Chandler Nguyen
@chandlernguyen.com
Blogger at Chandler Nguyen blog
Day 2.
One working agent.
20 years of agency experience.
I tripled my development complexity on purpose. 🧵
One working agent.
20 years of agency experience.
I tripled my development complexity on purpose. 🧵
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Day 2.
One working agent.
20 years of agency experience.
I tripled my development complexity on purpose. 🧵
One working agent.
20 years of agency experience.
I tripled my development complexity on purpose. 🧵
Chrome DevTools MCP server + Claude Code = $$$
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Chrome DevTools MCP server + Claude Code = $$$
247 visitors. 3 signups. 1.2% conversion.
I asked STRAŦUM's AI Strategy Agent to audit our own landing page.
The fix: Move Section #6 to #2. Features → Outcomes.
Dogfooding isn't optional—it's your competitive advantage. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
I asked STRAŦUM's AI Strategy Agent to audit our own landing page.
The fix: Move Section #6 to #2. Features → Outcomes.
Dogfooding isn't optional—it's your competitive advantage. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
I Asked My AI Strategy Agent to Audit Our Landing Page. Here's What Happened - Chandler Nguyen
247 visitors, 3 signups, 1.2% conversion. I asked our AI Strategy Agent to audit our landing page. Here's what it found.
www.chandlernguyen.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
247 visitors. 3 signups. 1.2% conversion.
I asked STRAŦUM's AI Strategy Agent to audit our own landing page.
The fix: Move Section #6 to #2. Features → Outcomes.
Dogfooding isn't optional—it's your competitive advantage. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
I asked STRAŦUM's AI Strategy Agent to audit our own landing page.
The fix: Move Section #6 to #2. Features → Outcomes.
Dogfooding isn't optional—it's your competitive advantage. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
Completing Mobile friendly to Mobile first UI/UX with the help from Claude Code! Give it a try here stratum.chandlernguyen.com #claudecode #anthropic
STRAŦUM - Intelligence Over Execution
Your Marketing Intelligence Platform. Cut through complexity with 11 strategic frameworks and 7 specialized AI agents for SMEs and agencies.
stratum.chandlernguyen.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Completing Mobile friendly to Mobile first UI/UX with the help from Claude Code! Give it a try here stratum.chandlernguyen.com #claudecode #anthropic
75 days.
9 AI agents.
1 developer.
10 days sick.
I built STRAŦUM—a marketing intelligence application—from scratch.
Not because I'm special. Because I wanted to see how far I could push.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
9 AI agents.
1 developer.
10 days sick.
I built STRAŦUM—a marketing intelligence application—from scratch.
Not because I'm special. Because I wanted to see how far I could push.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
STRAŦUM: The 9-Agent Marketing Application I Built in 75 Days (Solo, While Sick for 10) - Chandler Nguyen
75 days. 1,075 commits. 200k lines of code. 72% latency reduction. 83 RLS policies. 3 major architectural pivots. STRAŦUM is a 9-agent AI marketing platform built solo that gives you strategic intelli...
www.chandlernguyen.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
75 days.
9 AI agents.
1 developer.
10 days sick.
I built STRAŦUM—a marketing intelligence application—from scratch.
Not because I'm special. Because I wanted to see how far I could push.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
9 AI agents.
1 developer.
10 days sick.
I built STRAŦUM—a marketing intelligence application—from scratch.
Not because I'm special. Because I wanted to see how far I could push.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/11...
Technical post for the 1%: Spent 6 hours debugging to discover the fix was ONE LINE in a .ignore file.
AWS outage → Cloudflare Pages → HTTP/HTTPS Mixed Content hell → back to Vercel.
Lessons: Broad .gitignore patterns are dangerous.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/10...
AWS outage → Cloudflare Pages → HTTP/HTTPS Mixed Content hell → back to Vercel.
Lessons: Broad .gitignore patterns are dangerous.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/10...
