Rod Austin

Former Montanan. Fond of family, fly fishing and digital growth.

[Rod Austin @webtech]

The latest PHP flaws are another reason to ditch WordPress.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

Two rules for strategic AI:

1. No sensitive or member-identifiable data.
2. Keep a human in the loop.

The value comes from providing useful context, careful validation, and knowing when to push back.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

Not every idea has to become a business to be worth building. A product can fail as a launch and still save money, improve your work, and teach you something useful.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

The most important part of my AI lab is not the GPU. AI can compile information quickly, but you still need experience to identify when an answer is incomplete, unrealistic, or wrong.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

ChatGPT and Codex get most of my work right now. I'm keeping Claude around, and Perplexity fact-checks the other two hoodlums.

Switching tools has made a huge difference for me, but your mileage may vary.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

By pre-loading products, competitors, research, and goals into an AI knowledge base, I've changed my starting point for planning. My first usable plan took about 20 to 30 minutes instead of hours.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

Vibe coding made building easy for the masses. When a tool can be recreated over a weekend, the software stops being the moat. An existing audience, trust, and distribution are harder to clone.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

I read about a repo to translate "Claudish" into plain English. That felt like a sign to try something else.

When I gave Codex another try, I understood what it was saying without needing a translator.

https://t.co/wTAXwMbe28

[Rod Austin @webtech]

My home AI lab runs a competitive-intelligence monitor every Sunday. It tracks positioning, products, hiring, and market changes, keeping the picture current instead of producing another research snapshot.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

Most credit unions use AI for notes and drafts. The bigger opportunity is connecting surveys, benchmarks, and plans to make better strategic decisions.

Here's how I built a reusable knowledge base to do it.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

These days, I bounce between ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. The lead tool has changed a few times (along with where I spend my subscription money) - and that's a good thing.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

I built a home AI lab using spare parts and an RTX 3090 from my crypto-mining days. It's now a sandbox where I can monitor competitors and test whether an AI idea is useful before I commit more resources to it.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

@oleksantoniv 100%

[Rod Austin @webtech]

I vibe coded three SaaS products.

The market ate all three.

AI made building easier for everyone. The hard part now is finding something defensible and getting it in front of people.

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[Rod Austin @webtech]

@asherrkiinee 93

[Jyst @theJyst_ai]

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Elon Musk Privately Pressured Reddit to Remove Criticisms: Elon Musk personally reached out to Reddit CEO Steve Huffman over posts criticizing his DOGE employees, prompting Reddit to ban r/WhitePeopleTwitter for 72 hours. https://t.co/vjsWXycUZN

[Rod Austin @webtech]

@MarshallGreen_ @ChatSports Rodgers is washed, whiny baby. We missed the boat on the good QB's - now it's leftovers and praying the draft goes well.

[Rod Austin @webtech]

@MikeGarafolo

[Rod Austin @webtech]

@samtheprince14 If that happens, I'm taking a year off - as a lifelong Giants fan. No merch, no games, and plenty of trash talk aimed at my once beloved team.