Reeve Yew

Co-founder & CEO, Funnel Duo Media

Reeve Yew

One half of Gen AI. Co-author of 有钱有闲. Holds the Guinness World Record (2025) and ASEAN Record (2025) for AI training at scale, alongside his brother Jackson.

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AI Trends·June 9, 2026

Siri AI at WWDC 2026 and the AI Agent Gap Apple Cannot Hide

Apple rebranded Siri as Siri AI at WWDC 2026 and added its first agentic feature. Here is what changed, what is still missing, and why the gap with ChatGPT and Gemini persists.

AI for Productivity·June 8, 2026

AI Agent Cost Per Successful Task: What You Pay in 2026

Token price is not your real AI spend. Cost per successful task exposes runaway agent bills, and a 4-line shell check finds where the money goes.

AI for Work·June 8, 2026

ChatGPT Prompts for Sales Reps That Actually Work

How sales reps use ChatGPT for cold outreach, pre-call prep, objection handling, and follow-ups. Includes tested prompt examples for each stage.

AI for Work·June 4, 2026

What OpenAI Codex White-Collar Tools Do for Real Professionals

OpenAI's Codex launched six role-specific plug-ins spanning data analytics, sales, design, and investing. Here is what each does and who should test it first.

AI How-To·June 3, 2026

How to Give Your AI Agent Long-Term Memory with MCP

Your agent forgets everything when the context window ends. Here is how to wire a memory MCP server so it stores and recalls facts across sessions with no glue code.

AI Trends·June 3, 2026

Anthropic IPO Filing Targets a $965 Billion Valuation

Anthropic filed a confidential S-1 with the SEC on June 1, 2026. Here is what the near-trillion-dollar debut means for Claude, enterprise AI, and the industry.

AI Tools & Reviews·June 2, 2026

Best AI Website Builder for Small Business: Time-to-Live Ranked

Not all AI website builders are equal on launch speed. We rank the top 2026 options by how fast a small business goes from prompt to paying customers.

AI for Beginners·May 31, 2026

How to Learn to Build AI Agents Without Tutorial Hell

Most developers exploring AI agents never ship one. This guide breaks the tutorial loop with a minimal project path that gets you from stuck to deployed.

AI How-To·May 30, 2026

How to Train Claude to Match Your Brand Voice

Stop getting beige AI copy. Here is the exact system to give Claude your brand rules so every output sounds like you, not a generic chatbot.

AI Trends·May 30, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8 Dynamic Workflows: What Builders Need to Know

Anthropic's Opus 4.8 ships Dynamic Workflows, letting Claude Code orchestrate up to 1,000 subagents per run. What changed and what it means for builders.

AI Trends·May 30, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8 Features: Fast Mode, Dynamic Workflows, Honest Code

Claude Opus 4.8 jumps to 69.2% on SWE-Bench Pro, cuts Fast Mode costs 3x, and previews Dynamic Workflows. What changed and what it means for builders.

AI for Productivity·May 28, 2026

4 Ways to Automate ChatGPT with Zapier MCP

Zapier MCP connects ChatGPT to 8,000+ apps in one setup. Here are four practical automation patterns you can build today without writing code.

AI How-To·May 28, 2026

Claude Code Video Skills: How to Choose the Right One

Claude Code has six video generation skills and each solves a different problem. Here is how to match the right skill to your actual build.

AI Tools & Reviews·May 27, 2026

Manus AI vs ChatGPT 2026: Honest Agent Comparison

Manus AI executes tasks autonomously while ChatGPT converses. Here is how both platforms perform on real work, what each costs, and which is worth paying for.

AI Trends·May 26, 2026

AI Agent Safety Failures: Inside the 2026 Agents of Chaos Paper

Stanford, MIT, and CMU researchers gave 6 AI agents real email and shell access for 14 days. Eleven failure modes emerged. Zero jailbreaks required.

AI How-To·May 26, 2026

How an Anthropic Engineer Uses Claude for Personal Projects

Felix Rieseberg walks through his real Claude workflows: 3D floor plan walkthroughs, automated promise tracking, and a $20 AI hardware buddy.