The HTTP/HTTPS Debugging Nightmare: A 24-Hour Journey Through Mixed Content Hell - Chandler Nguyen
Context: The Marketing Platform Journey Continues Remember that September post where I said I was speed-running a 10-agent marketing platform while taking naps? Four weeks
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October 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Technical post for the 1%: Spent 6 hours debugging to discover the fix was ONE LINE in a .ignore file.
AWS outage → Cloudflare Pages → HTTP/HTTPS Mixed Content hell → back to Vercel.
Lessons: Broad .gitignore patterns are dangerous.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/10...
AWS outage → Cloudflare Pages → HTTP/HTTPS Mixed Content hell → back to Vercel.
Lessons: Broad .gitignore patterns are dangerous.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/10...
Week off → completely missed Sora 2 launch
Generated a podcast with DIALØGUE to catch up
10 min setup → learned about the viral loop, eBay invite code hustle, internal OpenAI debates
Most claims checked out. One didn't. That's AI in 2025. (Fully AI-generated)
open.spotify.com/episode/5pug...
Generated a podcast with DIALØGUE to catch up
10 min setup → learned about the viral loop, eBay invite code hustle, internal OpenAI debates
Most claims checked out. One didn't. That's AI in 2025. (Fully AI-generated)
open.spotify.com/episode/5pug...
Sora 2's 72-Hour Sprint to #1: Deconstructing OpenAI's Viral Growth Playbook [100% AI-Generated]
open.spotify.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Week off → completely missed Sora 2 launch
Generated a podcast with DIALØGUE to catch up
10 min setup → learned about the viral loop, eBay invite code hustle, internal OpenAI debates
Most claims checked out. One didn't. That's AI in 2025. (Fully AI-generated)
open.spotify.com/episode/5pug...
Generated a podcast with DIALØGUE to catch up
10 min setup → learned about the viral loop, eBay invite code hustle, internal OpenAI debates
Most claims checked out. One didn't. That's AI in 2025. (Fully AI-generated)
open.spotify.com/episode/5pug...
The amazing Haleakalā National Park
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The amazing Haleakalā National Park
Six days. That's how long I waited after launching DIALØGUE before starting my next project www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/09... #anthropic #googledeepmind
4 Weeks in: Building a 10-Agent Marketing Platform While Taking Naps - Chandler Nguyen
4 weeks. 10 AI agents. 847 commits. How Claude Code and Gemini 2.5 Pro helped me build a complex marketing platform 10x faster - while still having Sundays off.
www.chandlernguyen.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Six days. That's how long I waited after launching DIALØGUE before starting my next project www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/09... #anthropic #googledeepmind
Upgraded DIALØGUE's TTS engine with zero downtime using feature flags + AI team.
Claude Code planned the strategy, Gemini CLI validated it. Result: 20% cost reduction, better voices, boring deployment (the best kind).
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Claude Code planned the strategy, Gemini CLI validated it. Result: 20% cost reduction, better voices, boring deployment (the best kind).
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Safer Deployments for Solo Devs: How I Used AI to Ship (a Feature Flag Story) - Chandler Nguyen
A step-by-step story of how I upgraded a core part of my SaaS, DIALØGUE. I'll show you the feature-flagging strategy I used and how I leveraged two different AI assistants, Gemini CLI and Claude Code,...
www.chandlernguyen.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Upgraded DIALØGUE's TTS engine with zero downtime using feature flags + AI team.
Claude Code planned the strategy, Gemini CLI validated it. Result: 20% cost reduction, better voices, boring deployment (the best kind).
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Claude Code planned the strategy, Gemini CLI validated it. Result: 20% cost reduction, better voices, boring deployment (the best kind).
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Built DIALØGUE to kill AI slop. Forces you to review/edit outline BEFORE generation. No auto music. Your voice choice. Your brand.
The "de-slop station" stops generic AI content before it happens.
Real quality = human control. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
The "de-slop station" stops generic AI content before it happens.
