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How I'd Package Claude / AI Agent Toolkit Without Making It Feel Like Another PDF

Daniil Kornilov — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:09:37 +0000

A lot of small digital products feel dead on arrival because they make the buyer do too much work.

If I were packaging Claude / AI Agent Toolkit, I would keep it boring in the best way: show the result first, give the template, then explain the setup in plain English.

What I would include:

one painful use case
a finished example
the editable template or starter
short setup notes
one next step after the buyer opens it

That is usually enough. The goal is not to impress people with a huge file. The goal is to remove the first hour of confusion.

Who this is for: developers, freelancers, creators

Format: Markdown/PDF

Grab it here: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/12?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_weekly&utm_content=article_ai-agent-toolkit

AI Tools I Would Actually Watch This Week: Google, Google Developers, Mistral AI

Daniil Kornilov — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:08:50 +0000

Short version: a lot of AI news is noise, but a few updates are worth watching because they change what people can build.

Google is pushing AI Search toward agents and custom mini apps

My take: Search is becoming an action interface. Content now has to be useful enough to become an AI answer source.

The useful angle is simple: turn the update into a workflow, starter, checklist, or teardown someone can actually try.

Source: Google (2026-05-19)

Google announced Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity agent tooling

My take: The trend: developers become agent operators. Starter packs, workflows, and ready-made harnesses become easier to sell.

The useful angle is simple: turn the update into a workflow, starter, checklist, or teardown someone can actually try.

Source: Google Developers (2026-05-19)

Mistral introduced Vibe for coding work from request to merged change

My take: This increases demand for small code starters: people need a base that an agent can modify and ship quickly.

The useful angle is simple: turn the update into a workflow, starter, checklist, or teardown someone can actually try.

Source: Mistral AI (2026-05-28)

What I would build from this

I would avoid another broad AI course. The better product is smaller:

a starter repo
a workflow map
a prompt pack with examples
a short implementation checklist
a safety or benchmark template

Small, clear, usable today. That is the whole point.

I post the short daily versions here: https://t.me/SwiftUIDaily?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_ai_news&utm_content=ai_news_brief_1

How I'd Package AI Automation Workflows (n8n / Make) Without Making It Feel Like Another PDF

Daniil Kornilov — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:08:46 +0000

A lot of small digital products feel dead on arrival because they make the buyer do too much work.

If I were packaging AI Automation Workflows (n8n / Make), I would keep it boring in the best way: show the result first, give the template, then explain the setup in plain English.

What I would include:

one painful use case
a finished example
the editable template or starter
short setup notes
one next step after the buyer opens it

That is usually enough. The goal is not to impress people with a huge file. The goal is to remove the first hour of confusion.

Who this is for: developers, freelancers, creators

Format: Notion template

Grab it here: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/9?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_weekly&utm_content=article_ai-automation-workflows

How I'd Package Career Pivot Playbook Without Making It Feel Like Another PDF

Daniil Kornilov — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:07:35 +0000

A lot of small digital products feel dead on arrival because they make the buyer do too much work.

If I were packaging Career Pivot Playbook, I would keep it boring in the best way: show the result first, give the template, then explain the setup in plain English.

What I would include:

one painful use case
a finished example
the editable template or starter
short setup notes
one next step after the buyer opens it

That is usually enough. The goal is not to impress people with a huge file. The goal is to remove the first hour of confusion.

Who this is for: Специалисты, желающие сменить профессию

Format: Markdown (Notion, Obsidian, PDF)

Grab it here: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/21?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_weekly&utm_content=article_career-pivot-playbook

How I'd Package Cover Letter & Cold Outreach Templates Without Making It Feel Like Another PDF

Daniil Kornilov — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:07:33 +0000

A lot of small digital products feel dead on arrival because they make the buyer do too much work.

If I were packaging Cover Letter & Cold Outreach Templates, I would keep it boring in the best way: show the result first, give the template, then explain the setup in plain English.

What I would include:

one painful use case
a finished example
the editable template or starter
short setup notes
one next step after the buyer opens it

That is usually enough. The goal is not to impress people with a huge file. The goal is to remove the first hour of confusion.

