Andi Smith
Technical Leader • Product Engineer • AI Consultant
Today I Learned
Useful things I have learned. Shared so you may learn too.
Thoughts on MCP
A simple explanation of MCP and how it works.
Tagged AI, MCP, API and integrations on March 11, 2025My LLM Codegen Workflow at the moment
Great perspective on how to use AI to build a working codegen workflow.
Tagged AI, codegen and workflow on February 16, 2025The Sims Game Design Documents
A collection of design documents for how they built the original The Sims PC game.
Tagged The Sims and design on February 14, 2025The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
A good model for understanding the five dysfunctions of a team.
Tagged teamwork and dysfunctions on January 30, 2025Ways you're eroding accountability
Advice on how to properly build a culture of accountability in your team.
Tagged accountability and teamwork on January 29, 2025Once you are laid off, you will never be the same again
Interesting article on how to spot a upcoming lay off and how being laid off changes you.
Tagged layoff and career on January 26, 2025NotebookLM
Whack your CV in to this and it'll give you a little pick me up.
Tagged notes and organization on December 11, 2024AWS CDK Immersion Workshop
A great tutorial for getting started with the AWS CDK Infrastructure as Code toolkit and learning about constructs.
Tagged AWS and CDK on July 16, 2024How we got our first 1,000 users
How PostHog got their first users.
Tagged startups and users on June 29, 2024Advice that I can't get out of my head
Advice on the importance of strong leadership, trusting your gut and competing brutally.
Tagged startups, leadership, burnout and gut on March 31, 2024AWS Icons
A great collection of current AWS icons in SVG format that you can paste in to Miro.
Tagged AWS and icons on February 7, 2024Storyteller Tactics
An incredible list of tactics to use when telling a story in a presentation.
Tagged storytelling and presentations on November 27, 2023AWS Tips I Wish I'd Known Before I Started
A whole bunch of useful things to know about how AWS works.
Tagged AWS and tips on October 30, 2023