Alessandro Magionami
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I ghostwrite email courses for the startup developer ecosystem | Worked in startups for 8+ years | Obsessed with Leadership books
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A new ShipWithAI issue is available!
Practical extract + copy/paste prompt inside the full Substack post.
Practical extract + copy/paste prompt inside the full Substack post.
4 Steps To Promote Your Side Project On Reddit—Without Getting Banned
How to promote your project sharing value without being salesy.
shipwithai.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A new ShipWithAI issue is available!
Practical extract + copy/paste prompt inside the full Substack post.
Practical extract + copy/paste prompt inside the full Substack post.
AI features that succeed:
• Start simple
• Iterate fast
• Stay scoped
• Focus on UX
AI features that fail:
• Aim for perfection
• Overload prompts
• Skip validation
• Ignore users
• Start simple
• Iterate fast
• Stay scoped
• Focus on UX
AI features that fail:
• Aim for perfection
• Overload prompts
• Skip validation
• Ignore users
October 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
AI features that succeed:
• Start simple
• Iterate fast
• Stay scoped
• Focus on UX
AI features that fail:
• Aim for perfection
• Overload prompts
• Skip validation
• Ignore users
• Start simple
• Iterate fast
• Stay scoped
• Focus on UX
AI features that fail:
• Aim for perfection
• Overload prompts
• Skip validation
• Ignore users
The secret to shipping faster with AI isn’t “more prompts.” It’s repeatable structure. With BEER, you always know the next step, and you can hand off precise, testable tasks to an AI or a teammate.
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The secret to shipping faster with AI isn’t “more prompts.” It’s repeatable structure. With BEER, you always know the next step, and you can hand off precise, testable tasks to an AI or a teammate.
AI doesn’t remove the need for engineering principles. It makes them more important. Without scope, iteration, and validation, you just get bloated prompts and brittle features.
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
AI doesn’t remove the need for engineering principles. It makes them more important. Without scope, iteration, and validation, you just get bloated prompts and brittle features.
10 hours → 30 minutes. That’s the power of disciplined iteration with AI. Break big fuzzy ideas into atomic steps, and suddenly coding AIs can do the heavy lifting for you.
October 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
10 hours → 30 minutes. That’s the power of disciplined iteration with AI. Break big fuzzy ideas into atomic steps, and suddenly coding AIs can do the heavy lifting for you.
A great AI feature isn’t just functional. It’s delightful. That’s why refinement matters: the polish, the clarity, the little UX details that make users actually *want* to use it.
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A great AI feature isn’t just functional. It’s delightful. That’s why refinement matters: the polish, the clarity, the little UX details that make users actually *want* to use it.
Want AI features that don’t break everything else? Scope tightly. Build one small capability at a time, test it, and move forward. Ship increments, not chaos.
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Want AI features that don’t break everything else? Scope tightly. Build one small capability at a time, test it, and move forward. Ship increments, not chaos.
The mistake: trying to build “the final version” of your AI feature first. The fix: Build → Enhance → Expand → Refine. Iteration beats perfection every single time.
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The mistake: trying to build “the final version” of your AI feature first. The fix: Build → Enhance → Expand → Refine. Iteration beats perfection every single time.
Building AI features without structure is like coding without version control. You’ll regret it fast. A systematic framework like BEER keeps things sane, testable, and shippable.
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Building AI features without structure is like coding without version control. You’ll regret it fast. A systematic framework like BEER keeps things sane, testable, and shippable.
The BEER framework isn’t about drinking while coding (though no judgment). It’s about building AI features the way software should be built: incrementally, layer by layer.
September 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The BEER framework isn’t about drinking while coding (though no judgment). It’s about building AI features the way software should be built: incrementally, layer by layer.
AI development isn’t magic. It’s engineering. If you want features that work in production, stop dumping complexity into one giant prompt. Instead, break it down into atomic steps and iterate.
September 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
AI development isn’t magic. It’s engineering. If you want features that work in production, stop dumping complexity into one giant prompt. Instead, break it down into atomic steps and iterate.
Most developers try to make their AI features production-ready from day one. That’s why they fail. The right way? Start simple, prove the concept, then enhance, expand, and refine. That’s how you build AI features that stick.
