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Zain Kahn

I think developers who don't use Claude Code are falling behind.

Here's everything you need to get started:

Newsletters:

1. THE CODE
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2. Every
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3. JP
https://lnkd.in/d48UYbzZ

4. Joe Njenga
https://lnkd.in/diYv-GuA

5. Why Senior Engineers Who Master Claude Code Will Leave Their Competition Behind
https://lnkd.in/dNQviZNA

6. A Guide to Claude Code 2.0 and getting better at using coding agents
https://lnkd.in/dpbgawUQ

 Long Courses:

1. Claude Code: A Highly Agentic Coding Assistant
https://lnkd.in/dF6XyF4w

2. Claude Code in Action
https://lnkd.in/dCgmg2va

3. Claude Code for Everyone
https://lnkd.in/dXQ5U9d8

4. Claude Code: Software Engineering with AI Agents
https://lnkd.in/dj5KPMUd

Github Repos:

1. Claude-code-cheat-sheet
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2. Claude-code-template
https://lnkd.in/dgmqrp5y

3. Awesome-claude-skills
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4. Awesome-claude-code-subagents
https://lnkd.in/dwabN-VX

5. Awesome-mcp-servers
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6. Claude-code-workflows
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7. Vibe-coding-playbook
https://lnkd.in/d3xqXDZr

 Youtube Tutorials:

1. Claude Code Setup and Installation
https://lnkd.in/dhK5tKNy

2. Claude Code is crazy good in 2026
https://lnkd.in/daXHQrWj

3. My Claude Code Workflow for 2026
https://lnkd.in/dVPdn3G6

4. Claude Code Skills: Automate Everything You Do
https://lnkd.in/d7ah3v6C

5. Build with Multiple AI Agents using Claude Code
https://lnkd.in/d-ez3kAH

6. Build an AI Life Co-Pilot with Claude Code
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Creators to Follow:

1. Ray Amjad
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2. Joe Njenga
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3. Daniel Avila
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4. Alex Finn
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5. Thariq
https://x.com/trq212

6. Boris Cherny
https://x.com/bcherny

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Michael Pedersen

Revenue Growth | Emotion-Based Brand Messaging To 3x Your Revenues | Bridging the gap between sales and marketing

High-pressure phone sales teams lose 30%-40% when recovery takes longer than the next dial.

DecideFast™ Between-Calls Performance Stability Software 
"Tough calls don’t crash the day.”

"DecideFast™ runs alongside your existing tech. 
No integration required.
No coaching.
No training.
No workflow changes.
No IT involvement.

Teams do not fade because of skill or effort. They fade because timing breaks under pressure.

Training happens before the shift.
Coaching happens after the shift.
Dashboards explain the problem once the day is already lost.

Nothing supports recovery in the seconds after a call, when performance actually drops.

That is the gap DecideFast™ fills.

DecideFast™ compresses after-call recovery so each interaction starts clean.

Used in seconds.

No management overhead.

See fast after-call recovery live. 
No slides. No pitch.

CEO & Founder

Does your website convert? When was the last time you gave it a refresh? How does it compare to your competitors?

Your company website is your brand on the Internet. An under-performing and outdated website will cost you revenues. 

Let’s jump on a discovery call to see if we are good fit to work together 

Visit: www.AZNetmarketing.com or 
Email: mike@aznetmarketing.com

Most phone sales teams don’t struggle because of tools, talent, or effort.

They struggle because daily output isn’t predictable.

Same team.
Same dialer.
Same leads.

One day hits.
The next day misses.

That inconsistency creates real downstream problems.

• Managers spend their afternoons intervening instead of managing
• Clients feel the instability before reports ever show it
• Forecasts become guesses, even with solid activity data

The dialer does its job.
Activity is optimized.

What changes is execution as the day wears on.

Pressure accumulates.
Judgment slips.
Tone changes.
Small drops compound across dozens of calls.

