Building things with AI ✨ Founder @UserLoopHQ, Co-founder @CreateWithHQ Conference, @OpenAIDevs Codex Ambassador write a newsletter on building with AI 👇

Brighton, UK
So excited to be hosting the first Brighton @OpenAIDevs Codex Community event at one of my favourite venues, Ironworks! We'll be unpacking everything announced at DevDay, plus of demos of the amazing things you can do with Codex. Tues 20th Oct 🚀 luma.com/openai-devday-brigh…
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Vibe coded hardware is here, and amazingly fun! This week I'm covering how to use @OpenAIDevs Codex, @CloudflareDev Workers and the Zectrix Note4C to build your own custom eink display. I made a train tracking screen 🤓🚂 jamesdevonport.com/p/can-you…
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Plus this issue contains an interview with Zectrix CEO @itopinion where we chat all about ESP32 hardware, some of the fun things people have built and what's coming next!
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Now voice mode works directly in Codex with tool calling etc it’s a crazy futuristic experience. Currently running an SEO audit by talking to it directly whilst it calls all my SEO tools over MCP. 🤯
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Going to try this!
If you want to get an experience kinda like link agent payments but in the UK today, you can just make a virtual monzo card linked to a pot with a fixed amount of money in it Then give the card number to your agent and let them rip You'll get a push notification to go through 3d secure whenever the agent wants to buy something. Works pretty well So EU secure customer authentication rules for card payments actually are quite useful here
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Upgraded to the latest MacOS and my wireless printer stopped working. What would have taken me ages to figure out was fixed by Codex in 1 minute, the thing I was trying to print popped straight out! 🩷
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Accurate. If I didn't go to the gym I wouldn't interact with anyone in person most days!
Some 17pc go through an entire working day without speaking to anyone face-to-face while 40pc feel lonely at work, 37pc have no close friends there and almost a third felt lonelier in the office than they did alone at home during lockdown. @rorysutherland the vice-chairman of Ogilvy and a Spectator columnist, believes the origins of today’s antisocial workplace can be traced back to the popularisation of the open-plan office. While it was adopted to save money on floor space, he says it was sold on false promises of enhanced sociability and collaboration: “Now, there’s nowhere you can have a chat without disturbing or annoying someone else.” 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/w…
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I'm joining the @OpenAI Codex Ambassador program 🎉 I'm an ex product manager and now use Codex to help me run both my SaaS business and an AI conference. Thanks to @paw_lean and @OpenAIDevs for the op 🙏 Now planning the first Codex event here in Brighton, stay tuned! 🌊🏝️
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Tried out the official Meta Ads MCP today and it's actually awesome! Even has a tool to research other brand's creatives built in. I used in combination with Figma Console MCP to design a bunch of new experiments then publish them directly... very sweet!
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Here we go again! 🚀
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The new @CreateWithHQ site is looking freshhhh 😍 Love that we're able to get so many AI builders together in a room once a year... you can watch the talks on the new site too 👇
Do you build stuff with AI? We're the community for you! The all new createwith.com website is now live. Learn about our annual conference and see real case studies of what you can build using AI.
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Really suprised by how much engagement these posts have had. Being a solo founder can feel lonely… like everyone else has a normal job. Been wonderful to see how many of us there are working away at building something. Feels like a lot more people are going to take this path!
Loving seeing all the posts about other solo founders in the UK! I’m a solo founder from Brighton UK building SaaS using AI 👋
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Lots of interest in my e-ink wifi display hack project this weekend so I jumped on a call with ZecTrix CEO Richard @itopinion to talk about the hardware and how AI is opening up these kind of fun projects.
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Loving seeing all the posts about other solo founders in the UK! I’m a solo founder from Brighton UK building SaaS using AI 👋
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Finished my hack project with the tiny e-paper display! All hosted free on a Cloudflare Worker, display pulls from that Live train departure board showing next trains from Brighton to London, updates every 15 min. Free data source, no API key @itopinion
Weekend hack project! Love the design of this tiny WiFi epaper display… got some fun ideas to play with! @itopinion
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Latest subscribers to the @CreateWithHQ newsletter, pulling data from the Kit API. Nice to see a full breakdown of where signups came from too!
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This was the Zectrix Note4C Dev Kit which cost $50. Takes 10 seconds to update the display so not ideal for very live data. Also has speaker, mic, NFC and buttons. Going to do a write up in my newsletter at jamesdevonport.com if you're interested in hacking AI hardware!
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Weekend hack project! Love the design of this tiny WiFi epaper display… got some fun ideas to play with! @itopinion
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