Hey y’all — JC here.Everyone wants to know the ROI of AI. “How much money will this save me?” “What’s the return?” “Will it replace someone on the team?” Fair questions. But here’s the truth I’ve seen firsthand: The real ROI of AI isn’t just money. It’s time, clarity, and better work.Let’s be honest, it’s rarely about the toolBusinesses don’t come to me saying: “Hey JC, can you install an AI chatbot?” They come saying: “We’re overwhelmed.” “Our team’s buried in admin.” “We know we’re wasting ...

Hey y’all — JC here.Everyone wants to know the ROI of AI. “How much money will this save me?” “What’s the return?” “Will it replace someone on the team?” Fair questions. But here’s the truth I’ve seen firsthand: The real ROI of AI isn’t just money. It’s time, clarity, and better work.Let’s be honest, it’s rarely about the toolBusinesses don’t come to me saying: “Hey JC, can you install an AI chatbot?” They come saying: “We’re overwhelmed.” “Our team’s buried in admin.” “We know we’re wasting ...

Hey friends, it’s JC. Let’s talk about something I keep coming back to: It has never been easier to build something from scratch. Seriously, you can wake up with an idea, and by the time you’ve finished your morning coffee, you could have a working product, a landing page, and a content strategy all live. And it’s all because of AI. Lately I’ve been deep in tools like Replit (to spin up code in seconds), V0.dev (generate entire frontends from a single prompt), and Manus (train your own AI age...

Hey friends, it’s JC. Let’s talk about something I keep coming back to: It has never been easier to build something from scratch. Seriously, you can wake up with an idea, and by the time you’ve finished your morning coffee, you could have a working product, a landing page, and a content strategy all live. And it’s all because of AI. Lately I’ve been deep in tools like Replit (to spin up code in seconds), V0.dev (generate entire frontends from a single prompt), and Manus (train your own AI age...

Hey y’all! It’s JC There’s this idea that building in Web3 is all devs, chains, wallets, and contracts. And sure, yeah, it is that. But it’s also memes. Late-night DMs. Telegram chaos. Twitter threads that spark million-dollar DAOs. It’s culture. That’s what hit me again this morning. I’m building. Slowly. Still looking at a product. Still finalising the exact use case. But every convo, every little test, every blog I write like this… it’s culture being shaped. Web3 isn’t just something you l...

Hey y’all! It’s JC There’s this idea that building in Web3 is all devs, chains, wallets, and contracts. And sure, yeah, it is that. But it’s also memes. Late-night DMs. Telegram chaos. Twitter threads that spark million-dollar DAOs. It’s culture. That’s what hit me again this morning. I’m building. Slowly. Still looking at a product. Still finalising the exact use case. But every convo, every little test, every blog I write like this… it’s culture being shaped. Web3 isn’t just something you l...

Hey y’all, JC here.Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get said enough: You don’t need to put AI in everything. You just need to know where it actually helps. I’ve been working with a lot of businesses lately across industries, sizes, stages and here’s what I keep noticing: Everyone wants “AI in the business.” Very few know what role it’s actually supposed to play.AI isn’t a checkboxYou don’t get a gold star for saying “we use AI.” There’s no prize for being early if the implementation do...

Hey y’all, JC here.Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get said enough: You don’t need to put AI in everything. You just need to know where it actually helps. I’ve been working with a lot of businesses lately across industries, sizes, stages and here’s what I keep noticing: Everyone wants “AI in the business.” Very few know what role it’s actually supposed to play.AI isn’t a checkboxYou don’t get a gold star for saying “we use AI.” There’s no prize for being early if the implementation do...

Hey y’all — JC here. Two days ago, I had a couple of hours between meetings. Not enough time for a big project. Too much time to waste scrolling X. So I set myself a challenge: Come up with an idea. Build it. Ship it. Same day. No delays. No perfect plan. Just pure creation mode. What came out of that sprint was TodayInOne. A one-line daily journal for people who hate journaling. No fluff. No morning prompts. Just one line, once a day.Why did I do this?Honestly? Because I missed that “make so...

Hey y’all — JC here. Two days ago, I had a couple of hours between meetings. Not enough time for a big project. Too much time to waste scrolling X. So I set myself a challenge: Come up with an idea. Build it. Ship it. Same day. No delays. No perfect plan. Just pure creation mode. What came out of that sprint was TodayInOne. A one-line daily journal for people who hate journaling. No fluff. No morning prompts. Just one line, once a day.Why did I do this?Honestly? Because I missed that “make so...