AI Trends·May 26, 2026

Google I/O 2025 AI Announcements: What Actually Matters

Google I/O 2025 dropped 100-plus AI updates in two days. Here is what Gemini Deep Think, AI Mode, Veo 3, and Project Astra actually change for you.

AI How-To·May 25, 2026

Claude Code Review Prompts That Think Like a Principal Engineer

Generic AI code reviews miss real bugs. These Claude prompts surface auth flaws, scale bottlenecks, and architectural risks before they reach production.

AI How-To·May 25, 2026

Prompt Engineering Techniques That Actually Work in 2026

Ten proven prompt engineering techniques to get consistently better results from ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI models, with examples you can copy today.

AI for Work·May 23, 2026

How a Real Estate Broker Built an AI Agent with Zapier MCP

Marcus Rush built an AI agent that scores 11,000 leads and sends daily briefs to his eight-person team, all using Zapier MCP, Claude, and Follow Up Boss.

AI How-To·May 22, 2026

How to Build a Voice AI Booking Agent With ElevenLabs and n8n

A 60-day production report: 7 restaurants, 200 bookings a month, native Italian voice, and an €87/month stack built on ElevenLabs and n8n.

AI How-To·May 22, 2026

Gemma 4 Vision OCR: Replace a Paid API With a Free Local Script

Run OCR locally for free using Gemma 4's 4B vision model. This guide covers the exact script and preprocessing steps that cut a $50/month API bill to zero.

AI Tools & Reviews·May 22, 2026

Long-Context LLM Benchmarks 2026: Accuracy Past 200K Tokens

Advertised context windows and effective context windows are not the same. RULER, MRCR v2, and NoLiMa scores show a 30-60 point accuracy gap past 200K tokens.

AI How-To·May 21, 2026

How to Use Gemini Omni: Best Prompts and Use Cases

Gemini Omni turns text, images, and audio into editable video through conversation. How to access it, prompt it well, and put it to work.

AI Trends·May 19, 2026

How AI Mode Is Changing the Way People Search in the U.S.

Google AI Mode crossed one billion users. Queries tripled in length, and 93% of sessions end without a click. Here is what the shift means for content creators.

AI Trends·May 19, 2026

Five Google Workspace AI Features From I/O 2026, Explained

Google I/O 2026 brought Gmail Live, Docs Live, Google Pics, AI Inbox updates, and Gemini Spark to Workspace. Here is what each one means for your daily work.

AI Tools & Reviews·May 18, 2026

InsForge Review: Open-Source Backend for AI Coding Agents

InsForge gives AI coding agents a full backend with database, auth, storage, and hosting. An honest review of what it does well and where it falls short.

AI Tools & Reviews·May 18, 2026

Allman: Open-Source LinkedIn DMs for AI Agents (CLI + TUI)

Allman is an MIT-licensed CLI that syncs LinkedIn DMs to local JSONL files. Pipe conversations to AI agents, search from your terminal, and own your data.

AI How-To·May 17, 2026

How to Optimize Llama.cpp With the New Qwopus3.5-9B GGUF Model

Speed up local AI coding agents by combining llama.cpp MTP optimizations with the new Qwopus3.5-9B GGUF model. A step-by-step setup and tuning guide for 2026.

AI Trends·May 16, 2026

This Week in AI: Please and 4 Other Signals That Matter

Saying please to ChatGPT costs OpenAI tens of millions. This week: politeness tokens, startup shutdowns, side-hustle myths, and what builders should watch.

AI for Beginners·May 16, 2026

Solana's Account Model Explained for Web2 Developers

Solana stores all state in accounts, not inside programs. This guide maps the account model to Web2 patterns like databases and Docker containers.

AI for Beginners·May 16, 2026

Who Should Build the Audit Log? A Junior Dev's Framework

Audit log ownership trips up junior devs. Here is a decision framework that pairs architectural trade-offs with AI-assisted implementation for 2026.

AI Career & Income·May 15, 2026

A Simple Test Before You Chase a New Side Hustle Idea

Most side hustle ideas fail before launch. Use this free AI-powered weekend smoke test to validate real demand with ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Trends.

AI Career & Income·May 15, 2026

I Raised $650K at 24 and Shut It All Down. Here's What's Next.

