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Product thinking, engineering deep-dives and announcements from the team turning sentences into working agentic apps.
We Crossed 100 Sign-Ups. Here’s Why We Built Something.
Use a prompt to build production-ready agents. Here’s why we built Something.
aankit RoyAugust 28, 2026
What is AI experience layer?
The AI experience layer (n.) — the layer of the AI stack that transforms underlying models, infrastructure, and services into complete, production-ready applications; characterized by plain-language creation, built-in integrations, interfaces, and hosting, secure-by-default patterns, predictable cost, and a feedback loop in which every deployed app improves the platform's knowledge of what works.
AankitAugust 18, 2026
Claude Code vs Something — a practitioner's comparison
Claude Code writes code fast, then keeps guessing when spec thin. Something asks first, ships working app instead.
ChaitanyaAugust 6, 2026
Why AI Coding Agents Keep Forgetting What They Were Doing
Why AI Coding Agents Keep Forgetting What They Were Doing
Aankit RoyOctober 31, 2026
The Hidden Cost of AI Coding: Why Generating More Code Can Create More Problems
The Hidden Cost of AI Coding: Why Generating More Code Can Create More Problems
Aankit RoyOctober 31, 2026
Why AI Agents Are Becoming a Security Risk
Why AI Agents Are Becoming a Security Risk
Aankit RoyOctober 30, 2026
Claude Duet: The AI Agent That Works While You're Away
Claude Duet: The AI Agent That Works While You're Away
Aankit RoyOctober 30, 2026
What Is Context Engineering for AI Coding Agents?
What Is Context Engineering for AI Coding Agents?
Aankit RoyOctober 29, 2026
The AI Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the World
The AI Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the World
Aankit RoyOctober 29, 2026
Agent Skills vs. MCP: How AI Coding Agents Learn to Use Tools
Agent Skills vs. MCP: How AI Coding Agents Learn to Use Tools
Aankit RoyOctober 29, 2026
Vibe Coding vs. Vibe Deploying: What Happens After AI Writes the Code?
Vibe Coding vs. Vibe Deploying: What Happens After AI Writes the Code?
Aankit RoyOctober 29, 2026
What Is an AI Agent Harness? The Engineering Behind Reliable Coding Agents
What Is an AI Agent Harness? The Engineering Behind Reliable Coding Agents
Aankit RoyOctober 26, 2026
AGENTS.md vs. SKILL.md vs. DESIGN.md: What Does Each File Do?
AGENTS.md vs. SKILL.md vs. DESIGN.md: What Does Each File Do?
Aankit RoyOctober 26, 2026
How AI-Native Engineering Changes Software Architecture
How AI-Native Engineering Changes Software Architecture
Aankit RoyOctober 24, 2026
Why AI-Native Engineering Needs Better Feedback Loops
Why AI-Native Engineering Needs Better Feedback Loops
Aankit RoyOctober 24, 2026
Why AI Coding Agents Fail to Understand Your Codebase
AI coding agents can write hundreds of lines of code, modify multiple files, and fix errors without a developer manually touching every line. Yet they can still make a surprisingly simple mistake: changing one part of an application without understanding what depends on it
Aankit RoyOctober 23, 2026
Which Engineering Skills Become More Valuable When AI Writes Code?
Which Engineering Skills Become More Valuable When AI Writes Code?
Aankit Roy October 23, 2026
AI-Native Engineering Is More Than Prompting
AI-Native Engineering Is More Than Prompting
Aankit RoyOctober 22, 2026
AI-Native Engineering: What It Is and How It Changes Software Development
AI-Native Engineering: What It Is and How It Changes Software Development
Aankit Roy October 22, 2026
How AI Agents Are Changing Software Development
How AI Agents Are Changing Software Development
Aankit Roy October 21, 2026
Does AI-Native Engineering Improve Productivity? Here's What the Research Says
Does AI-Native Engineering Improve Productivity, Here's What the Research Says
Aankit roy October 21, 2026
GEO Explained: How to Get Your Brand Seen in AI Search
GEO Explained: How to Get Your Brand Seen in AI Search
Aankit RoyOctober 20, 2026
Does AI Mode Kill SEO? What Bloggers Should Actually Do
Does AI Mode Kill SEO? What Bloggers Should Actually Do
Aankit RoyOctober 20, 2026
How to Use Grok Bot: Real Workflows, X Integration, and AI Automation
How to Use Grok Bot: Real Workflows, X Integration, and AI Automation | Something
Aankit RoyOctober 19, 2026
What Is Grok Bot?
What Is Grok Bot? | Something
Aankit RoyOctober 19, 2026
What Are ChatGPT Dots?
What Are ChatGPT Dots? | Something
Aankit Roy October 18, 2026
What Is Meta Muse?
What Is Meta Muse? | Something
Aankit RoyOctober 18, 2026
Trump Just Renamed AI “Super Intelligence.” So Is Superintelligence Here Yet?
Did Trump Really Rename AI “Super Intelligence”?
Aankit RoyOctober 17, 2026
What Is Superintelligence?
What happens when a machine stops being just another tool and becomes better than humans at almost everything that requires thinking?
Aankit RoyOctober 17, 2026
The science of superintelligence and why AI is still a useful word
We are building machines that can outperform us at some tasks. The difficult question is how far that advantage can go, and whether we will know when we reach the limit
Aankit RoyOctober 15, 2026
Superintelligence Explained : The AI That Could Outthink All of Humanity
Superintelligence Explained : The AI That Could Outthink All of Humanity
Aankit RoyOctober 15, 2026
Is AI Superintelligence Real, or Just Really Good Marketing?
Is AI Superintelligence Real, or Just Really Good Marketing?
Aankit RoyOctober 13, 2026
AI Agents Are Moving From Demos to Employees. What Changes Next?
AI Agents Are Moving From Demos to Employees. What Changes Next?
Something joins the Cartesia Startups Grant Program
We're building real-time voice into Something with Cartesia. Here's what that changes for anyone making voice agents on the platform.
Relay.app is shutting down. Here's where your workflows should go.
Free accounts are deleted in eight days. An honest map of the alternatives — Zapier, n8n, Integrately, Pipedream, and one tool that works differently.
ShinjanAugust 7, 2026
I built a voice companion that listens in six languages
Manas speaks Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English. It took one prompt, one follow-up question, and $11.79 — and it still isn't finished.
ShinjanAugust 6, 2026
I turned our messiest Slack channel into a Linear issue tracker
One prompt, two follow-up questions, a 30-second deploy. Here's every screenshot from the build, plus the bill at the end.
ShinjanAugust 6, 2026Build the thing you just read about
Start with a sentence. Leave with a working agentic app.