Most systems measure results after this happens.
They were never designed to stabilize performance while it’s forming.

That gap is why output feels harder to control than it should.

Mike Pedersen

High Call-Volume Teams Lose 30-40% Output After Lunch | Between-Calls Performance Software That Makes Afternoons Perform Like Mornings | No Manager Intervention. No Training. No IT. No Workflow Changes.

After Call Work looks fine on dashboards.

It’s killing output in reality.

Reps finish a hard call.
✅ They log notes.
✅ They click dispositions.
✅ They pause.

🚫 That pause turns into hesitation.
🚫 Hesitation turns into slower dials.
🚫 Slower dials turn into crushed afternoons.

Leaders see:
 • ACW implemented
 • Systems configured
 • Activity targets set

But still spend the day reacting.
ACW tracks tasks.
It doesn’t stabilize execution.

If nobody owns what happens between calls, consistency erodes even when everything looks “set up correctly.”

That gap is where performance quietly breaks.

Solution providers sell “performance software.”

Here's my problem with it.

Most of it measures. Almost none of it improves execution/outcomes.
Here’s the line that gets blurred.

What most companies call performance:
➡️ Dashboards
➡️ Reports
➡️ Visibility
➡️ Retrospective analysis

Trends after the outcome is locked.
That is measurement.
Measurement explains what already happened (lagging indicators).

What performance actually is
✅ Execution under pressure
✅ Consistency as conditions deteriorate
✅ Output holding when rejection stacks up
✅ Results changing in real time

I come from an athletic background (a full-ride D1 college scholarship).
Track and field. Javelin, then Decathlon. Attempted to make an Olympic team.

➡️ Performance was never the quality of the data.
➡️ Performance was the clock. The distance. The placing.
➡️ You didn’t win because practice was tracked better.
➡️ You won because execution improved.
➡️ Coaching works, but not in the moment of pressure between calls.

Phone sales work the same way.
If execution doesn’t change between calls, performance doesn’t change.
If nothing stabilizes execution during the day, afternoons break.

If tools only explain losses after the fact, they are not performance tools.
Measurement tells you what happened.
Performance determines what happens next.

This is why DecideFast™ sits in performance stability.
We operate where execution actually breaks.
Between calls. Under pressure. In real time.
✅ It does not measure outcomes after they fall.
✅ It stabilizes execution while work is happening.
That distinction is the whole point.

It's time companies focus on outcomes, not just measurement.

If you’re an inside sales leader and output is still off, you fix it. You don’t keep buying dashboards.

Phone-based sales operations lose 30% of daily output after lunch.

The pattern appears across teams, industries, and tech stacks.

What operations leaders see:
✅ Strong morning dial rates.
🚫 Declining afternoon production.
➡️ Same reps. Same leads. Same hour count.

What the metrics show:
✅ First-half call volume: 12-13 per hour
🚫 Second-half call volume: 8-9 per hour
🚫 Conversion rates: drop proportionally
✅ Manager intervention: increases 3 PM onward

What this represents operationally:
⬇️ 30% of capacity unused every afternoon.
⬇️ Full payroll expense. Reduced output delivery.
⬇️ Forecast misses despite effort increases.

Standard fixes don't address it:
🚫 Better list quality doesn't prevent the decline.
🚫 Script improvements don't maintain afternoon pace.
🚫 Incentive adjustments don't change the pattern.
🚫 Additional coaching doesn't stabilize output.

Because the constraint isn't in those areas:
➡️ Training builds capability over weeks.
➡️ Coaching refines execution over days.
➡️ Dialers optimize connection rates continuously.
➡️ CRMs track activity after it occurs.

None operate in the moments between calls when one difficult interaction affects the next four attempts.

That's where the 30% disappears.

That's the operational gap costing seven figures annually.

It's time to stop normalizing 30% drops and fix it.

Inside Sales Leaders:

Your dashboard is red. Again.

12 calls/hour this morning. 8 calls/hour right now.
Same reps. Same leads. Different output.

