Engineer. Founder of Cruxly.
Alex Bezrukov
I write about AI, software engineering,
learning systems and productivity.
Writing
Latest articles
- July 16, 2026Why Small Teams Outpace Large OnesFewer people isn't a speed secret on its own. Here are the three structural reasons a small team outruns a large one, and which of them AI actually amplifies.
- July 15, 2026AI Chat with PDF: How to Work with Large Documents Using AIA 300-page report, a forty-clause contract, a research paper with a dense reference list: manually searching with Ctrl+F is no longer the only option. Here's how AI chat with a document actually works, when you can trust it, when you have to verify it, and what to do with genuinely huge or scanned PDFs.
- July 15, 2026Focus and Deep Work in the Age of AI DistractionsThe ability to hold attention on one hard task is getting rarer, not more common, at exactly the moment AI tools made switching attention easier than ever. Here's what deep work actually is at the level of attention mechanics, where AI fits into it, and how to train focus as a skill instead of relying on a one-off act of willpower.
Building
Projects
- 2026CruxlyAn AI tool that turns YouTube videos and PDF documents into short summaries you can then question through an integrated AI chat.
- 2026PlanioA web app for on-site tradespeople (plumbers, electricians, appliance repair techs) that replaces notebooks and scattered messaging with one place for bookings, scheduling, and income tracking.
Who's behind this
About me
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10+ years in software engineering
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Building AI products
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Writing about learning systems