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Most developers try to make their AI features production-ready from day one. That’s why they fail. The right way? Start simple, prove the concept, then enhance, expand, and refine. That’s how you build AI features that stick.
Your first AI feature won’t be perfect.
But it will be real — and that’s the only place to start.
But it will be real — and that’s the only place to start.
September 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Your first AI feature won’t be perfect.
But it will be real — and that’s the only place to start.
But it will be real — and that’s the only place to start.
AI isn’t here to replace iteration.
It’s here to accelerate it.
It’s here to accelerate it.
September 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
AI isn’t here to replace iteration.
It’s here to accelerate it.
It’s here to accelerate it.
Don’t ship bloated features.
Ship minimal ones, then make them better.
Ship minimal ones, then make them better.
September 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Don’t ship bloated features.
Ship minimal ones, then make them better.
Ship minimal ones, then make them better.
Stop wrestling with AI like it’s a wild animal.
Start treating it like a teammate that follows clear instructions.
Start treating it like a teammate that follows clear instructions.
September 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Stop wrestling with AI like it’s a wild animal.
Start treating it like a teammate that follows clear instructions.
Start treating it like a teammate that follows clear instructions.
AI is powerful.
But discipline makes it useful.
But discipline makes it useful.
September 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
AI is powerful.
But discipline makes it useful.
But discipline makes it useful.
You don’t need AI prompts that do everything.
You need prompts that do one thing well.
You need prompts that do one thing well.
September 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You don’t need AI prompts that do everything.
You need prompts that do one thing well.
You need prompts that do one thing well.
Developers burn out chasing perfection.
They win by chasing iteration.
They win by chasing iteration.
September 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Developers burn out chasing perfection.
They win by chasing iteration.
They win by chasing iteration.
Great software is never born perfect.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Great software is never born perfect.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
AI doesn’t need more complexity.
It needs more structure.
It needs more structure.
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
AI doesn’t need more complexity.
It needs more structure.
It needs more structure.
Reposted by Alessandro Magionami
One-Feature MVP 🌟
One Job Story. One metric.
Guardrails: one user, one entry point, one path.
If your slice can’t show value in 60 seconds or less, cut the scope again.
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/pasta-al-d...
One Job Story. One metric.
Guardrails: one user, one entry point, one path.
If your slice can’t show value in 60 seconds or less, cut the scope again.
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/pasta-al-d...
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
One-Feature MVP 🌟
One Job Story. One metric.
Guardrails: one user, one entry point, one path.
If your slice can’t show value in 60 seconds or less, cut the scope again.
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/pasta-al-d...
One Job Story. One metric.
Guardrails: one user, one entry point, one path.
If your slice can’t show value in 60 seconds or less, cut the scope again.
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/pasta-al-d...
Great software is never born perfect.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
September 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Great software is never born perfect.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
It’s built, enhanced, expanded, and refined.
Reposted by Alessandro Magionami
Old vs New
Old:
- Big prompts
- Giant diffs
- Pray it works
New (BEER):
- Build small
- Enhance guardrails
- Expand depth
- Refine UX
Small steps win. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...
Old:
- Big prompts
- Giant diffs
- Pray it works
New (BEER):
- Build small
- Enhance guardrails
- Expand depth
- Refine UX
Small steps win. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Old vs New
Old:
- Big prompts
- Giant diffs
- Pray it works
New (BEER):
- Build small
- Enhance guardrails
- Expand depth
- Refine UX
Small steps win. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...
Old:
- Big prompts
- Giant diffs
- Pray it works
New (BEER):
- Build small
- Enhance guardrails
- Expand depth
- Refine UX
Small steps win. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...
Reposted by Alessandro Magionami
Why BEER is fast:
- Clear, atomic steps
- Copy‑paste tasks for AI
- Acceptance tests per step
Structure = speed. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...
- Clear, atomic steps
- Copy‑paste tasks for AI
- Acceptance tests per step
Structure = speed. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why BEER is fast:
- Clear, atomic steps
- Copy‑paste tasks for AI
- Acceptance tests per step
Structure = speed. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...
- Clear, atomic steps
- Copy‑paste tasks for AI
- Acceptance tests per step
Structure = speed. #ShipWithAI
Link: shipwithai.substack.com/p/hold-my-be...