Posts tagged "Tools"

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How I Scaled My Blog Archive with AI

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How I built a scalable, AI-powered blog archive by learning GenAI coding constructs and focusing on product thinking, not syntax.

I’ve built this site from the ground up. Over the years, I’ve used nearly every blogging platform: WordPress, Ghost, Substack, and more. But with the rise of generative AI, I wanted to roll my own. No templates, no prebuilt themes. Just me, rolling up my sleeves and vibe coding every page and design element into existence. Part of this project is about learning firsthand how GenAI changes the way we build. I wanted to experience...
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The Shift from SEO to AEO Is Redefining Visibility Online

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The rise of answer engine optimization (AEO) marks a shift from SEO. Visibility in AI-driven answers is now the key to discovery.

When Reddit’s stock tumbled this week on concerns about traffic and AI exposure, headlines focused on the numbers. Stock prices fluctuate all the time. But the more interesting story is not Reddit’s market cap. It is the shifting landscape of how people and platforms connect to knowledge in the age of Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). >Promptwatch reportedly showed that on September 30, Reddit content was cited in just 2 % of ChatGPT responses — down...
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AEO is the New SEO?

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A quick look at Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), why it matters for both consumers and businesses, and how it differs from SEO.

Most product and marketing teams already know SEO. Search engine optimization has been the backbone of digital visibility for decades. But a new acronym is creeping into conversations: AEO, or Answer Engine Optimization. I’m still digging into it, but here’s what I’ve learned so far—and why it matters. From Search Engines to Answer Engines SEO is about ranking high in search engine results. When a buyer types a question into Google, the goal is to...
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Fixing Google SEO Indexing Issues with ClaudeCode

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Fixed Google SEO indexing issues using ClaudeCode by adding canonicals, updating the sitemap, and cleaning redirects—no SEO expertise required.

Most SEO problems look scarier in Google Search Console than they really are. Recently, I ran into one of those situations. Google flagged 17 indexing issues across my site: 16 pages marked as “Page with redirect” 1 page flagged as “Duplicate without user-selected canonical” At first glance, this looked like something I’d need SEO expertise to fix. But a quick debugging session with ClaudeCode showed me it was manageable with a bit of structured troubleshooting....
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Vibe Coding and Test-driven Development

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Vibe-coding coolness

TDD I've been playing around with various vibe-coding tools. While working on building this blog using Astro, I asked Claude Code to use a test-driven development (TDD) approach. Bingo! It just built a whole test bed and followed the TDD approach for every new feature that's built. I liked Bolt.dev, but since I started using Claude Code, it's a completely different experience. Bolt can still provide compelling prototypes. That, along with Claude Code, takes it...
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