Behind the Craft

Kieran my favorite Claude Code power user and teacher. In our interview, he walked through his Compound Engineering system that makes Claude Code better every time you use it. This same system has been embraced by the Claude Code team and others. Kieran is like Morpheus introducing me to the matrix, so don’t miss this episode 🙂

Kieran and I talked about:
(00:00) The compound engineering loop: Plan, work, assess, compound
(03:40) Live demo: The /workflows command to plan your app
(13:25) How to use Claude Skills as just-in-time context
(25:27) Why you should always ask Claude to ask you questions first
(30:00) Live demo: Using Playwright MCP as your AI QA team
(35:03) Code reviews by AI agents playing security, architect, and more
(40:33) The LFG command: one prompt to go from 0 to production
(46:39) Slash commands vs sub-agents vs skills — when to use each

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-to-make-claude-code-better-every-time-kieran-klaassen

Where to find Kieran:
X: https://x.com/kieranklaassen
Website: https://cora.computer/
GitHub: https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin

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Peter is the creator of OpenClaw (formerly Molt - the name keeps changing 😅), the hottest AI right now with 2M visitors in a week. In our interview, Peter shared is personal favorite use cases including using Claw to check in to flights, control his home, and more. We also talked about his hot takes such as no plan mode or MCPs.

Peter and I talked about:
(00:00) “It’s like having a new weird friend that lives on your computer”
(03:43) “It sent me a voice message but I never set that up”
(09:04) How to install OpenClaw in one line
(14:53) “It watched my security camera all night and found this”
(16:07) Using OpenClaw to check in flights, change lights, and adjust his bed
(19:42) Why 80% of your phone apps will disappear
(22:20) Peter’s AI coding hot takes: No plan mode, MCPs suck, and more
(36:56) The way to learn AI is to play

Thanks to our sponsors:
Linear: The AI agent platform for modern teams https://linear.app/behind-the-craft
Granola: The AI meeting notes app that saves you hours. granola.ai/peter
Replit: From 0 to full stack app in 2 min https://replit.com/?utm_source=creator&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=creator_program&utm_content=peteryang

📌 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-openclaws-creator-uses-ai-peter-steinbergerWhere to find Peter:
X: https://x.com/steipete
Website: https://openclaw.ai/

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Logan is the Product Lead for Google AI Studio. I got him to give us an inside look at how he uses AI Studio to build AI Studio (very meta) and how his team ships at startup speed inside Google. AI Studio is the feature that I rely on the most to do my product job better, so don't miss this tutorial.

Logan and I talked about:
(00:00) Tour of Google AI Studio's Build mode
(06:29) Live demo: Building a social media content generator
(09:31) How Logan uses AI Studio to build AI Studio
(11:34) Cloning the AI Studio UI in 68 seconds
(12:58) Getting AI to show you 5-6 design options in one UI
(17:20) Live demo: Building a restaurant finder with Google Maps
(21:12) Using annotate mode to give visual feedback
(34:09) "There's one mode and the mode is we ship fast"
(36:00) What Logan looks for when hiring PMs

Thanks to our sponsors:
Linear: The AI agent platform for modern teams
https://linear.app/behind-the-craftReplit: From 0 to full stack app in 2 min https://replit.com/?utm_source=creator&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=creator_program&utm_content=peteryang

📌 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/master-google-ai-studio-for-prototyping-logan-kilpatrick

Where to find Logan:
X: https://x.com/OfficialLoganK
Website: https://aistudio.google.com/apps

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Sumeet is the Head of Data at Brex and came personally recommended by the Claude Code team. In our episode, he showed me how to use Claude Code to build a data explorer that lets anyone ask questions and get insights without writing a single SQL query. If you’re tired of analyzing data manually, then this interview is a must-watch.

Summit and I talked about:
(00:00) How to make Claude Code your data analyst
(03:04) Analyzing data with AI: Monitor → Explore → Craft → Impact
(10:23) Live demo: Building a startup funding MCP with 3 queries
(21:10) Context management: Why your data agent gets confused
(26:04) How to connect Claude to Slack and Drive for context
(35:00) Demo: Predicting which AI startups will get Series B funding
(41:32) Brex stats on which AI coding tools are actually winning

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/build-an-ai-data-analyst-with-claude-code-sumeet

Where to find Sumeet:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smarwaha/

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Tal and Aman are experienced AI PMs so I made us all share our favorite AI product workflows — from writing strategy docs to prototyping with Google AI Studio to building a personal task system with Claude Code. Watch this episode if you want to see 5 real no-BS AI product workflows in 50 minutes.

We talked about:

(00:00) Our best AI workflows for product work
(01:13) Demo 1: Writing strategy docs with Claude Projects
(10:21) Demo 2: Prototyping a new feature with Google AI Studio
(17:10) Demo 3: Building an AI thinking partner with Obsidian + Cursor
(24:06) Demo 4: Managing tasks with Linear MCP
(29:01) Demo 5: Building a personal OS with Claude Code and skills
(40:06) Context engineering 101 from Aman
(48:54) Summary and how you can start today

Thanks to our sponsors:
Korey: The AI Agent for product developmenthttps://www.korey.ai/

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/full-course-the-ai-stack-we-use-for-prototyping-strategy-personal-os-aman-tal

Where to find:
Tal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talsraviv/
Aman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanberkeley/
Aman's personal OS Github: https://github.com/amanaiproduct/personal-os

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