Connor FinlaysonHey, I'm Connor.
I'm a software developer and a Kiwi living in Ottawa. I build apps, websites and automations, for myself and for clients.
This is where I write things down. Mostly AI right now: how it works, where it helps, and where it could go wrong. I explain it the way I wish someone had explained it to me.
Latest posts
All posts- AI labs want to be worth trillions. Open models give away the recipe.OpenAI and Anthropic want to be worth trillions, while open models like Kimi K3.1 Pro now come close for half the price. Here's what open vs closed AI means, and why I think everyone has a price.
- A company you've never heard of got hacked. That's not the scary part.Railway, a platform that runs apps for other companies, was hacked this week. The bigger worry is what it says about the everyday apps you use and trust.
- Why I'm writing my notes hereI learn best by writing things down in the simplest words I can. So this site is now my notebook, mostly about AI for now.
What I do
- StudioMVMP Labs My studio. We help businesses adapt to the AI era.
- Marketplace · 2018 to nowUnicorn Factory New Zealand's largest freelancer marketplace. I founded it and still oversee it.
- Channel · 19k+ subscribersYouTube Videos on building things with no-code and AI.
- Hobby projectThe Running Directory Races and run clubs across Canada, and where I test new AI tools on real traffic.
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