Who this is for: Соискатели, фрилансеры, карьерные переключатели

Format: Markdown (Notion, Obsidian, PDF)

Grab it here: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/20?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_weekly&utm_content=article_cover-letter-templates

The Micro-Product Rule: If the Sales Post Is Hard, the Product Is Too Big

Daniil Kornilov — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:07:51 +0000

Here is a simple product test I use: can I write the sales post in five lines?

If I cannot, the product is probably too broad.

A small product needs a clear pain, a clear buyer, and a clear first step. Without that, the content becomes vague and the offer feels heavy.

Bad offer:

A complete AI productivity system for everyone.

Better offer:

A checklist for turning a messy GitHub issue into a patch plan.

The second offer is smaller, but it is easier to trust. You can imagine using it today.

This matters because content distribution punishes vague products. A short post cannot explain a messy offer. It can amplify a clear one.

The best micro-products usually remove the blank page:

starter repos
checklists
teardown templates
prompt packs with examples
workflow maps
career proof templates

Small does not mean useless. Small means the buyer understands the value before they get bored.

My rule is boring but useful:

Name the painful moment.
Show the first result.
Give one example.
Make the next step obvious.
Price it low enough that the decision is not dramatic.

If a product needs a huge explanation before someone understands it, I would cut it down.

The buyer does not always want transformation. Sometimes they just want to stop staring at a blank page.

That is enough for a product.

I keep a free product checklist here: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/0?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=micro-product-sales-post-rule

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A LinkedIn Profile for Developers Is a Proof Page

Daniil Kornilov — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:06:07 +0000

A developer LinkedIn profile should not read like a short autobiography.

It should work like a proof page. Fast context, clear stack, visible outcomes, and enough specificity that someone knows why they should message you.

The headline matters because it is the first filter. “Software Developer” is technically true, but it does not help much.

A better headline says what you build: “SwiftUI developer building onboarding flows, dashboards, and small AI tools.”

The About section should be short. One sentence about what you do, two proof points, one sentence about what you are open to.

Experience bullets should show change. Built X. Improved Y. Reduced Z. Automated A. Shipped B. If there is no verb with a result, rewrite it.

The best LinkedIn content for developers is also proof-based. Tiny posts about bugs, tradeoffs, tools, and lessons work better than fake thought leadership.

Your profile should make your next role easier to understand. If it does not, it is just a nicer resume.

I made a LinkedIn Profile Kit for this exact rewrite: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/19?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=linkedin-developer-proof-page

I post shorter notes and free samples here: https://t.me/SwiftUIDaily?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=linkedin-developer-proof-page_telegram

Job Interview Prep for Developers Should Be Built Around Stories

Daniil Kornilov — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:04:00 +0000

A lot of developers prepare for interviews by memorizing answers. That is not useless, but it is incomplete.

The better unit is a story. A debugging story, a tradeoff story, a conflict story, a performance story, a “we shipped under constraints” story.

Stories are flexible. The same debugging story can answer questions about ownership, problem solving, technical depth, and communication.

I would prepare six stories before memorizing fifty answers.

Each story should have the same shape: context, problem, action, tradeoff, result, lesson.

The tradeoff is the part most candidates skip. They say what they did, but not what they chose not to do. That makes the answer feel shallow.

A strong answer sounds like: “We could have rebuilt the whole flow, but I chose a smaller fix because the release was two days away. The tradeoff was technical debt, so I wrote the follow-up ticket and added a test around the risky path.”

That sounds like real work. Interviews reward real work explained clearly.

I built the Job Interview Mastery Kit around this idea: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/6?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=developer-interview-stories

I post shorter notes and free samples here: https://t.me/SwiftUIDaily?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=developer-interview-stories_telegram

AI Automation Fails When the Workflow Is Vague

Daniil Kornilov — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:03:14 +0000

The fastest way to make AI automation useless is to automate a vague workflow.

“Use AI to save time” is not a workflow. “Turn support emails into tagged reply drafts and escalation notes” is a workflow.