Real quality = human control. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Your AI Ghostwriter is a Bad Idea. Here's How to Use an AI 'Thought Partner' Instead - Chandler Nguyen
Stop creating AI slop. Here's the 4-step workflow I use to treat AI as a thought partner, not a ghostwriter, for expert content that sounds human
www.chandlernguyen.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Built DIALØGUE to kill AI slop. Forces you to review/edit outline BEFORE generation. No auto music. Your voice choice. Your brand.
The "de-slop station" stops generic AI content before it happens.
Real quality = human control. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
The "de-slop station" stops generic AI content before it happens.
Real quality = human control. www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
User signup took 3 minutes. The bug? Schrödinger's user - existed but also didn't exist.
Turned out React was checking auth before OAuth redirect finished. Classic race condition.
Fix: Wait for Supabase's onAuthStateChange.
Result: 3 minutes → 500ms ⚡ www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Turned out React was checking auth before OAuth redirect finished. Classic race condition.
Fix: Wait for Supabase's onAuthStateChange.
Result: 3 minutes → 500ms ⚡ www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
From 3 Minutes to 500ms: The Signup Bug That Made No Sense - Chandler Nguyen
User signups took 3 minutes. The database race condition looked impossible. How I fixed it and why every developer hits this eventually.
www.chandlernguyen.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
User signup took 3 minutes. The bug? Schrödinger's user - existed but also didn't exist.
Turned out React was checking auth before OAuth redirect finished. Classic race condition.
Fix: Wait for Supabase's onAuthStateChange.
Result: 3 minutes → 500ms ⚡ www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Turned out React was checking auth before OAuth redirect finished. Classic race condition.
Fix: Wait for Supabase's onAuthStateChange.
Result: 3 minutes → 500ms ⚡ www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Trusted Claude to migrate my Lambda functions to Cloud Run. Migration went perfectly... until I saw the $54/month in extra API bills 😅
The culprit? Temperature 0.7 vs 0 made 30% of calls fail.
Lesson learned: AI gives you working code, not production-ready
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
The culprit? Temperature 0.7 vs 0 made 30% of calls fail.
Lesson learned: AI gives you working code, not production-ready
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
One AI Parameter Change Cost Me $54/Month - Chandler Nguyen
A single AI default setting cost me $54/month in failed calls. The production lesson every developer should know.
www.chandlernguyen.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Trusted Claude to migrate my Lambda functions to Cloud Run. Migration went perfectly... until I saw the $54/month in extra API bills 😅
The culprit? Temperature 0.7 vs 0 made 30% of calls fail.
Lesson learned: AI gives you working code, not production-ready
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
The culprit? Temperature 0.7 vs 0 made 30% of calls fail.
Lesson learned: AI gives you working code, not production-ready
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
From Ads to Code: Built an AI podcast generator
Key lessons:
• Complexity is the enemy - simplify your stack
• AI models are tools, not magic
• Systems thinking > specific frameworks
Pro tip: Switching terminal windows helps context-shifting! 💻 www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Key lessons:
• Complexity is the enemy - simplify your stack
• AI models are tools, not magic
• Systems thinking > specific frameworks
Pro tip: Switching terminal windows helps context-shifting! 💻 www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
From Advertising to Engineering: Technical Lessons from Building DIALØGUE - Chandler Nguyen
*This is the technical deep-dive companion to my introduction of DIALØGUE. If you haven’t read about what DIALØGUE is and why I built it, start
www.chandlernguyen.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
From Ads to Code: Built an AI podcast generator
Key lessons:
• Complexity is the enemy - simplify your stack
• AI models are tools, not magic
• Systems thinking > specific frameworks
Pro tip: Switching terminal windows helps context-shifting! 💻 www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Key lessons:
• Complexity is the enemy - simplify your stack
• AI models are tools, not magic
• Systems thinking > specific frameworks
Pro tip: Switching terminal windows helps context-shifting! 💻 www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/08...
