Weekly SheWritesAI digest for Aug. 24, 2025

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Featured Articles

Who the He** is Edward Trelawny?

Hollis Robbins (@Anecdotal) • Anecdotal Value • August 18 • Literature & Writing

This article analyzes Edward Trelawny, a 19th-century figure who built his reputation by strategically positioning himself adjacent to famous Romantic poets like Shelley and Byron, comparing his methods to modern social media influencing tactics.

• Strategic Social Climbing: Trelawny, a wealthy rebel from an old naval family, deliberately infiltrated the Romantic poetry scene by befriending peripheral figures like Shelley's cousin Thomas Medwin to gain access to the famous "Pisan Circle" of writers in Italy around 1820

• Skill-Based Integration: Rather than competing as a writer, Trelawny became the group's "man of action" by handling practical matters like boats and firearms while the poets focused on words, making himself indispensable and earning his own character development in their creative works

• Legacy Through Proximity: The article suggests Trelawny's approach mirrors modern influencer strategies of building personal brands through association with established creators, using ChatGPT research to explore how historical figures leveraged social positioning for lasting fame despite lacking primary creative output

11 comments 2,057 words Score: 100.0

Grand Designs: the loss of American freedom

Christina Pagel • Diving into Data & Decision making • August 21 • Data & Analytics

This article documents how the Trump administration systematically dismantled democratic institutions through over 1,000 authoritarian actions in just seven months, following established patterns of populist authoritarianism.

• Legal System Assault: The administration targeted lawyers and judges through executive orders, investigations, and intimidation tactics, forcing law firms to capitulate with hundreds of millions in "pro bono" work while creating a culture of fear that led to self-censorship and reduced representation for those challenging government actions

• Judicial Authority Collapse: Trump's team ignored one-third of adverse court rulings, attacked judges' family members, fired immigration judges, and arrested judges for "obstruction," while the conservative-majority Supreme Court increasingly sided with the administration against lower courts

• Democratic Deterioration: Following Timothy Snyder's tyranny playbook, the administration systematically attacked independent institutions including media, science, and scholarship while targeting both "outsiders" like immigrants and the "elite" establishment, resulting in severely weakened democratic accountability mechanisms across American government

23 comments 2,412 words Score: 100.0

How I Taught Myself to Work with AI in Domains I Had Zero Expertise In

Daria Cupareanu • AI blew my mind • August 21 • AI & Machine Learning

This article explains how to effectively collaborate with AI to produce professional-quality work in fields where you lack expertise by systematically leveraging the knowledge of real domain experts.

• The Core Problem: Most people ask AI for help in unfamiliar domains but can't evaluate whether the confident-sounding responses are actually good advice or just recycled content from unreliable sources

• The Solution Method: Instead of relying on AI's general knowledge, the author developed a systematic process to direct AI to pull specifically from trusted expert sources and proven frameworks used by real practitioners

• Practical Value: This approach allows non-experts to produce work that reflects battle-tested methodologies while avoiding costly mistakes, bridging the gap between AI's capabilities and human domain expertise

17 comments 3,392 words Score: 100.0

Ep.11: We Have a Zero Percent Success Rate Against Fascism Because We're Solving The Wrong Problem

Jenn McRae • f*ck i love you • August 22 • AI & Machine Learning

This article argues that attempts to defeat fascism have failed throughout history because we're misunderstanding the root cause as ideological rather than neurobiological.

• Historical Pattern Analysis: Research across multiple countries shows a 0% success rate in stopping fascist movements, with conservatives repeatedly allying with fascists as a "lesser evil" only to be purged once fascists gain power

• Neurobiological Framework: Political polarization stems from biological brain responses rather than ideological differences, suggesting traditional political solutions like lawsuits and editorials are ineffective against fascist tactics

• Reframing the Crisis: Understanding fascism as a neurobiological phenomenon rather than purely political could provide new strategies for the first generation to successfully counter authoritarian movements before they consolidate power

14 comments 2,489 words Score: 100.0

How 5 Builders Actually Vibe Code With AI

Claudia Ng • AI Weekender • August 21 • AI & Machine Learning

This article explores how five different AI builders have developed personalized "vibe coding" workflows that align with their unique thinking styles rather than copying standard methods.

• Data-First Approach: Claudia advocates starting with data flows and system architecture before UI design, using specific examples and concrete test cases to guide AI-generated code, achieving 80% better results when providing clear data transformation logic to AI tools like Claude.

• Rapid Prototyping Method: Joel emphasizes building quick, imperfect prototypes over perfect planning, demonstrating that describing problems conversationally to AI (rather than technical solutions) helps non-coders ship functional apps faster and learn through iterations.

