Vanessa

9-5 leading amazing teams, 5-9 vibe-coding and managing small human chaos, all while exploring AI, tech, and the Bay Area one discovery at a time

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

Oh I can’t pass this up. I’m on SuperGrok so had to wait to get access, once I finally did I built 3 agent groups, led by Rebecca (COO for my camper van business), Ted Lasso (my career coach), and Monica Geller (my household chief of staff), each was tasked with creating additional agents, Keeley manages branding and socials for the camper van business, Nate is a strategist, Leslie runs the books, Phill Dunphy is the travel agent for personal and business, Beard does career research to pass on to Ted.

Monica is my favorite, she handles ALL the school, aftercare, and sports emails, helps with meal planning, messages us using telegram to keep us in check, sends us invites to our work emaila so we have all important events, and more .

Sadly, I ran out of usage and I’m in doghouse for 3 more days :(

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

I was so very excited to finally try Grok @bot, loved it for a full 24 hours, then had to come to terms with it's usage limits on SuperGrok.

Issues with it: unlikely most AI apps you don't get daily limits, instead it resets weekly, this should have been OK, I enabled additional paid usage, problem was that despite disabling all routines and not messaging the bots they kept running in the background and consumed $7 in 3 hours with 0 input or requests from me.

I am debating upgrading my plan, but for Grok Bot to penetrate the masses they really need to fix this, most consumers on entry level plans will just move on when they burn through their usage in 1 day.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

If you haven't been exploring AI agents this is your sign to start, we are seeing agent orchestration platforms popping up weekly, yesterday we had the announcement on Buzz, a week ago OpenAI's Presence, we also have Hyperagent... needless to say Agent deployment and orchestration is the next consumer-level AI frontier.

Everyone needs and wants agents but few are willing to learn tools like Hermes or OpenClaw, integrated Agent platforms will unlock this and we're probably 2-6 months away from entering consumer-level set-ups.

Go explore, have fun, build some agents and get a head start on learning how to deploy them.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

As a leader, this is how I operate; as an employee I can also understand why it doesn’t feel that way, someone’s boss controls their assignments, performance ratings, promotion timing, raise proposals, etc. because of that It’s also too easy for bosses to forget their role is a service role

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

When people see you fail it validates their decision to stay in their current situation, it also confirms their fears that the risk of trying is greater than the risk of staying the same.

I don't think people "love failure" per se, I think it's just that your failure is their reassurance.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

@bindureddy Are they clueless or are they scared? What I’ve seen is that leaders know there are much more powerful tools and ways of leveraging AI but worry about the cybersecurity and data leak risks.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

Story of the Millennial Venezuelan immigrant, lefties think we are fascists and MAGA thinks we are idiotic liberals... sigh... maybe we just have collected life experiences that educate our views on policy, we know socialism doesn't work, full stop; but we also know society needs safety nets and opportunities for everyone.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

Talked to someone today whose friend is a financial adviser, and he is understandably worried his job is going to be extinct in the next five years, which is a fair read of where things are heading.

My advice was to be proactive in replacing himself.

1. Record client meetings with Whisper
2. Upload to Claude
3. Have Claude map out the workflow
4. Have Claude generate App MVP
5. Upload MVP to Lovable
6. Build the app that does the basic cases
7. Use said app as a lead funnel
8. Have an entry level tier and 2 more tiers where he’s in the loop

Basically start creating the systems that automate his job, own those systems, and use them to leverage his time on the higher value clients.

Easier said than done, I know, but better done by him now than in the next year by someone else.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

I think it’s the opposite, AI levels the playing field for small business, it lowers the barrier and cost of entry.

Also, from personal experience, large corporations need to be slow and careful at adopting AI, and can’t easily convert teams and workflows to be AI native; small business can pivot quickly and adopt the technology with much less bureaucracy.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

@jackfriks Lovable, used to require some manual integrations but now you can prompt your way to a backend and stripe setup, they’ve made it incredibly easy (for web apps though, not mobile yet)

[Rafa @theodioso]

Everyone that was obsessed with venezuela and defending nicolas maduro in january hope they’re seeing how his gov is letting people die doing nothing and even worse slowing down international aid to arrive.

[Alix @AlixG_2]

Facts 👇

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

@NWischoff I’ve been dreaming of a place like this, tables on the perimeter, coffee, wifi, supervised children in the center where you can sort of still keep an eye on them

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

@DanielPriestley This is the difficult to accept, but honest truth. We need a society that has a safety net for those who need it, but promotes merit-driven advancement.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

The sad thing is that many will miss your sarcasm.

I am disheartened by the response to SpaceX' success, as a society we should embrace innovation and be inspired by these stories.

Most of us will not build the next SpaceX, but in a culture where innovation and entrepreneurship is celebrated, we can dare to dream of creating something new and exciting, even if just for a small niche.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

I don't know about mandating it but I do believe this is best practice, it drives engagement, leads to more wealth creation, and embodies the best aspects of capitalism.

The only catch would be when employers decrease base pay to balance this out, not every company will be a SpaceX story.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

@Codie_Sanchez The future of work will look different but many of us will build on the foundations of that work, the ones who re-skill now, build side quests, and stay adaptable will be ok; the ones still refusing to use AI on principle will sadly regret that choice.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

Contrarian take (I think)

Everyone should be building something on the side, even if you have a 9-5 you love.

As a people manager I genuinely support this, I think it gives people new ideas, perspectives, and skills we can bring back to our jobs.

As an employee in (what I interpret to be) a volatile period in terms of job stability, I like the feeling of knowing I have a small backup, something I can potentially pivot to should layoffs be imminent.

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

@realfrugalmogul No, it’s as awesome as it sounds (provided you already have camped or taken RV trips and know you like it), we traveled coast to coast and it was one of the best trips of my life

[Vanessa @vanessabuildsX]

@suekhim Ah, we’re not quite there but super excited about this nonetheless!