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Our Latest App and Automation Experiments

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Nov 16, 2025
This week explores exciting app and automation experiments as Federico and John delve into the challenges and innovations surrounding Claude Skills. They discuss the complexities of self-hosting AIs and highlight the impressive speed of Kimi K2 on Grok. John shares insights on using Bloom for efficient file management and revisits Superhuman for faster email workflows. Federico introduces Firecrawl as a top-notch web parser and outlines his automation strategies with Pushover and Notion. Don't miss their take on browser testing and the future of Shortcuts!
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ADVICE

Plan Around Skill Limits

  • Limit small modular automations when the platform restricts quantity, as Anthropic Skills currently caps at 20.
  • Design around platform limits or run larger scripts locally to avoid hitting skill-count constraints.
INSIGHT

Skills Can Behave Non‑Deterministically

  • Anthropic Skills' code environment can be nondeterministic and rewrite user scripts unexpectedly.
  • That behavior makes complex API-key juggling and reliable automation inside skills fragile.
ANECDOTE

Web UI Experiments With Typing Mind

  • Federico tested Typing Mind as a web-app testbed for open source models despite its cluttered UI.
  • He briefly hosted OpenWebUI but returned to Typing Mind after finding OpenWebUI too confusing.
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