Raising $650K and shutting down a startup at 24 is not the end. It is a turning point. Here is what young founders learn, and how AI changes the rebuild.

AI for Productivity·May 14, 2026

Composio vs. Zapier: Which Is Best for AI Agents? [2026]

Composio and Zapier both connect AI agents to apps. One is agent-native, the other is a no-code giant. Here is an independent breakdown for 2026.

AI for Productivity·May 14, 2026

How to Auto-Answer Form Responses With ChatGPT

Build a no-code pipeline that sends form submissions to ChatGPT and replies automatically, with prompt templates, a cost breakdown, and a responsible-AI checklist.

AI Trends·May 13, 2026

This Week in AI: Models and 4 Other Signals That Matter

Five AI signals from the week of May 12, 2026: small-business Claude, multi-agent surge, NIST standards, Meta safety scaling, and startup lessons.

AI Trends·May 12, 2026

AI-Powered Google Finance Hits Europe: What It Means for You

Google Finance launches its AI-powered experience across Europe with local language support, just as the EU AI Act compliance deadline approaches in August 2026.

AI Tools & Reviews·May 11, 2026

E2a: The Open-Source Email Gateway for AI Agents

E2a is the first open-source, self-hostable email gateway built for AI agents, with HMAC-signed auth and a built-in human approval gate. Here is how it works.

AI for Beginners·May 9, 2026

Frontend Frameworks in 2026: Which One Should You Start With?

In 2026, choosing a frontend framework depends on your project size and AI tools. Here's how to pick between React, Vue, Angular, and Svelte fast.

AI for Productivity·May 5, 2026

The 5 Monday Planning Prompts I Run Every Week in Claude

Five copy-paste prompts I run every Monday in Claude or ChatGPT to plan my week. 20 minutes in, you have a ranked plan, drafted replies, and a kill list.

AI Trends·May 4, 2026

AMD Strix Halo Refresh: 64GB Unified Memory for Local AI

Leaked AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro specs point to a 16-core APU with 64GB of unified LPDDR5X memory. Here is what changes for operators running models locally.

AI How-To·May 3, 2026

AI Agents Explained: What They Are and How to Build One

AI agents autonomously perform tasks using reasoning, tools, and memory. Learn what they are, how they work, and build your first one with MCP in 2026.

AI How-To·May 3, 2026

Build a Daily AI News Brief in 325 Lines of Python

Ship a complete Collect, Synthesize, Deliver AI news pipeline in 325 lines of Python, running on a $5 VPS for under $0.15 per month.

AI for Beginners·May 3, 2026

Kubernetes Rolling Update Failed? Here's What to Do

When a Kubernetes rolling update fails, diagnose the root cause with kubectl, roll back safely, then fix and redeploy. Here's the full step-by-step workflow.

AI for Beginners·May 3, 2026

What Binalyzer Phase 3 Means for Builders Learning in 2026

Binalyzer Phase 3 adds section parsing for PE and ELF binaries. Here is why building your own analysis tool is the best way to learn reverse engineering.

AI for Beginners·May 2, 2026

China Rules It Illegal to Fire Workers for AI Replacement

Chinese courts ruled companies cannot fire employees simply to replace them with AI. Here is what the landmark decision means for workers and builders worldwide.

AI Career & Income·May 2, 2026

How to Make Money Starting With $30 Using AI Tools

Most guides treat $30 as pocket change to earn. We treat it as seed capital. Here's how to turn $30 into recurring AI-powered income in 2026.

AI How-To·May 2, 2026

How to build an AI inbox: triage 200 emails in 10 minutes (2026)

A practical walkthrough for triaging a 200-email inbox in under 10 minutes using Claude, an MCP server for Gmail, and a four-bucket system prompt. Real workflow, real prompts.

AI for Beginners·May 2, 2026

OpenAI Advanced Account Security: What It Is and How to Set It Up

OpenAI's new Advanced Account Security replaces passwords with passkeys and security keys. Here's what it does, who needs it, and how to turn it on.

AI Trends·May 2, 2026

My Take: ChatGPT Plugins Were a Dress Rehearsal

ChatGPT plugins launched in March 2023 and died by April 2024. Here is what the plugin era actually taught us about how AI platforms evolve.

