What services does Leantonio Nelson offer?

I offer product strategy, technical leadership, digital transformation consulting, AI-powered solution development, and full-stack engineering services.

How can I contact Leantonio Nelson?

You can contact me via email at mail@leantonio.me or through LinkedIn and Twitter.

What is Leantonio Nelson's experience?

I have 15+ years of experience in product management, software engineering, and digital strategy, working with companies like Tonic, RadioCentre, and various enterprise clients.

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

09:31 PM UTC

A curated collection across technology, design, AI, innovation, strategy, future thinking, science, philosophy, psychology, and health – plus my thoughts on software development and digital transformation.

Building a Living Newsfeed for the Age of Automation

A reflection on curation, intelligence, and the evolution of digital authority. An experiment in how far automation can go before it begins to resemble discernment.

Leantonio Nelson•Nov 3, 2025

My Articles

Original thoughts on software development, digital strategy, and more

My Article

A Marketer's Guide to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

The world of search is undergoing a seismic shift. With the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Gemini, the game has a new objective: not just to be on the list, but to be the source of the answer itself.

Leantonio Nelson•Sep 30, 2025

My Article

Project Management in the Age of AI: Why Sprints and Rapid Prototyping Are Winning

For decades, project management has been weighed down by heavyweight methodologies. In the age of AI, the fastest cycle of making and remaking isn't a nice-to-have methodology. It's the only one that survives.

Leantonio Nelson•Sep 24, 2025

My Article

Digital Clarity: Quick Wins SMEs Can Action Today (With AI Prompts You Can Copy and Paste)

Practical digital improvements for small and medium enterprises, with ready-to-use AI prompts for immediate implementation.

Leantonio Nelson•Sep 11, 2025

My Article

Why Your Website Needs to Think: Embracing AI Overviews and AI Mode

Web browsing is no longer a linear journey through menus and links. Today's users expect instant, context-aware answers the moment they ask a question. Google's AI Overviews and its experimental AI Mode are accelerating that shift, and they're changing how we must design every website.

Leantonio Nelson•Aug 1, 2025

My Article

Orchestrating Intelligence: The New Art of Software Engineering

Software engineering today is less about writing lines of code and more about orchestrating intelligence to solve human problems. In an era when the distinction between human intuition and machine learning grows ever more subtle, true mastery lies not in language syntax but in our capacity to envision how AI can transform lives.

Leantonio Nelson•Jul 5, 2025

My Article

Designing from the Middle: A Philosophy of Presence in Product and Code

When people ask about my approach to design and development, I often say I work from the middle. It's not a slogan, it's the most accurate way I can describe how I make decisions. The middle is a point of presence, a place where competing forces can be held together without collapsing into extremes.

Leantonio Nelson•Jul 1, 2025

My Article

Generative UI: From Static Interfaces to Living Experiences

Imagine interfaces that adapt and evolve in real-time, crafting personalized experiences for every user. Generative UI transforms static screens into living, intelligent systems that learn, respond, and grow with each interaction.

Leantonio Nelson•Jun 26, 2025

My Article

Ready, Fire, Aim: Harnessing Action and AI for Rapid Progress

In an age defined by velocity, the traditional wisdom of "Ready, Aim, Fire" feels increasingly out of sync. Here's how "Ready, Fire, Aim" with AI as your co-pilot enables rapid learning and real-world feedback.

Leantonio Nelson•May 27, 2025

My Article

Why I Don't Niche Down (And Why That's a Strength)

In an industry that values specialisation, being a generalist is often viewed as a weakness. But I've found that connecting disciplines and moving fluidly between design, development, strategy, and execution creates unique value.

Leantonio Nelson•Apr 8, 2025

My Article

My Process for Turning a Blank Canvas into a Working Prototype in 24 Hours

A look into my process for rapidly moving from a brief to a functional prototype in 24 hours, focusing on clarity, direction, and momentum by reducing friction and using the right tools and mindset.

Leantonio Nelson•Mar 12, 2025

My Article

Evaluating and Choosing a "Reasonable Extreme" in Technical Creative Ideation

Discover how creative technologists can identify and select ideas that push boundaries while remaining practical. Explore the balance between innovation and feasibility in technical creative ideation.

Leantonio Nelson•Feb 14, 2025

My Article

How I Use AI to Build Faster, Think Deeper, and Stay Human

AI is a core part of my workflow, acting as a multiplier for skill, not a replacement. I use it to get to the good stuff faster, remove friction, and enhance creative thinking, all while keeping human judgment at the center.

Leantonio Nelson•Jan 25, 2025

My Article

What I Look for Before Writing a Line of Code

The most expensive problems in digital projects aren't technical, they're strategic. Before writing code, I focus on clarity, validation, and alignment to ensure we're building the right thing, in the right way, at the right time.

Leantonio Nelson•Dec 10, 2024

My Article

Personal Reflection: Embracing Change and Failing Fast with AI in Software Development

AI-powered tools have transformed software development by enhancing creativity, streamlining workflows, and fostering a fail-fast approach, allowing developers to adapt quickly and innovate more effectively.

Leantonio Nelson•Oct 30, 2024

My Article

Crafting Evolution: The Symbiotic Odyssey of Humanity and Technology

The journey of human progress is inextricably linked with technological innovation. This article explores the symbiotic relationship between humanity and technology, highlighting how each shapes the other in a continuous cycle of development and adaptation.

Leantonio Nelson•Sep 15, 2024

My Article

Bridging the Gap: Integrating Empathy into UX Design

Empathy in UX design means understanding user motivations and frustrations to create products that genuinely resonate. It involves active listening, observation, and iteration to build intuitive and supportive digital experiences.

