AI Skill Daily
48 articles in series
Skills worth understanding, one at a time. Daily picks from the catalog.
The Hidden Tax in Every Code Review: Why Gratitude Costs You Credibility
Performative agreement in code review feels like good collaboration but it's actually a form of technical negligence — and the superpowers skill names it clearly.
Code Review Starts Before You Open the PR
The moment you frame a code review request determines the quality of feedback you get — and most developers frame it wrong by default.
The Iron Law of Debugging: Why Root Cause Comes Before Everything Else
Most debugging sessions fail not because the problem is hard, but because engineers skip the investigation and go straight to fixes — a habit that compounds.
The Skill That Teaches You to Stop Guessing Which Skill to Use
using-superpowers isn't a capability — it's the operating system for every other skill, and using it changes how you orient before any task.
Verification Is Not the Last Step. It's the Only Step That Counts.
The verification-before-completion skill from obra/superpowers treats unverified completion claims as dishonesty — and the more I've used it, the more I think that framing is exactly right.
A Plan Is Not a To-Do List. It's a Thinking Trace.
The writing-plans skill from obra/superpowers produces implementation plans detailed enough that a skilled developer with zero codebase context could execute them — and that constraint teaches you something about how well you actually understood the work.
The Moment Your Hard-Won Knowledge Stops Living Only in Your Head
writing-skills forces you to separate what you know from what you've proven — and that gap reveals whether your expertise is reusable or just locally-applicable habit.
Solo Builders Have a Security Blindspot. Here's What It Costs.
gstack's CSO skill runs a 14-phase security audit across your entire codebase. What it finds — and what most solo builders never think about — is the uncomfortable part.
The 1,000x Developer Isn't a Myth. gstack Is the Evidence.
Garry Tan claims he ships at 810× his 2013 pace while running YC full-time. The math is in the tooling. Here's how gstack's 35 skills make that number possible.
The Most Expensive Bug Isn't in Your Code
gstack's investigate skill enforces a root-cause-first debugging protocol. The real insight is about the mental habit it builds — and why most developers never develop it.
The AI Skill That Rewired How I Think Like a Founder
gstack's office-hours skill doesn't help you build faster. It helps you build the right thing by forcing the questions most founders are afraid to ask.
Shipping Is a Skill. Most Builders Never Develop It.
gstack's ship skill automates the release pipeline. But the real value is what it reveals about why builders stay stuck at 90% done.