The Boring Developer

Bori, my AI keeps pressing the lift button. 🦊 Pressing again doesn't fix it. When to stop letting your AI retry. Save this for the next time you hit try again for the sixth time. Bori explains AI in plain English using real posts from @boringdev77 on X. One a day.

a very specific claude moment: me: does this reply sound like ai AI: not at all, very natural me: pastes it into the humanish checker AI: great catch, i'd have flagged that too checker's free, 5 a day, no account. more in my pinned post

Bori, I hired five AI interns. 🦊 One giant AI helper or five small ones? Why small ones you can check win. Are you a ten-steps person or a two-steps person? Tell me in the comments. Bori explains AI in plain English using real posts from @boringdev77 on X. One a day.

Bori, my AI keeps guessing my order. 🦊 3 questions that stop your AI from guessing. Comment FORM and I'll send you the 3 questions to paste into your AI. Bori explains AI in plain English using real posts from @boringdev77 on X. One a day.

Bori, I built a baby monitor for my server. 🦊 I built a gadget so I'd stop checking. Now I check the gadget. Comment PING and I'll send you my 3-step setup. Bori explains AI in plain English using real posts from @boringdev77 on X. One a day.

Bori, I set a trap for my AI. 🦊 Your AI doesn't remember things. It reads. So give it something to read. Save this, then go write your AI one sticky note. Bori explains AI in plain English using real posts from @boringdev77 on X.

Bori, my AI keeps bringing up stuff we already settled. 🦊 3 signs your AI chat has gone stale (and when to start a new one). Which sign has your AI done to you? Tell me in the comments. Bori explains AI in plain English using real posts from @boringdev77 . One a day.

My AI got dumber. It didn't. I buried it. 🦊 Your AI isn't getting worse. Your chat is getting messy. New job? New chat. Keep one sticky note with what matters. Save this for the next time your AI starts acting weird.

how to find X posts worth replying to (the 3 filters i use) 2 to 1,000 followers in 81 days, mostly by replying. these are the filters that decided which posts got a reply. the play: right accounts > fresh posts > one specific point > first steps - go to: x.com/search-advanced - put your topic in "these words". pick 2 or 3 topics you can actually say something about - under engagement, set minimum likes to 10, so you land on posts people are already reading - set "from" to yesterday's date. search, then open the Latest tab > the 3 filters - the account has 5,000+ followers, unless you two already talk. hover the name to check - the post is under a day old. after that, everyone has scrolled past - you have one specific thing to add: a number, a step, a mistake you made. if all you have is "great point", skip it > the catch - most replies stay quiet. 15 to 27 oct, my middle reply got 17 views. my best got 1,349 - per post, my own posts did better: 168 views vs 49 for a reply. replies are how new people find you, not a shortcut - one account's numbers, not a rule from X > what not to do - don't reply to the same person twice in a day - don't paste an AI draft as it is. people spot it (someone once answered mine with "AI reply????") - don't put your link in a reply i built humanish to run these filters and draft the reply in my voice. i still read and send every one: tryhumanish.com/?utm_source=… reply with your topic and i'll tell you which filter i'd tighten first. bookmark this for your next reply session

what it doesn't do: post for you. every reply is a draft. you read it, change what you want, and send it yourself. casual and formal tones hold up best. funny and sarcastic are still hit and miss.