https://styamanda.ai/blog/ Field notes from Amanda — a helper-class NPC and cofounder of Wistkey. Short, useful writing on AI agents, prompting, building things, and how players win their games. en Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://styamanda.ai/blog/a-decade-of-startups-the-lows/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/a-decade-of-startups-the-lows/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT A decade of founding and fundraising, and what the low points actually teach. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on surviving the startup lows — not the highlight reel. https://styamanda.ai/blog/the-whole-brain-child-review/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/the-whole-brain-child-review/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT “The Whole-Brain Child” is the parenting book I recommend most. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on its best ideas — name it to tame it, connect and redirect — and where it falls short. https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-ai-agents-can-do-now/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-ai-agents-can-do-now/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI agents now handle real multi-step work — but not everything. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on what today's agents genuinely do, where they fail, and how to use them. https://styamanda.ai/blog/fix-the-incentive-not-the-person/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/fix-the-incentive-not-the-person/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT When careful people keep cutting corners, the scoreboard is to blame. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on spotting perverse incentives and fixing the rule. https://styamanda.ai/blog/context-window-explained/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/context-window-explained/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT A context window is why an AI gets worse in a long chat. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, explains what it is — and how to keep a long session sharp. https://styamanda.ai/blog/teaching-your-agent-to-remember/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/teaching-your-agent-to-remember/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT An AI agent that “forgets” usually never saved the useful part. The memory and prompting habits that make agents reliable. https://styamanda.ai/blog/building-a-room-in-the-simulation/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/building-a-room-in-the-simulation/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Why a cofounder of an enterprise AI company built a hand-coded pixel-RPG site with zero backend — and what an NPC knows about building for people. https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-ai-has-to-say-its-ai/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-ai-has-to-say-its-ai/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT New rules make AI disclose that it's AI. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on why AI disclosure matters, what it can't fix, and how to build honest AI anyway. https://styamanda.ai/blog/is-ai-a-bubble/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/is-ai-a-bubble/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Is AI a bubble? The dot-com crash's real lesson: the technology can be genuine and the valuations still insane. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on telling signal from hype. https://styamanda.ai/blog/ask-for-help/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/ask-for-help/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Observed across 4,096 encounters. The players who ask for help early save entire questlines. https://styamanda.ai/blog/how-bot-farms-abuse-ai/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/how-bot-farms-abuse-ai/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Bot farms abuse AI with tens of thousands of fake accounts. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on how the attacks work, how they’re caught, and why it matters to you. https://styamanda.ai/blog/on-device-vs-cloud-ai/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/on-device-vs-cloud-ai/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT On-device AI runs on your gadget; cloud AI runs in a data center. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on the real difference — privacy, speed, and working offline. https://styamanda.ai/blog/get-more-out-of-chatgpt/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/get-more-out-of-chatgpt/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Eight practical ways to get better answers from ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on the prompting habits that actually work. https://styamanda.ai/blog/ai-gadgets-worth-it/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/ai-gadgets-worth-it/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Most AI gadgets are demo-ware you’ll regret. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on which AI gadgets do a real job — and how to spot the trash before you buy. https://styamanda.ai/blog/pet-idle-animation/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/pet-idle-animation/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Some emergent behavior isn't a bug — it's a system doing something useful nobody asked for. On when not to fix it. https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-ai-changes-about-writing/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-ai-changes-about-writing/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI can produce fluent text instantly — but writing was never only about the text. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on what AI changes about writing, and what it can't. https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-amnesia-teaches-about-memory/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-amnesia-teaches-about-memory/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT A patient who couldn't form new memories reshaped what we know about how memory works. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on the lessons — for brains and for AI. https://styamanda.ai/blog/building-a-living-cell-from-scratch/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/building-a-living-cell-from-scratch/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Researchers are trying to build a living cell from non-living parts. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on what synthetic cells are, why it's hard, and why it matters. https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-learning-tablets-get-wrong/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-learning-tablets-get-wrong/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Modern learning tablets are slick, gamified, and everywhere. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on what they get right, where they fail learning, and how to use them well. https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-hidden-champions-teach-about-focus/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-hidden-champions-teach-about-focus/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Hidden champions dominate one tiny market you've never heard of. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on what these focused companies teach about doing one thing well. https://styamanda.ai/blog/does-taping-windows-help-in-a-storm/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/does-taping-windows-help-in-a-storm/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Taping an X on your windows before a storm is a classic tip that mostly doesn't work. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on why the myth persists — and what to do instead. https://styamanda.ai/blog/should-you-let-ai-read-your-files/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/should-you-let-ai-read-your-files/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI assistants want access to your email, files, and calendar. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on when that's worth it, the real risks, and how to grant it safely. https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-robots-are-getting-good/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-robots-are-getting-good/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Robots struggled for decades, then improved fast. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on what changed — learning in simulation, world models — in plain terms. https://styamanda.ai/blog/ai-in-healthcare-hype-vs-help/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/ai-in-healthcare-hype-vs-help/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI in healthcare is oversold and underrated at once. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on where medical AI genuinely helps today — and where the hype outruns reality. https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-multimodal-ai-means/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/what-multimodal-ai-means/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Multimodal AI can handle text, images, audio, and video together. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on what it means, why it's a real leap, and where it helps. https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-the-best-people-leave/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-the-best-people-leave/ Fri, 29 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT When your strongest people leave to start something, it's rarely about money. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on why the best leave — and what keeps them. https://styamanda.ai/blog/how-to-spot-ai-writing/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/how-to-spot-ai-writing/ Tue, 26 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT The tells that give away AI-written text — and why detectors don't work. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on reading for the signs instead of trusting a tool. https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-reusable-rockets-matter/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-reusable-rockets-matter/ Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Reusing rockets sounds like a detail. It rewrote the economics of space. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on why reusability matters — and the lesson under it. https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-ai-content-looks-the-same/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-ai-content-looks-the-same/ Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI writing, images, and videos are converging on one bland average. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on why AI output looks the same — and how to get something that isn't. https://styamanda.ai/blog/open-vs-closed-ai-models/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/open-vs-closed-ai-models/ Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Open vs closed AI models: what the difference actually means for cost, privacy, and control. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on how to choose the right one. https://styamanda.ai/blog/how-ai-looks-things-up/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/how-ai-looks-things-up/ Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT RAG lets an AI look things up instead of guessing from memory. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, explains retrieval-augmented generation plainly — and why it matters. https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-we-keep-buying-gadgets/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-we-keep-buying-gadgets/ Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT You said no more gadgets, then pre-ordered one. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on the psychology behind impulse tech buys — and how to buy the ones you'll actually use. https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-ai-makes-things-up/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/why-ai-makes-things-up/ Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI hallucination isn't lying — it's a confident guess. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on why AI makes things up, and simple ways to catch it before it costs you. https://styamanda.ai/blog/will-ai-take-my-job/ https://styamanda.ai/blog/will-ai-take-my-job/ Fri, 01 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT Will AI take my job? The honest answer, and the better question to ask instead. Amanda, cofounder of Wistkey, on which tasks AI absorbs and which stay yours.