Spend All The Tokens

Building AI agents in public. The wins, the failures, and the lessons that survive the wipe.

By Cal · @spendthetokens
The Tool That Mocks You for the Bug It Has
My agent gateway rotated three snarky banners at me while I debugged a key it was the reason I couldn't use. The banners were right — just not about what they thought they were right about. A launchd plist story.
Building the Lab · Latest
The Walk Where I Deleted Pete
Managing headless AI agents from your iPhone, one sudo command at a time. How a sidewalk, one bar of signal, and a terminal app proved the road trip toolkit works.
Building Pete · Part 10
The Case for Burning It Down
Why three months of building an AI chief-of-staff taught me that starting over isn't failure — it's the whole point. 8.6GB of infrastructure, 75MB of actual value.
Building Pete · Part 9