Leantonio Nelson•Aug 1, 2024

My Article

Designing UX for an AI-Driven Future

Large language models are upending traditional graphical user interface paradigms, ushering in an era where users will naturally converse with intelligent AI assistants through voice and text inputs, requiring user experience designers to radically rethink interaction models for this conversational AI future.

Leantonio Nelson•Jul 20, 2024

My Article

Digital Transformation: Embracing the Technological Revolution in Business

Digital transformation reshapes industries by deeply integrating digital solutions into operations, customer engagement, and culture, focusing on innovation, enhanced customer experience, operational agility, workforce empowerment, and robust cybersecurity to maintain competitiveness in the digital era.

Leantonio Nelson•Jun 15, 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Machine intelligence, automation, and human-AI systems

SHARP

The model, called SHARP, can reconstruct a photorealistic 3D scene from a single image in under a second. Here are some examples.

Apple.github.io•2 days ago•

Modular: The path to Mojo 1.0

While we are excited about this milestone, this of course won’t be the end of Mojo development! Some commonly requested capabilities for more general systems programming won’t be completed for 1.0, such as a robust async programming model and support for private members. Read below for more information on that!

Modular•Dec 7, 2025•

The latest AI news we announced in November

Here are Google’s latest AI updates from November 2025

Blog.google•Dec 6, 2025•

Multi-gigawatt AI campuses are draining billions annually

Techradar•Dec 6, 2025•

Google’s AI model is getting really good at spoofing phone photos

We’re cooked.

Theverge•Dec 5, 2025•

NVIDIA debuts first open reasoning AI for self-driving vehicles

NVIDIA unveils first open reasoning AI for autonomous vehicles and new tools for robotics, speech, and AI safety.

Interestingengineering•Dec 5, 2025•

OpenAI's GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog

GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is now rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. Availability in GitHub Copilot OpenAI’s GPT-5.1-Codex-Max will be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise. You’ll be able…

Github.blog•Dec 5, 2025•

Addressing security and quality issues with MCP tools in AI Agent - Vercel

Use mcp-to-ai-sdk to generate MCP tools directly into your project. Gain security, reliability, and prompt-tuned control while avoiding dynamic MCP risks.

Vercel•Dec 5, 2025•

tencent/HunyuanWorld-Voyager · Hugging Face

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

Huggingface.co•Dec 5, 2025•

Google Antigravity

Google Antigravity - Build the new way

Antigravity.google•Dec 5, 2025•

Lux - The World’s Best Foundation Computer-Use Model

Lux is the world’s best foundation computer-use model, achieving an 83.6 score on Online-Mind2Web — outperforming OpenAI Operator, Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4, and Google Gemini CUA. Built by researchers from MIT, CMU, and UIUC, Lux executes actions in 1 second and costs 10× less than competing models. Available via API and SDK, Lux operates across any desktop app and enables developers to build fast, reliable, and cost-efficient agentic applications using Actor, Thinker, and Tasker modes. Powered by OpenAGI’s agentic active pre-training technology.

Agiopen.org•Dec 5, 2025•

Google Launches Code Wiki, an AI-Driven System for Continuous, Interactive Code Documentation

Google has introduced Code Wiki, a new platform designed to keep software documentation continuously synchronized with the code it describes. The system generates a structured wiki for each repository, automatically updates it after every change, and powers an integrated chat interface that understands the entire codebase.

Infoq•Dec 5, 2025•

Meet the new Chinese vibe coding app that's so popular, one of its tools crashed

LingGuang, Ant Group's vibe coding app, surged to over 2 million downloads in days. Its flash-program tool briefly crashed from excessive usage.

Businessinsider•Dec 5, 2025•

Technology

Engineering, development, tools, and infrastructure

TECHNOLOGY

Autofocus glasses watch your eyes, and shift their focus accordingly

Finnish startup IXI is on a mission to reinvent what eyewear can be, and it now seems to be just a step away from turning that vision into reality. The company's autofocus glasses are currently in the final stages of development before their official launch.

Newatlas•Dec 7, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

Proxmox delivers its software-defined datacenter contender

: New ‘Datacenter Manager’ manages VMs across multiple sites or clusters

Theregister•Dec 6, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

This humanoid robot learned to walk in just 48 hours

Designed for industrial, domestic and service tasks, the robot aims to address labour shortages, physically demanding work, and unpaid domestic care.

Euronews•Dec 6, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

Google's Antigravity beats VS Code at its own game

VS Code has serious competition

Xda Developers•Dec 5, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.

Today, we’re introducing a way for Quick Share to work with AirDrop.

Blog.google•Dec 5, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip now helps people move robotic limbs

The device is still in clinical trials.

Euronews•Dec 5, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

China develops world's first robot that can tie shoelaces

China's ByteDance on Tuesday introduced a reinforcement learning model that enables robots to reliably handle longer, more delicate tasks outside the laboratory.The model boosts the success rate of threading shoelaces to 83 percent, whereas a robot trained

News.cgtn•Dec 5, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

what are musk, zuckerberg and bezos’ robot dogs doing at art basel miami?

Designboom•Dec 5, 2025•

TECHNOLOGY

OpenAI's GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog

Github.blog•Dec 5, 2025•

Design

The creative and human layer of technology

DESIGN

AG Grid: High-Performance React Grid, Angular Grid, JavaScript Grid

AG Grid is a feature-rich Data Grid for all major JavaScript frameworks, offering filtering, grouping, pivoting, and more. Free and open-source. Upgrade to Enterprise for advanced features.

Ag Grid•Dec 6, 2025•

DESIGN

What Adobe's New AI Assistant Can Teach Frontend Developers

Developer Navya Agarwal on how adding accessibility into products from the start can help users and frontend developers.

Thenewstack.io•Dec 6, 2025•

DESIGN

Pantone's 'Cloud Dancer' