Maximilian

ops & supply chain for dtc brands — building the boring parts with ai agents. sharing what works and what breaks

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

been working in ecom for a couple years now. mostly operations, for my own projects but also for others.

made a lot of mistakes along the way. some things worked, many didn't.

gonna start sharing what i've learned, since operations is something not a lot of people talk about here.

hope you enjoy, looking forward to connecting!

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@daleverett thus far it has been pretty stable and we don’t have more than 50 inputs a day. but I will check it for longevity, thanks for the input!

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

no index. it was row level security.

our policies called a permission function for every single row. wrapping it in (select ...) makes postgres evaluate it once per query instead.

same rules, same data. just stopped asking the same question 10,000 times.

probably a classic vibecoding mistake from my end, but has gone unnoticed for quite a while

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

fable 5.2 helped me out big time today.

same question i asked opus 5.5 for weeks. wanted our internal tool's database to load faster.

one prompt to fable. pages now load 5x faster.

sometimes the biggest unlock is genuinely just asking again.

[Sahil Lavingia @shl]

Work-life-agent balance

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@arena @AnthropicAI have you tried fable 5.2 (max) on real work yet? curious what it solved that opus 5.5 couldn't in comparison

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@sattyyouneed yes. emails and staying on top of things were genuinely painful before. now it's so much easier

always forgot something here and there, now basically nothing gets left behind

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@Jayyanginspires often times just analysis of already existing workflows and projects to see what can be improved upon or also removed due to redundancy

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@bot @bot please check whats new and how this applies to us

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@itsdanalex grok bot is certainly really pleasant to use, very easy to set up genuinely useful automations

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@lunardreamn White monster absolute 11/10

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@BallinFil 100% - AI still builds on expertise and experience from each individual. if you don’t really have an idea of what a good outcome looks like, or can steer the AI - the result will be just average

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

one of the biggest unlocks I had with ai in the past weeks was just asking more.

not better prompts. more asks.

most of the time the limit isn't the model. it's what i think is possible.

made some great progress by really trying to push “beyond” what I thought was possible

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@mattyp excited to see new features!

Is there any way for team bots to communicate directly with one another (like fetch information from a users bot that is not your own) or is this something that is still in the works?

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@DaveRekuc For us storing a separate design file in a GitHub repository with consistent animation and section/component rules has been very helpful with getting more consistent output!

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@ecom_cork @IrisFinanceCo Just regular databases, really easy to organize and do fast retrieval with agents

Building views on top with shadcn or similar libraries is also pretty easy and looks great!

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@ecom_swiss7 genuinely, makes output quality so much better due to increased context. especially composio was such a gamechanger for me

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

@ManilowOliver genuinely a never ending story

[Maximilian @maximilianmgd]

perfect start for the day