The difference is inputs and outputs. A real automation has a trigger, a source, a transformation, a check, and a destination.

If you cannot describe those five pieces, the automation will probably become a pile of clever nodes that nobody trusts.

For n8n, Make, scripts, or agents, I like writing the boring version first. What comes in? What should come out? What can go wrong? Who approves it?

Then the AI part becomes much easier. The model is not asked to “be useful.” It is asked to perform one step inside a known system.

This is also how I would sell AI workflow products. Do not sell “100 automations.” Sell one workflow that removes one annoying task.

Small useful automation beats giant abstract automation.

I packaged this into AI Automation Workflows: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/9?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=ai-automation-vague-workflow

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The Developer Portfolio Mistake: Showing Screens Instead of Decisions

Daniil Kornilov — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:02:28 +0000

Most developer portfolios show what the project looks like. That is useful, but it is not enough.

Hiring teams care about decisions. Why did you build it this way? What tradeoff did you make? What broke? What did you improve? What would you change next?

A screenshot says “I made something.” A short case study says “I can think like an engineer.”

For each portfolio project, I would write five tiny sections: problem, constraints, implementation, tradeoff, result.

You do not need to pretend the project had millions of users. Small proof is fine. Maybe you improved loading time. Maybe you simplified state. Maybe you replaced a messy API call. Maybe you learned that your first approach was wrong.

That honesty is stronger than fake polish.

The easiest upgrade: add one paragraph under every project called “The decision I would defend.” Explain one technical choice in plain English.

A portfolio should not be a gallery. It should be evidence that you can make decisions and explain them.

I made a Developer Portfolio Kit around this format: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/16?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=developer-portfolio-decisions

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A SwiftUI Starter Pack Should Be Built for Humans and Coding Agents

Daniil Kornilov — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:01:41 +0000

A starter project is not valuable because it has many files. It is valuable because the next person can understand it quickly.

That next person might be you, a teammate, or a coding agent. The requirement is the same: clear structure, obvious naming, and a small number of decisions that are easy to inspect.

For SwiftUI, I would rather ship a starter with fewer screens and better conventions than a huge folder full of random components.

The useful pieces are boring: navigation, empty states, settings, preview data, loading states, reusable buttons, and a README that explains where to start.

This matters more now because coding agents amplify whatever structure you give them. A clean starter makes the agent more useful. A messy starter gives it too much room to improvise.

A good starter should answer: where does state live, where do screens go, how do I preview this, how do I add one feature without touching everything?

That is the product angle too. You are not selling code snippets. You are selling a base that reduces the first few hours of confusion.

Small, clean, easy to extend. That beats a giant component dump almost every time.

I use this structure in my SwiftUI starter pack: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/10?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=swiftui-starter-humans-agents

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Remote Job Search Is a Pipeline, Not a Hope Machine

Daniil Kornilov — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:00:54 +0000

Most remote job advice is too emotional. It tells people to be confident, keep applying, and believe in the process. That sounds nice, but it does not help much when 200 people apply to the same role.

I prefer treating remote job search like a pipeline. Not because humans are machines, but because random effort is hard to improve.

A simple pipeline has four parts: target roles, proof, outreach, and follow-up. If one part is weak, sending more applications usually just creates more silence.

The proof part matters most. A remote employer needs to trust you before they meet you. That trust can come from a case study, a clean GitHub repo, a tiny demo, a technical post, or a clear resume bullet with numbers.

Bad proof says: “I am passionate about backend development.” Better proof says: “I reduced a slow endpoint from 900ms to 240ms and wrote the tradeoff notes here.”

The outreach should be just as specific. Do not write a motivational essay. Mention the role, the problem you noticed, and the proof that matches it.

The goal is not to apply everywhere. The goal is to make each application easier to understand and harder to ignore.

If I were rebuilding a remote job search from zero, I would track ten targeted applications instead of fifty random ones. Then I would measure replies, not feelings.

I packaged this into a Remote Job Landing Kit: https://boosty.to/swiftuidev/shop/14?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=freefarm_devto_viral_20260610&utm_content=remote-job-search-pipeline

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