Just shipped DIALØGUE - an AI podcast generator that creates 20-min conversations on ANY topic 🎙️
Plot twist: I'm a 40+ ad exec who learned to code. Six months of debugging AWS at 2AM, but it works! Users shape the outline first - no more AI that misses the mark.
podcast.chandlernguyen.com
Plot twist: I'm a 40+ ad exec who learned to code. Six months of debugging AWS at 2AM, but it works! Users shape the outline first - no more AI that misses the mark.
podcast.chandlernguyen.com
DIALØGUE | AI-Powered Podcast Conversations
Create engaging AI-powered podcast conversations on any topic. Interactive outline review lets you shape the dialogue before generation. Professional quality in minutes.
podcast.chandlernguyen.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Just shipped DIALØGUE - an AI podcast generator that creates 20-min conversations on ANY topic 🎙️
Plot twist: I'm a 40+ ad exec who learned to code. Six months of debugging AWS at 2AM, but it works! Users shape the outline first - no more AI that misses the mark.
podcast.chandlernguyen.com
Plot twist: I'm a 40+ ad exec who learned to code. Six months of debugging AWS at 2AM, but it works! Users shape the outline first - no more AI that misses the mark.
podcast.chandlernguyen.com
Now I understand why this has 130k+ views www.youtube.com/live/6eBSHbL...
Mastering Claude Code in 30 minutes
YouTube video by Anthropic
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May 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Now I understand why this has 130k+ views www.youtube.com/live/6eBSHbL...
After 5000+ hours with various AI coding assistants, Gemini 2.5 Pro has won me over.
Better code that's actually complete (not partial implementations), lightning fast responses, 1M token context window, and a thoughtful UI with dev-friendly features.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/03...
Better code that's actually complete (not partial implementations), lightning fast responses, 1M token context window, and a thoughtful UI with dev-friendly features.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/03...
Google Gemini 2.5 Pro is now my go-to coding partner – Chandler Nguyen
www.chandlernguyen.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
After 5000+ hours with various AI coding assistants, Gemini 2.5 Pro has won me over.
Better code that's actually complete (not partial implementations), lightning fast responses, 1M token context window, and a thoughtful UI with dev-friendly features.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/03...
Better code that's actually complete (not partial implementations), lightning fast responses, 1M token context window, and a thoughtful UI with dev-friendly features.
www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/03...
Another insightful video from CNA youtu.be/SFW5G49eqa8?...
Shrinking Indonesian Middle Class: Why Are They Struggling? | Asia's Changing Middle Class | Insight
YouTube video by CNA Insider
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March 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Another insightful video from CNA youtu.be/SFW5G49eqa8?...
I feel like too many people are using Claude, especially for coding lately. The speed is becoming very slow, even when we pay using Claude Code :|
March 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I feel like too many people are using Claude, especially for coding lately. The speed is becoming very slow, even when we pay using Claude Code :|
I have been trying Claude Code over the past two evenings and wow! This felt like a bigger jump than the release of DeepSeek recently. And it is so easy to burn though $10-$20/hour using Claude Code though haha. Still worth it :) but I hope inferences cost can be reduced by another 10x soon.
February 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I have been trying Claude Code over the past two evenings and wow! This felt like a bigger jump than the release of DeepSeek recently. And it is so easy to burn though $10-$20/hour using Claude Code though haha. Still worth it :) but I hope inferences cost can be reduced by another 10x soon.
youtu.be/pE8rQ5-2LEw?... well done CNA insider. You continue to punch above your weight:)
Hooked On Screens: Can Five Teens Survive 10 Days Without Smartphones? | No Screen, No Life - Part 1
YouTube video by CNA Insider
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February 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
youtu.be/pE8rQ5-2LEw?... well done CNA insider. You continue to punch above your weight:)
A quick write up about the trip we took last Thanksgiving www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/02...
Four Utah National Parks in Winter: A Red Rock Journey – Chandler Nguyen
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February 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A quick write up about the trip we took last Thanksgiving www.chandlernguyen.com/blog/2025/02...
Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike - ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/costcos-u...
Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike
The Teamsters union released the results of the strike vote on Sunday evening.
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January 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike - ABC News abcnews.go.com/US/costcos-u...