Hey y’all — JC here. Took a few days off over Easter to step away from the screens, catch up with family, and just breathe for a second. No meetings. No deadlines. No back-to-back notifications. And man, it’s wild what a bit of space can do for your thinking. Between family chats, beach walks, and way too much good food my mind kept coming back to the same thing: We’re sitting in front of two of the biggest waves we’ll probably see in our lifetime. AI and crypto. It’s easy to get numb to it w...

Hey y’all — JC here. Took a few days off over Easter to step away from the screens, catch up with family, and just breathe for a second. No meetings. No deadlines. No back-to-back notifications. And man, it’s wild what a bit of space can do for your thinking. Between family chats, beach walks, and way too much good food my mind kept coming back to the same thing: We’re sitting in front of two of the biggest waves we’ll probably see in our lifetime. AI and crypto. It’s easy to get numb to it w...

Hey y’all — JC here.Today’s post is a bit of an announcement. Something new. Something small. Something simple. But something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now: www.designless.ai is officially live. If you’re new here, you’re probably wondering… what’s that? Well, here’s the story:The problem I kept running intoOver the past few months working with clients — especially inside startups and lean businesses, I noticed a pattern: People want to start building with AI. They’re ready to test ...

Hey y’all — JC here.Today’s post is a bit of an announcement. Something new. Something small. Something simple. But something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now: www.designless.ai is officially live. If you’re new here, you’re probably wondering… what’s that? Well, here’s the story:The problem I kept running intoOver the past few months working with clients — especially inside startups and lean businesses, I noticed a pattern: People want to start building with AI. They’re ready to test ...

Hey y’all, JC here.If there’s one thing I’ve realised messing around with AI over the last year, it’s this: The best workflows aren’t the ones you copy. They’re the ones you build around yourself. Yeah, there’s a thousand templates out there. Lead gen automations. Cold email prompts. “10x your content” swipe files. And don’t get me wrong, they’re not bad. Sometimes they’re a great starting point. But if you stop there? You’re missing the real upside. Because real leverage with AI happens when...

Hey y’all, JC here.If there’s one thing I’ve realised messing around with AI over the last year, it’s this: The best workflows aren’t the ones you copy. They’re the ones you build around yourself. Yeah, there’s a thousand templates out there. Lead gen automations. Cold email prompts. “10x your content” swipe files. And don’t get me wrong, they’re not bad. Sometimes they’re a great starting point. But if you stop there? You’re missing the real upside. Because real leverage with AI happens when...

Hey y’all — JC here.The other night, I was up late messing around in my wallet. Wasn’t trading. Wasn’t staking. Just poking around, checking some old tokens, flipping through NFTs I’d forgotten I had, looking at past transactions like a timeline of memories. You ever do that? Treat your wallet like a diary? It’s wild what shows up. There was a mint I jumped into on a whim that actually went somewhere. A token I sent to a mate that started as a joke but turned into a group chat. Dust from proj...

Hey y’all — JC here.The other night, I was up late messing around in my wallet. Wasn’t trading. Wasn’t staking. Just poking around, checking some old tokens, flipping through NFTs I’d forgotten I had, looking at past transactions like a timeline of memories. You ever do that? Treat your wallet like a diary? It’s wild what shows up. There was a mint I jumped into on a whim that actually went somewhere. A token I sent to a mate that started as a joke but turned into a group chat. Dust from proj...

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Hey y’all — it’s JC Woke up today to a sea of red across the board. Bitcoin down. Alts bleeding. The kind of day where people start panicking, timelines get loud, and everyone’s either dooming or calling bottoms. But for me? This isn’t a surprise. It’s just part of the game. These moments are why strategy matters. Markets don’t go up forever. And if you’ve been here long enough, you know that. You also ...

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Hey y’all — it’s JC Woke up today to a sea of red across the board. Bitcoin down. Alts bleeding. The kind of day where people start panicking, timelines get loud, and everyone’s either dooming or calling bottoms. But for me? This isn’t a surprise. It’s just part of the game. These moments are why strategy matters. Markets don’t go up forever. And if you’ve been here long enough, you know that. You also ...