Interview prep, in writing.
Tactics, frameworks, and product notes from the team building Sottos. Long-form work that hangs around longer than a tweet.
Job SearchMay 18, 2026· 4 min readAI Resume Tailoring per Job: What Actually Works
Sending the same resume to two hundred jobs is over. Here's the per-posting tailoring workflow that lifted reply rates 3.4× in our test — what to change, what to leave alone, what to never let the AI rewrite.
InterviewingMay 18, 2026· 5 min readCluely vs Interview Coder vs Sottos: Honest 2026 Compare
We installed Cluely, Interview Coder, and Sottos, ran twelve mock loops on each, and recorded what actually shipped useful answers under realistic interview pressure.
InterviewingMay 18, 2026· 4 min readHow to Use AI in Coding Interviews Without Cheating
A line exists between AI-assisted preparation and AI quietly running the interview. Here's where we draw it, why, and how to use a copilot like Sottos on the right side of it.
InterviewingMay 18, 2026· 5 min readAI for System Design Interviews: 6 Walkthroughs
Six classic system design prompts, solved live with the Sottos overlay watching the whiteboard. Includes the exact structure each walkthrough follows and what a defensible answer looks like.
Job SearchMay 18, 2026· 4 min readLazyApply vs Sonara vs Sottos · Apply: 30-Day Test
We ran LazyApply, Sonara, and Sottos · Apply for thirty days on the same candidate profile and counted real recruiter replies. Here's the methodology, the numbers, and which one we'd ship to a real job hunt.