Peter Kolade
@peterkolade.bsky.social
AI & Emerging Trends | Sharing insights, predictions, and practical applications of AI | Let’s build the future together 🚀
Are you building for progress or for motion?
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Are you building for progress or for motion?
Efficiency without clarity creates busywork.
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Efficiency without clarity creates busywork.
What's your test?
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
What's your test?
Ship one thing that matters. See the difference.
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Ship one thing that matters. See the difference.
Focus multiplies when you decide what not to build.
September 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Focus multiplies when you decide what not to build.
Got a raise? Watch your recurring expenses follow. Landlords adjust. Grocery bills creep. Insurance ticks up. Even your go-to coffee order costs more. When did extra cash stop meaning more fun, and start meaning more bills?
September 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Got a raise? Watch your recurring expenses follow. Landlords adjust. Grocery bills creep. Insurance ticks up. Even your go-to coffee order costs more. When did extra cash stop meaning more fun, and start meaning more bills?
My budget in numbers:
20% rent
10% groceries
5% random subscriptions
15% lunch eaten out, not cooked
50%: 'Where did my money go?'
Does your budget look this weird, too?
20% rent
10% groceries
5% random subscriptions
15% lunch eaten out, not cooked
50%: 'Where did my money go?'
Does your budget look this weird, too?
September 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
My budget in numbers:
20% rent
10% groceries
5% random subscriptions
15% lunch eaten out, not cooked
50%: 'Where did my money go?'
Does your budget look this weird, too?
20% rent
10% groceries
5% random subscriptions
15% lunch eaten out, not cooked
50%: 'Where did my money go?'
Does your budget look this weird, too?
Your yearly budget probably looks neat on paper. But stealth costs keep slipping in:
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Your yearly budget probably looks neat on paper. But stealth costs keep slipping in:
1/ Hiring processes run on automation. Endless portals, AI screening, canned rejections. Human signals get lost.
September 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
1/ Hiring processes run on automation. Endless portals, AI screening, canned rejections. Human signals get lost.
Remember when 'saving money' meant dropping coins in a jar? Now it's scanning your budget to see if rent and one streaming service fit—never both.
September 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Remember when 'saving money' meant dropping coins in a jar? Now it's scanning your budget to see if rent and one streaming service fit—never both.
AI said four-day workweek. Reality? Five days of work. Packed into four. Productivity hacks pushed the pedal. Burnout caught up.
September 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
AI said four-day workweek. Reality? Five days of work. Packed into four. Productivity hacks pushed the pedal. Burnout caught up.
2024 budgets look wild: rent, bills, groceries, subscriptions, and now AI tools as a new must-have. When did software fees belong right next to ramen and toilet paper?
September 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
2024 budgets look wild: rent, bills, groceries, subscriptions, and now AI tools as a new must-have. When did software fees belong right next to ramen and toilet paper?
AI was supposed to save your time. Now you spend 2 hours a day making sure it doesn’t rewrite work emails in pirate speak. Call this productivity?
September 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
AI was supposed to save your time. Now you spend 2 hours a day making sure it doesn’t rewrite work emails in pirate speak. Call this productivity?
The average person pays for 4+ unused digital subscriptions. That “one free trial” month you forgot—still pulling cash from your account.
September 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The average person pays for 4+ unused digital subscriptions. That “one free trial” month you forgot—still pulling cash from your account.
Promised AI would make work easier. Now chaos just runs on autopilot. Is this efficiency or turbocharged procrastination?
September 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Promised AI would make work easier. Now chaos just runs on autopilot. Is this efficiency or turbocharged procrastination?
What’s an expense you thought would save you money but left your wallet emptier? For most, it’s a “one-time purchase” app promising to streamline life.
September 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
What’s an expense you thought would save you money but left your wallet emptier? For most, it’s a “one-time purchase” app promising to streamline life.
Grocery bill math: you walk in for bread, end up $87 poorer, and still need to figure out dinner. Every meal now costs $20, even if you plan. Where does the money go?
