Bethany Crystal
@bethanymarz
Teaching people how to build and making learning apps with Build First at buildfirst.ai.
New post: Just in Time Software and Flow State Building
How I embrace "ugly" code and agentic mini-apps to run a hyper-optimized business.

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We are still waiting for the landlord to fix our busted ceiling from the January storm.
For my birthday, my husband printed out some Nano Banana visuals of the new wall paint color and lighting fixture I want in the room with a hand-written note: “Reality to follow”
A gift only made possible in 2026
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I’m dying to know if the push ups are a punishment or a reward or just a self-motivation hack
#coworking
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UPDATE: ONE OF THEM IS NOW DOING PUSH-UPS
Office update... i am (still) largely working solo from my one-person cell on W 28th Street, but today's news is that a two-person AI startup moved into the shoebox across the hall, and they get to high-five each other every time something good happens.
So far today they have done 4 high-fives and 1 chest bump.
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Office update... i am (still) largely working solo from my one-person cell on W 28th Street, but today's news is that a two-person AI startup moved into the shoebox across the hall, and they get to high-five each other every time something good happens.
So far today they have done 4 high-fives and 1 chest bump.
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literally while the world is crashing and burning around us... the neighbors on my block still find the LITERAL tiniest things to complain to me about
Just got this email:
"A notice was pinned in my vestibule regarding help during the storm. The pin left a small hole in the wall. Next time a notice is posted, can som...
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you guys i just had claude code do a deep analysis on 5 closed lost deals in my sales pipeline and the feedback is SAVAGE
they say that AI is too sycophantic. but turns out when you tell it to grow a backbone for you, it can really step up and deliver
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A new thing about me is that I’m officially an SNL fan now
Had truly never watched a full episode through until my husband started on the sound team last season
Now I can’t seem to get through a week without it
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Cannot overstate the emotional fatigue of using AI to build a class to teach humans how to use AI where they use AI to help them iterate on real human problems
😵💫😵💫😵💫
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Week 2 of my AI studio class
Got 4.5 hours to see if I could teach a group of City College students how to think with AI in service of another entrepreneur’s business challenge
An exhausting and exhilarating afternoon. Everyone built a Gemini Gem to coach them through their project work and then a Replit app that vis...
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✅ One-click sales follow-ups
✅ One-click invoicing
➡️ On deck: One-click workshop materials 🤫
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OMG YOU GUYS SOMEONE MADE A NEW WEBSITE FOR MY BLOCK ASSOCIATION AND IT WASN'T ME
😭 😭 😭
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