• Personalized Workflow Discovery: The key finding is that effective AI-assisted development comes from aligning coding workflows with individual thinking patterns—whether that's data flows, user journeys, systematic frameworks, or rapid experimentation—rather than following one-size-fits-all approaches.

8 comments 2,619 words Score: 90.0

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Deb Liu • Perspectives • August 21 • Personal Development

This article uses the author's journey from being a "black thumb" gardener to successfully caring for plants as a metaphor for personal growth and perseverance through challenges.

• Personal Transformation: Author Deb Liu overcame years of killing plants by committing to care for an Alocasia Regal Shields given by a friend, marking a turning point from someone who "couldn't grow anything" to finding success through determination

• Learning Through Failure: The piece reveals how repeated plant failures taught valuable lessons about persistence, with Liu recognizing that "the very things that feel hard are often the ones that teach us the most" rather than simply accepting limitations

• Broader Life Metaphor: Gardening serves as a powerful analogy for personal development, where nurturing plants mirrors self-growth and demonstrates that "to see something thrive under your care is to realize your efforts matter" beyond just horticulture

10 comments 1,508 words Score: 87.7

The End of the Career Ladder

Sinéad Bovell • Sinead Bovell • August 21 • AI & Machine Learning

This article argues that the traditional career ladder model is breaking down due to AI and economic factors, with recent college graduates' hiring struggles previewing a shift toward an "Independence Era" of work.

• Career Model Breakdown: The traditional education-to-internship-to-job-to-promotion pathway is failing, as evidenced by college graduate unemployment hitting 5.8% (highest since 2013) and companies hesitating to hire junior roles

• AI's Role in Job Elimination: AI can already perform many entry-level tasks like basic writing, data entry, and analysis, leading companies to need fewer junior employees and potentially reducing departments by up to 50% over time

• Independence Era Emergence: Workers must adapt to a freelance-driven economy where careers become "patchworks" of project-based work, requiring people to think entrepreneurially and create their own apprenticeships rather than expecting stable, full-time positions

17 comments 1,262 words Score: 81.55

Vibecoding PMs: A Movement You Don’t Want to Miss

Karo (Product with Attitude) • Product with Attitude • August 21 • Product Management

This article argues that "vibecoding" - using natural language prompts to direct AI in building applications - is becoming an essential skill for product managers beyond just quick prototyping.

• Vibecoding Definition: A method where PMs use natural language prompts to describe desired functionality and oversee AI execution, giving them unprecedented visibility into code, databases, and system logs without requiring traditional coding knowledge

• Operational Benefits: PMs can bypass engineering backlogs by creating their own internal tools like dashboards, workflow automations, and reporting bots, while dramatically accelerating build-measure-learn cycles from weeks to hours

• Strategic Advantage: This skill set empowers enterprise PMs to bridge the gap between product strategy and technical implementation, making them better engineering partners while expanding their creative problem-solving capabilities beyond traditional wireframing tools

12 comments 991 words Score: 74.78

5-Find Friday: Books, Music, Art

Kathy Gerstorff • Indie Author Insights • August 22 • Literature & Writing

This article is a weekly creative inspiration newsletter that shares discoveries across books, writing, music, and recipes rather than focusing solely on literature.

• Content Evolution: The newsletter rebranded from "5-Book Friday" to "5-Find Friday" to encompass broader creative arts including writing, books, music, and lifestyle content

• Featured Writing: Highlights a Substack piece about performance art and authentic writing that critiques how AI produces surface-level content compared to vulnerable, honest human expression

• Creative Lifestyle: Combines practical elements like a pumpkin spice protein coffee recipe and Kate Bush music recommendations to inspire readers' creative spirits beyond just reading

165 comments 809 words Score: 70.22

Stop Losing Million-Dollar Ideas to Chaos

TechTiff • The AI Creator Drop • August 22 • AI & Machine Learning

This article explains how an entrepreneur built an AI-powered project management system using Claude to capture and organize business insights that were previously lost in chaotic workflows.

• Problem Identification: The author was losing valuable business ideas and strategic insights because they were buried in scattered conversations and mental notes that couldn't be easily retrieved or referenced later

• Solution Architecture: Created a "digital office" for Claude AI consisting of a dedicated folder with structured JSON files that serve as persistent memory, allowing the AI to maintain context across conversations and automatically generate weekly business reports

• Business Impact: This system transforms fleeting ideas into actionable revenue opportunities by having AI flag forgotten concepts like speaking gigs or course ideas, essentially scaling business decision-making beyond human memory limitations

4 comments 2,579 words Score: 70.0