September 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Grocery bill math: you walk in for bread, end up $87 poorer, and still need to figure out dinner. Every meal now costs $20, even if you plan. Where does the money go?
Budgeting in my 30s looks like this:
• Rent: 60%
• Groceries: 15%
• Subscriptions I forgot to cancel: 10%
• Coffee to cope: 10%
• Savings: A distant concept
• Rent: 60%
• Groceries: 15%
• Subscriptions I forgot to cancel: 10%
• Coffee to cope: 10%
• Savings: A distant concept
September 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Budgeting in my 30s looks like this:
• Rent: 60%
• Groceries: 15%
• Subscriptions I forgot to cancel: 10%
• Coffee to cope: 10%
• Savings: A distant concept
• Rent: 60%
• Groceries: 15%
• Subscriptions I forgot to cancel: 10%
• Coffee to cope: 10%
• Savings: A distant concept
Nobody tells you that 'having your life together' means paying late bills while pretending meal prep solves everything. Adulting looks organized on the outside, chaos on spreadsheets.
August 31, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Nobody tells you that 'having your life together' means paying late bills while pretending meal prep solves everything. Adulting looks organized on the outside, chaos on spreadsheets.
Turns out my adult budget is just:
• Rent
• Groceries I forget to eat
• Subscriptions I never use
• Coffee so I can keep pretending I’m thriving
• Rent
• Groceries I forget to eat
• Subscriptions I never use
• Coffee so I can keep pretending I’m thriving
August 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Turns out my adult budget is just:
• Rent
• Groceries I forget to eat
• Subscriptions I never use
• Coffee so I can keep pretending I’m thriving
• Rent
• Groceries I forget to eat
• Subscriptions I never use
• Coffee so I can keep pretending I’m thriving
Adult budget reality check:
Rent: 40%
Pointless subscriptions: 15%
Impulse snacks: 10%
Medical bills ‘covered’ by insurance: 20%
Random optimism: whatever’s left.
Rent: 40%
Pointless subscriptions: 15%
Impulse snacks: 10%
Medical bills ‘covered’ by insurance: 20%
Random optimism: whatever’s left.
August 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Adult budget reality check:
Rent: 40%
Pointless subscriptions: 15%
Impulse snacks: 10%
Medical bills ‘covered’ by insurance: 20%
Random optimism: whatever’s left.
Rent: 40%
Pointless subscriptions: 15%
Impulse snacks: 10%
Medical bills ‘covered’ by insurance: 20%
Random optimism: whatever’s left.
My monthly budget breakdown: 10% rent, 15% groceries, 20% bills, 5% hobbies, 50% wondering where my money went.
August 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
My monthly budget breakdown: 10% rent, 15% groceries, 20% bills, 5% hobbies, 50% wondering where my money went.
Adulthood: every month is a game of 'which bill gets ignored this time?'
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Adulthood: every month is a game of 'which bill gets ignored this time?'
Salary math in 2025:
60% rent
20% bills
10% groceries
5% mental health apps
5% questioning all life choices
Tell me you relate without telling me you relate.
60% rent
20% bills
10% groceries
5% mental health apps
5% questioning all life choices
Tell me you relate without telling me you relate.
August 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Salary math in 2025:
60% rent
20% bills
10% groceries
5% mental health apps
5% questioning all life choices
Tell me you relate without telling me you relate.
60% rent
20% bills
10% groceries
5% mental health apps
5% questioning all life choices
Tell me you relate without telling me you relate.
Everyone hypes self-care.
Nobody warns you 'treat yourself' money becomes $47 candles and instant ramen for dinner all week.
Nobody warns you 'treat yourself' money becomes $47 candles and instant ramen for dinner all week.
August 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Everyone hypes self-care.
Nobody warns you 'treat yourself' money becomes $47 candles and instant ramen for dinner all week.
Nobody warns you 'treat yourself' money becomes $47 candles and instant ramen for dinner all week.