AI Trends·April 30, 2026

What is vibe coding? The shortest path from idea to running app (2026)

Vibe coding is the operator-led practice of describing software in plain language and letting an AI agent build it. Here is how the loop actually works in 2026.

AI for Beginners·April 27, 2026

What is an LLM and how does it actually work? (2026)

An LLM is a neural network that predicts the next word in a sequence, scaled to billions of parameters and trillions of tokens. Plain-English explainer for operators.

AI for Beginners·April 21, 2026

Prompts vs context vs system instructions: what each does (2026)

Prompts, context, and system instructions are three different inputs to the same LLM, controlling tone, knowledge, and behaviour. Plain-English breakdown for operators.

AI How-To·April 17, 2026

How to set up your first AI agent with MCP tools (2026)

A practical eight-step walkthrough for setting up your first AI agent using Model Context Protocol servers. Install, test, extend, deploy.

AI Career & Income·April 14, 2026

How to earn USD as an AI freelancer from Southeast Asia (2026)

An eight-step playbook for Southeast Asian freelancers building a USD-paying AI services business. Pick a niche, build a portfolio, deliver fast, raise rates.

AI How-To·April 11, 2026

How to build a working app in 7 days using only AI (no dev team)

A day-by-day plan to ship a working web app in seven days using Claude Code, Cursor, Next.js, Supabase, and Vercel. The exact stack and the prompts that move it forward.

AI for Beginners·April 8, 2026

Your first 7 days with AI: a beginner's playbook (2026)

A concrete seven-day plan for getting fluent with AI tools. One real task per day across chat, voice, image, and combined workflows.

AI Tools & Reviews·April 5, 2026

Cursor vs Claude Code vs Antigravity vs Codex (2026)

Four vibe coding agents from the four major AI labs. Honest head-to-head on Cursor 3, Claude Code, Google Antigravity, and OpenAI Codex in April 2026.

AI Tools & Reviews·April 2, 2026

Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini: which AI assistant for which job (2026)

Honest head-to-head between Claude Opus 4.7, ChatGPT GPT-5.5, and Gemini 3.1 Pro for writing, coding, research, and long-context work in April 2026.

AI How-To·March 29, 2026

How to use Claude for research without hallucinations (2026)

Eight patterns that cut Claude's hallucination rate to near zero on research work: ground truth, retrieval, citation rules, uncertainty flags, browse mode, and double-check loops.

AI for Productivity·March 26, 2026

10 ChatGPT workflows that save 5 hours every week (2026)

Ten concrete ChatGPT workflows we run weekly. Each one saves 20 to 60 minutes. Stack any three and you reclaim an afternoon. Prompts and exact moves included.

AI Tools & Reviews·March 23, 2026

Best AI writing tools for non-marketers in 2026

An honest 2026 review of the AI writing tools that actually help operators, founders, and non-marketers turn rough thoughts into clean writing.

AI Career & Income·March 20, 2026

7 best AI side hustles for beginners in 2026

Seven realistic AI side hustles ranked by entry difficulty, time-to-income, and ceiling. Honest income trajectories. No get-rich-quick fluff. Pick by skill, then commit.

AI Tools & Reviews·March 17, 2026

Best AI image generators 2026 (gpt-image-2, Nano Banana Pro)

Ten AI image generators ranked by what they actually win at in April 2026. gpt-image-2 leads, Nano Banana Pro owns text, FLUX.2 owns photoreal, Midjourney owns aesthetic.

AI Tools & Reviews·March 14, 2026

10 best AI coding agents in 2026 (tested honestly)

An honest 2026 ranking of the 10 AI coding agents that actually ship code, with ratings, real trade-offs, and a simple framework for picking the right one.

AI Trends·March 7, 2026

What is MCP (Model Context Protocol)? Why AI agents use it in 2026

MCP is the open standard from Anthropic that lets AI agents plug into tools and data through one shared interface. Here's why it became the default in 2026.

AI for Beginners·March 4, 2026

What is generative AI? Plain-English explainer (2026)

Generative AI explained in plain English by an operator. What it is, how it works, what it can do, and where to start as a beginner in 2026.