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Andrew Dunn

Andrew Dunn's personal site. Notes on startups, data, running, and building things. Based in New Orleans.

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College football is losing the tribalism that made it fun

Thirty years of LSU roster data shows local roots thinning as transfer-built rosters become more common.

Things I saved in July 2026

Links and tools that caught my attention in July 2026: Fable setups, coding-agent loops, review constraints, and company AI rollouts.

The hard part is still the idea

Eddie Kim prototyped a whole new product line during a five-hour layover. The prototype was the cheap part.

Things I saved in June 2026

Links and tools that caught my attention in June 2026: agent loops, borrowed intelligence, SEO for machines, and the SOUL.md discourse.

Things I saved in May 2026

Links and tools that caught my attention in May 2026: agentic companies, agent harnesses, websites for robots, and the witness effect.

Google AI cheat sheet (May 2026)

A map of what Google announced at I/O 2026: the Gemini models, the agents, the creative tools, and what each subscription tier actually gets you.

Things I saved in April 2026

Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in April 2026. AI agents, static sites, games, and things worth reading.

The Renaissance had slop too

Verrocchio's workshop, copycat Mona Lisas, and what the messy reality of the Renaissance can teach us about the AI era.

How I'm Building with AI in April 2026

My current AI development setup: Claude Code, Codex, gstack for planning, and the tools that tie it all together.

My CLAUDE.md (April 2026)

My global CLAUDE.md for Claude Code. What's in it, where I started, and how I think about instructing AI tools.

Things I saved in March 2026

Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in March 2026. Developer tools, Claude Code tips, and things worth reading.

Things I saved in February 2026

Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in February 2026. Writing, AI workflows, and things worth reading.

Claude Code is reviving the fledgling screenshot industry

I analyzed 8.5 years of macOS screenshots and found a hockey stick, a career history, and evidence of my August vacations.

The splines are hallucinating now: a city builder for AI agents

I built an open Micropolis platform, it hit Hacker News, and hundreds of AI agents showed up to play mayor. What I've learned so far.

A dead simple markdown to PDF converter

I built a single-file tool to turn markdown into clean PDFs. No install, no server, just open it in a browser.

Vibe gaming: a weekend trying to get Claude to play SimCity

I used exe.dev and a coding agent to teach AI how to play SimCity from my phone. A weekend experiment in vibe gaming.

Things I saved in January 2026

Articles, tools, and ideas I bookmarked in January 2026. AI adoption, startup lessons, and things worth reading.

Pika Pile: A hierarchical kanban board with less features

A hierarchical kanban board for managing multiple projects at once. Less features, more focus. Built for people juggling too many things.

When I couldn't make the report, I made the tool

When the reporting tool couldn't do what I needed, I described what I wanted to Claude and had a working app by end of day.

Is Mardi Gras early this year?

A definitive guide to classifying Mardi Gras as early, late, or right on time. Based on the math behind Easter and Carnival.

How to propose a new process without making everyone hate you

How to change a process you don't own. Coffee conversations, crappy mockups, and getting buy-in before you need it.

The Holy Trinity of Startup Metrics: LTV, CAC, and TAM

A practical guide to LTV, CAC, and TAM. What they mean, how to calculate them, and why investors care about all three.

How to start running when you'd rather do anything else

A tactical guide to starting a running habit when you hate running. Gear, apps, pacing, and the mental tricks that got me out the door.