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Naina Chaturvedi's avatar

++ Good Post, Also, start here 100+ Most Asked ML System Design Case Studies and LLM System Design

https://open.substack.com/pub/naina0405/p/bookmark-most-asked-ml-system-design?r=14q3sp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Raghav Mehra's avatar

Love the clarity with which you have explained this system! The steps flow chart is a good way to drive home the idea.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Glad to hear that!

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Brian Mehlman's avatar

Good stuff. Make sure on all steps to consider what AI you choose for what specific workflow steps. It's very important to learn about context window lengths and recent "cross chat" capabilities. I follow a similar approach. One emerging capability. Announced April 10, 2025. Recently, announced by Anthropic. If anyone is curious on this feel free to reach out.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Great point, Brian! Context windows are the reason I use Claude instead of ChatGPT

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Brian Mehlman's avatar

I have tons of good pointers. I've been very prolific on substack. I think solid stuff. But if you ever want to chat power user to power user Id love to chat. Have zoom and enjoy using. I started a book called "The Brain I Built" soon updated the "The Brain 'We' Built" coming later this week.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

let's chat sometime!

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Brian Mehlman's avatar

Definitely. East Coast here. Pretty flexible week. Except Wednesday.

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Dennis Berry's avatar

Awesome framework. I especially love the thinking partnership with Ai. I also created a business strategist for myself. We talk everyday

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Very cool, Dennis! It is really so useful

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Chris Tottman's avatar

Brilliant share Joel ✨ Thanks for publishing. Super helpful for Natan & I

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Sharyph's avatar

This system is brilliant, focusing on activation over accumulation is a pivotal mindset shift.

I love the idea of turning the second brain into a creative workshop.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Thanks, Sharyph! How long did it take you to develop your system?

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Sharyph's avatar

Well, you may know I started around 2022 at that time. I have no idea about any systems... I did what I had to do that day ...then around 2023 I found that creators actually have systems to create content.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Oh wow! I do love the idea of not waiting until you have a proven system to start, just go ahead and launch and iterate as you go

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Aaqiel Pillay's avatar

Love this article - fantastic framework :)

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Sam Illingworth's avatar

Fantastic article Joel, thanks so much for sharing with us, so that we can benefit from your expertise. For me, the key thing here is AI collaboration not delegation. I also wonder how this tracks with people who are used to collaborating vs delegating away from their AI tools as well...

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