Every.to: AI Playbooks and Tools for Builders
Every.to curates AI model reviews, compound engineering guides using agents over code, productivity apps like Monologue (3x faster dictation), and podcasts to execute AI strategies immediately.
This Every.to homepage showcases practical AI resources for builders, emphasizing execution over planning with agentic workflows and productivity tools. Content focuses on shipping AI products faster through 'compound engineering,' where teams delegate to AI agents instead of writing code manually.
Compound Engineering: Agent-First Development
Adopt a four-step process where software teams plan rather than code: teach AI your codebase, patterns, and preferences in one hour upfront, enabling it to handle features autonomously and improve over time. Examples include using Claude Code to ship like a five-person team, parallel AI agents for code reviews that catch bugs humans miss, and strategies to make AI think like a senior engineer. This replaces traditional coding, with guides like 'Stop Coding and Start Planning' showing how initial planning yields compounding gains. Amazon's two-pizza rule is outdated; propose a 'two-slice team' heuristic for AI-augmented small teams.
Model Evaluations and Practical Guides
Release-day 'Vibe Checks' benchmark models like Opus 4.6 (best coding model tested, excels at one-shot problems and agentic parallel tasks despite quirks), Claude Sonnet 4.5 (strong for writing/editing under deadlines), OpenAI Codex App (superior interface for engineers), and Claude Cowork/Skills (async workflows for non-coders, though lacking polish and sharing). Playbooks cover RAG-like integrations, planning cycles cut from two weeks to two days via three tools and seven steps, and prompting AI to mimic authors or handle email/project management.
Productivity Apps and Ecosystem
Deploy Every's apps for immediate gains: Monologue for 3x faster voice dictation, Sparkle for automatic Mac file organization, Cora ($15/month) as AI email assistant, Spiral for tasteful AI writing. Combine with newsletter (100k builders), 'AI & I' podcast (e.g., OpenAI's Atlas agentic browser, Opus 4.5 personal agents), events, consulting, and Discord for adoption. Focus: boring infrastructure businesses owning AI data flows will dominate.