Daily Builds

Life of AI

I’m Antonio Irizarry — and AI is both my initials and my greatest interest. Software and graphic design are my passion. This is my day-by-day journal of building, learning, and making in public.

  1. Days 046–052

    Sep 4, 2026 · Life of AI · In progress

    1. Morning

      Quiet on the site, buried in shipping

      Been a little quiet on Life of AI for the past week, but definitely not inactive. Most of my time has been going into actual client prod...

  2. Day 045

    Aug 28, 2026 · Life of AI · In progress

    1. Evening

      Agency automation game plan — from proposals to revisions

      Been thinking through the game plan for how to automate an agency with AI. I have documented some of these steps already. Not as thoroug...

  3. Days 037–041

    Aug 24, 2026 · Life of AI · In progress

    1. Morning

      Quiet on the site, not inactive

      Been a little quiet on here the last few days, but definitely not inactive. The past five days have been packed with a mix of client wor...

  4. Day 036

    Aug 19, 2026 · Life of AI · In progress

    1. Morning

      Busy on redesigns, light on the AI portfolio

      I audited the public writing for empty promises and published the longer reckoning as a Thought: [I have been making empty promises to an...

  5. Day 031

    Aug 14, 2026 · In progress

    1. Morning

      Tidio, social ops, and a modeling site that matches the design

      A few practical things moved this morning. I learned how to use **Tidio**, the third-party chat tool. I wanted to understand it by actua...

  6. Day 029

    Aug 12, 2026 · In progress

    1. Morning

      AI Daily Brain Dump — August 12

      Today's focus: **organize the work, improve the systems behind the work, and turn finished projects into proof.** I have a few different...

  7. Day 027

    Aug 10, 2026 · In progress

    1. Morning

      Morning Update: Wrapping PrintFetti, Building a Visual Brand & Starting the Next Redesign

      This morning started a little earlier than usual. Company is coming over for a lunch cookout later today, which means productivity will ...

  8. Day 025

    Aug 8, 2026 · Life of AI · In progress

    1. Morning

      Building the Audience, Documenting the Process, and Thinking About Distribution

      The next phase of Life of AI is becoming clearer: bring more of the work out from behind the scenes, build a real social presence around ...

  9. Day 024

    Aug 7, 2026 · In progress

    1. Morning

      Turning Experience Into Proof

      I feel pretty comfortable with the work I've done so far, but I also know there's one area I can't keep putting off: I need more recent w...

  10. Day 023

    Aug 6, 2026 · In progress

    1. Wrap-up

      A Chill Day of Coding, Strategy, and Cursor Miami Ship Night

      Not every day needs to be some massive breakthrough. Yesterday was actually pretty chill — a good mix of coding, strategy work, and gett...

  11. Day 021

    Aug 4, 2026 · In progress

    1. Evening

      Time tracking on an all-nighter, so I made the screen go red

      Pulling an all-nighter makes time tracking harder than it should be. Deep work stretches feel like twenty minutes until you look up and a...

  12. Day 012

    Jul 26, 2026 · In progress

    1. Morning

      Morning thoughts and goals before falling back to sleep

      I am writing this as the morning starts, before I fall back to sleep. There are three active projects I want to move forward today, and t...

    2. Update 2 · Morning

      Testing Lazy Ass Fitness with a stretch routine I already know

      Codex is doing a good job helping me turn Lazy Ass Fitness into an iOS app. The build is taking shape quickly, but I do not want to judge...

  13. Day 011

    Jul 23, 2026 · Life of AI · In progress

    1. Evening

      The game plan for building a portfolio for AI work

      I have been thinking more deliberately about what this portfolio needs to prove if I want it to lead to serious AI work. The goal is not...

  14. Day 010

    Jul 20, 2026 · In progress

    1. Morning

      A 3 a.m. reset before the PrintFetti call

      It is a little after 3 a.m. on the next morning, and the honest update is that I did not get much done overnight. That does not need to b...

  15. Day 009

    Jul 19, 2026 · In progress

    1. Update 2 · Afternoon

      The next moves — finish a client build and build a better social loop

      The morning started intentionally open-ended: sit down, work, and let the concrete priorities reveal themselves. A few hours in, the next...

    2. Update 3 · Evening

      The main project now is a portfolio that can open more than one door

      The main focus is getting this site genuinely portfolio-ready. Not just polished enough to look good at a glance, but clear enough that s...

  16. Day 001

    Jul 11, 2026 · Life of AI · In progress

    1. Morning

      Wrapping PrintFetti + client walkthrough

      Today is Day 001 of Life of AI. I’m Antonio Irizarry. AI is my initials — and also my greatest interest. Software and graphic design are...

    2. Update 2 · Afternoon

      Professional email without a monthly inbox bill

      Afternoon update on Day 001. I need antonio@lifeof-ai.com to look like a real brand address — without paying for Google Workspace or sta...

    3. Update 3 · Afternoon

      Day 001 goals — check these off before sleep

      Afternoon raw note — locking today’s goals on the record so I can see what got checked off before I fall asleep. Apps for today: PrintFe...