<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>SHWRK Notes</title><description>Build-in-public notes on indie hacking, SEO, and shipping small software products.</description><link>https://shwrk.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Why I write the spec first with OpenSpec</title><link>https://shwrk.com/notes/why-use-openspec/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shwrk.com/notes/why-use-openspec/</guid><description>When an agent writes the code, the spec becomes the thing you actually author. OpenSpec turns &quot;explain what I want&quot; into a reviewable artifact, so you catch the wrong idea before it becomes the wrong PR.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>OpenSpec</category><category>AI</category><category>spec-driven development</category><category>agentic coding</category></item><item><title>Indie hacking in the age of AI</title><link>https://shwrk.com/notes/indie-hacking-in-the-age-of-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shwrk.com/notes/indie-hacking-in-the-age-of-ai/</guid><description>AI made writing and shipping code dramatically easier. The hard parts moved somewhere else: getting into a market and proving your product is actually good.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>indie hacking</category><category>AI</category><category>building in public</category></item><item><title>Building PourMath as an SEO experiment</title><link>https://shwrk.com/notes/building-pourmath-as-an-seo-experiment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shwrk.com/notes/building-pourmath-as-an-seo-experiment/</guid><description>I built PourMath, a set of concrete calculators, partly as a controlled place to test SEO. Here is what I am tuning and what actually moves the needle.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>SEO</category><category>building in public</category><category>PourMath</category></item><item><title>Why I reach for Go with agentic coding</title><link>https://shwrk.com/notes/why-go-with-agentic-coding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shwrk.com/notes/why-go-with-agentic-coding/</guid><description>When an AI agent is writing most of the code, the language matters more, not less. Go&apos;s simplicity, fast compiler, and one obvious way to do things make it a great fit.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Go</category><category>AI</category><category>agentic coding</category></item><item><title>Building LinkStreak, a gamified take on link-in-bio</title><link>https://shwrk.com/notes/building-linkstreak-gamified-link-in-bio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://shwrk.com/notes/building-linkstreak-gamified-link-in-bio/</guid><description>Every link-in-bio tool looked the same to me, a prettier list of links. So I built LinkStreak around streaks, points, and rewards to turn followers into regulars.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>LinkStreak</category><category>building in public</category><category>creators</category></item></channel></rss>