Kalpesh Mistry

A one-person studio building AI products in public for every founder still waiting for permission to start.

A folder on your computer. That's the brain.

Oct 11, 2026

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5 min read

A folder on your computer. That's the brain.

Step one of the AI brain, in full. One instruction file plus three short files about you. The whole starter kit, below.

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Your AI isn't forgetful. You gave it nowhere to remember.

Oct 4, 2026

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3 min read

Your AI isn't forgetful. You gave it nowhere to remember.

Seven small files, one evening, every chat you open after that starts smarter. The seven in full.

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Four agents run the boring half of my business. Here's each one, free.

Sep 27, 2026

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5 min read

Four agents run the boring half of my business. Here's each one, free.

The morning brief, the Saturday drafter, the cold-email prospecter, the Friday judge. Four copy-paste prompts, one email. Automate later.

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Six things I gave away this week. Save them all.

Sep 20, 2026

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4 min read

Six things I gave away this week. Save them all.

The 2 commands, the 3-line file, the full paywall prompt, the 6-word rejection fix, and the exact subscription line Apple approved. In one email, so you never have to hunt for them.

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Four questions before you build anything.

Sep 13, 2026

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4 min read

Four questions before you build anything.

The 4-question exercise I run before I let anyone start building. It takes twenty minutes and it decides everything that comes after.

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13 prompts + 2 rejections = one App Store app.

Sep 6, 2026

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5 min read

13 prompts + 2 rejections = one App Store app.

The exact 13 prompts I used to ship an app to the App Store, in order, plus the two Apple rejections that reshaped the paywall.

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Ten tasks I stopped doing. My week came back.

Aug 30, 2026

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4 min read

Ten tasks I stopped doing. My week came back.

The 15-minute audit that found them, the rule that decides everything, and four prompts you can steal today.

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I killed cold email. My AI told me to send.

Aug 23, 2026

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5 min read

I killed cold email. My AI told me to send.

I retired cold email on Friday. On Tuesday morning my own assistant told me the First Move was to send it. Three machines were pushing me back to the plan I'd already killed.

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Aug 16, 2026

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6 min read

Seven prompts. Take all of them.

The four that took a game from idea to the App Store without a line of code, plus three that make your AI worth talking to. All seven in full.

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I rewrote the rules. My AI ignored them.

Aug 9, 2026

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5 min read

I rewrote the rules. My AI ignored them.

Twenty emails, twenty identical closes. The instructions were fine. The problem was sitting underneath them.

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My AI nagged me for 17 days. It was wrong the whole time.

Aug 2, 2026

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4 min read

My AI nagged me for 17 days. It was wrong the whole time.

It told me to post "now, you've been silent 17 days." The number was invented. Here's what that taught me about trusting anything that sounds sure.

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I used to dread editing. Now it takes minutes.

Jul 26, 2026

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6 min read

I used to dread editing. Now it takes minutes.

Why editing felt impossible, the exact tools that fix it, and a step-by-step way to make your first video without a timeline. Plus 3 AI things worth your attention.

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I have 4 employees. My payroll is $25 a month.

Jul 19, 2026

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6 min read

I have 4 employees. My payroll is $25 a month.

The staff nobody sees, the payroll that fits in a lunch budget, and the day I watched them run my business. Plus 3 AI things worth your attention.

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I gave it away for a year. Then I charged.

Jul 12, 2026

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3 min read

I gave it away for a year. Then I charged.

The whole fleet costs $12 a month to run. This week I stopped running it for free.

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I built my AI a brain. It drafted this email.

Jul 5, 2026

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6 min read

I built my AI a brain. It drafted this email.

The second brain I built in a weekend, the agents it now feeds, and the loop that drafted this issue. Plus 3 AI things worth your attention.

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I built a tool in 25 minutes. Then came the hard part.

Jun 28, 2026

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6 min read

I built a tool in 25 minutes. Then came the hard part.

Why building stopped being the hard part, the leap I finally made, and a 7th product nobody asked for. Plus 3 AI things worth your attention.

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I asked an agent to audit my own work. Here's what it said.

Jun 21, 2026

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7 min read

I asked an agent to audit my own work. Here's what it said.

What 30 days of building in public looks like with cold eyes, the five things I'm stopping, and the lead magnet I finally shipped. Plus 3 AI things worth your attention.

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