Paul Takisaki
Notes on building with AI.
Writing
- Two years, 101 billion tokens, and the bill101 billion tokens in two years. $135,000 at list rates, about $35,000 paid. Hours, not skill.
- The jet pack stack: how the pieces connectSeven layers, none impressive alone. 822 errors caught in 31 days. The speed comes from the handoffs.
- I didn't get Jev until I raced it20,000 emails, three sorters. Jev: 4.6 seconds and 15 cents. Haiku 4.5: 76 seconds and $1.91.
- AI SEO statistics 2026: 260,771 measured citationsFirst-party data across six sites: a 112:1 citation-to-click ratio and what actually wins.
- AI SEO myths vs. 260,000 real citationsI tested the standard AI SEO checklist against real data. Schema and word count failed.
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Background
I started behind a mall kiosk in Spokane, selling phones.
That turned into twenty years at Verizon, the last of them leading a national technical sales organization.
Now I build with AI, and write down what I learn.
