styling/UI: Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui
Monorepo: Turborepo
Version Control: GitHub PR workflow
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David
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