You know exactly when it started.

That brutal rejection at 1:47 PM. The one where the prospect hung up mid-sentence. Your rep stared at the screen for 12 seconds. Dialer queued the next call. Rep wasn't ready.

That call tanked the next four.

You watched it happen. You couldn't stop it.

Every. Single. Day.

DecideFast™ operates in those 8 seconds.

Between one call ending and the next connecting. Where your rep either clears what happened or carries it forward.

Pilot teams: Afternoons now match mornings.

If you're done watching 30% disappear daily, let's talk.

DM me. 10 minutes.

I spent an hour reading call center Reddit threads.

Reps aren't complaining about their CRM. They're not asking for more training. They're not asking for better scripts.

Here's what they're actually saying:
➡️ "We need 1-2 minutes between calls. This shit is not right."
➡️ "Back to back calls with no time to recover - even 5 minutes without one was rare, and when it happened I felt relieved."
➡️ "Our after-call time is 10 seconds. If we had 3-5 minutes between calls it would be way more bearable."
➡️ "Max allowed between calls is 4 seconds."
➡️ "I literally have 5 SECONDS between calls. It's hell."

The problem isn't the calls.
It's what happens between them.

Notice what they're NOT asking for: More coaching. More training. Better tools.
They need recovery between calls. That's it.

How long do we keep normalizing this?

🚫 A 100-rep team losing 30% output after lunch is burning $1.2M+ annually in wasted payroll. Same people. Same pay. 70% productivity.

Companies are paying for coaching platforms they don't use. Training programs they forget. Software they ignore.

🚫 Meanwhile, the actual problem costs companies $1.2M per 100 reps. Every year.

They pay for 8 hours, and get 5.5 hours of output. Every day. Every month. Every year.

➡️ 14-Day, contained tests. Your data. Your choice. Contact me if you want to stop normalizing this.

The One Moment No Phone Sales Tech Stack Covers

Between-Calls.

These moments during the phone sales day explain why performance breaks even when everything appears to be in order.

It is the only moment no system owns.
Dialers move the next call. CRMs log the last one. Nothing is responsible for what carries from one interaction into the next.

It is the only moment managers cannot scale into.
A manager can step in after the damage is visible. They cannot be present in the seconds between every call across dozens of reps.

It is the only moment dashboards cannot see.
Dashboards show outcomes after execution already changed. They never show the hesitation, tone shift, or pace decay forming between calls.

It is the only moment where one interaction affects the next.
A harsh rejection does not stay isolated. Without clearing, it alters the next conversation, then the next, then the next.

It is the only moment that explains same-day instability without blaming reps.
The capability is proven in the morning. The breakdown happens later because carryover compounds, not because reps forgot how to sell.

That moment sits between calls.

DecideFast™ is a between-calls stability performance software for phone-based sales teams, designed to prevent output decline throughout the day. 
Not training. Not coaching. No IT lift. No workflow change. 

Used in the seconds after a tough call to clear the carryover fast and maintain dial pace and next call success.

We are executing low-risk, 14-day, 25-rep contained tests to stabilize afternoons for phone sales teams. 

Let's talk if you want to hit your afternoon numbers and have your managers intervene less.

30–45% annual attrition in phone sales. 20–40% afternoon output decline.

Every year. Every floor. Industry-wide.

If a manufacturing plant lost 35% of its operators annually and produced 25% less output after lunch, the operation would be shut down.

In phone sales, it gets a line item in the budget.

Detection would follow measurement. If afternoon throughput consistently runs 20 percent below morning throughput, that pattern would be identified, named, and quantified. Not absorbed. Not averaged away. Named as a recurring condition with a measurable cost. 

Nobody caused this. Nobody's proud of it. But everybody normalized it.

The question worth asking isn't who's responsible. It's why the industry stopped looking for a solution.

I wrote something every phone sales leader should read — and pass to their CFO.

Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gT8ssJaE

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