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"Vibe Check: Claude Sonnet 4.5" by Dan Shipper/Vibe Check: The days of waiting around for AI responses might be over. Anthropic’s new Claude Sonnet 4.5 is blazing through tasks at nearly twice the speed of its predecessors. Every’s team spent last weekend putting it through its paces, and the results are impressive. Read this to learn whether it’s worth switching models for your everyday tasks.

"I Inherited a Broken App—And Made It Mine" by Yash Poojary/Source Code: Every’s AI file organizer Sparkle had been passed around like a hot potato through four different engineers. Then it landed on Yash Poojary’s desk. He declared war on Mac's Spotlight and transformed Sparkle into an AI command center that keeps you in your flow state. Read this for a refreshingly honest take on why ownership is the only true moat in the age of AI—and download Sparkle Search to check out the fruits of Yash’s labor.

"He's Building the Plumbing for AI to Use the Internet" by Rhea Purohit/AI & I: Remember when you had to explain to your grandparents how to use email? Now imagine teaching that to an AI. That's the challenge Alex Rattray is tackling in building model context protocol (MCP) tools at his company, Stainless. As he tells Dan Shipper on this episode of AI & I, he’s essentially developing instruction manuals that help AI models interact with software the way humans do with buttons and menus. 🎧 🖥 Watch the full interview on X or YouTube, or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

"How to Make AI Write Less Like AI" by Chris Silvestri: Scaling content production without scaling judgment is a recipe for disaster. After an embarrassing email from a client, Chris Silvestri developed a three-phase system that transforms mediocre AI writing into genuinely effective content. Read this for a practical framework that works for everything from marketing copy to board decks, complete with side-by-side examples showing the dramatic difference proper context makes.