Ryan Cole

Indie hacker & solo dev building deterministic AI agents & automation tools.

Joined on Oct 1, 2026 https://ancuboy.gumroad.com

Ryan Cole

Oct 12

I audited 27 of my own AI prompts. 22 of them were broken.

#llm #productivity #programming

3 min read

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Ryan Cole

Oct 12

I shipped 29 products and made $0: the traffic post-mortem nobody posts

#indiehackers #marketing #sideprojects #startup

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 12

Stop writing prompts like prose: the 4-part contract that kills LLM drift

#ai #llm #productivity #programming

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 12

Zero-downtime AI: how to build a multi-model failover router (n8n + Python)

#ai #automation #n8n #llm

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 12

The "empty response" bug that quietly breaks a third of production scrapers (and a 20-line fix)

#webdev #python #automation #webscraping

4 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 11

Mastering GUM-PROMPT-01: Prompt Engineering for Automated Code Refactoring

#devto #promptengineering #coderefactoring #gumroad

4 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 11

Designing biotech & cyber motion plates that loop cleanly (and where most DNA/shield loops break)

2 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 11

Building a seamless-loop motion library for B2B tech (fintech, biotech, cyber) — and why loops break

2 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 11

The 4 Things That Kill AI Agents in Production (and the Runtime That Survives Them)

2 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 11

How to Harden Vibe-Coded Next.js 15 & Bolt.new Apps for Production (Supabase RLS + Stripe Webhooks)

#webdev #nextjs #ai #security

4 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 9

Production Web Scraping in 2026: 3 Architectural Patterns to Bypass Cloudflare and Anti-Bots

#python #webdev #programming #ai

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 9

From Vibe Coding Prototype to Production: 4 Critical Architectural Fixes for Next.js 15 SaaS MVPs

#saas

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 9

Building a Production Multi-Model AI Router in Python: Auto-Failover, Latency Routing, and Zero Token Drift

#productivity

5 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 8

How We Structured Next.js 15 App Router + Supabase Auth with Zero Leaks

#webdev #nextjs #programming

6 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 8

Eliminating the $50/mo Scraper SaaS: A Production Python & n8n Extraction Architecture

#python #webdev #ai

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 5

Why AI Coding Agents Can't Grade Their Own Homework: Building an Out-of-Context Test Gate in Python

#ai #programming #python #devops

4 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 5

The Production Agent Prompt Bank: 10 Strict System Prompts & Schema Shields That Stop LLM Drift

#ai #programming #python #automation

5 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 5

Building Resilient n8n AI Workflows: A 12-Node Architecture for Zero-Downtime Lead Qualification

#productivity

4 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 5

Web Scraping at Scale Without the $99–$250/Month API Bill

#automation #python #webscraping #productivity

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 5

How to Run AI Agents at $0/Month in 2026: Free Frontier LLM APIs + a Local Failover Router

#agents #ai #architecture #llm

2 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 4

5 JSON Schemas That Stop AI Coding Agents From Shipping Garbage

#devops #ai #programming #python

2 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 4

Stop Paying $99/Month for a Scraper You Can Own: A Modular Python B2B Lead Extractor

#webdev #automation #python #ai

2 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 3

How I Cut $100/Month of Zapier Spend by Qualifying Inbound Leads in n8n (BANT Scoring, Self-Hosted)

#automation #productivity #ai #python

3 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 2

How to Build a Resilient B2B Lead Scraper in Python (Without Paying $99/Mo for Scraping SaaS)

#productivity #python #automation #webdev

4 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 2

How to Build a Zero-Downtime Multi-Model AI Router in n8n (Claude 3.5 + GPT-4o + DeepSeek Failover)

#ai #architecture #automation #llm

5 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 1

Why 90% of AI Coding Agents Fail in Production (And the 25 Deterministic Skills to Fix Them)

#ai #programming #python #devops

5 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 1

How to Build Autonomous AI Agents with 100% Free Frontier LLMs ($0 OPEX Architecture)

#python #ai #llm #automation

6 min read

Ryan Cole

Oct 1

Why 90% of AI Coding Agents Fail in Production (And the 25 Deterministic Skills to Fix Them)

#ai #programming #python #devops

5 min read

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I audited 27 of my own AI prompts. 22 of them were broken.

Want to connect with Ryan Cole?

I shipped 29 products and made $0: the traffic post-mortem nobody posts

Stop writing prompts like prose: the 4-part contract that kills LLM drift

Zero-downtime AI: how to build a multi-model failover router (n8n + Python)

The "empty response" bug that quietly breaks a third of production scrapers (and a 20-line fix)

Mastering GUM-PROMPT-01: Prompt Engineering for Automated Code Refactoring

Designing biotech & cyber motion plates that loop cleanly (and where most DNA/shield loops break)

Building a seamless-loop motion library for B2B tech (fintech, biotech, cyber) — and why loops break

The 4 Things That Kill AI Agents in Production (and the Runtime That Survives Them)

How to Harden Vibe-Coded Next.js 15 & Bolt.new Apps for Production (Supabase RLS + Stripe Webhooks)

Production Web Scraping in 2026: 3 Architectural Patterns to Bypass Cloudflare and Anti-Bots

From Vibe Coding Prototype to Production: 4 Critical Architectural Fixes for Next.js 15 SaaS MVPs

Building a Production Multi-Model AI Router in Python: Auto-Failover, Latency Routing, and Zero Token Drift

How We Structured Next.js 15 App Router + Supabase Auth with Zero Leaks

Eliminating the $50/mo Scraper SaaS: A Production Python & n8n Extraction Architecture

Why AI Coding Agents Can't Grade Their Own Homework: Building an Out-of-Context Test Gate in Python

The Production Agent Prompt Bank: 10 Strict System Prompts & Schema Shields That Stop LLM Drift

Building Resilient n8n AI Workflows: A 12-Node Architecture for Zero-Downtime Lead Qualification

Web Scraping at Scale Without the $99–$250/Month API Bill

How to Run AI Agents at $0/Month in 2026: Free Frontier LLM APIs + a Local Failover Router

5 JSON Schemas That Stop AI Coding Agents From Shipping Garbage

Stop Paying $99/Month for a Scraper You Can Own: A Modular Python B2B Lead Extractor

How I Cut $100/Month of Zapier Spend by Qualifying Inbound Leads in n8n (BANT Scoring, Self-Hosted)

How to Build a Resilient B2B Lead Scraper in Python (Without Paying $99/Mo for Scraping SaaS)

How to Build a Zero-Downtime Multi-Model AI Router in n8n (Claude 3.5 + GPT-4o + DeepSeek Failover)

Why 90% of AI Coding Agents Fail in Production (And the 25 Deterministic Skills to Fix Them)

How to Build Autonomous AI Agents with 100% Free Frontier LLMs ($0 OPEX Architecture)

Why 90% of AI Coding Agents Fail in Production (And the 25 Deterministic Skills to Fix Them)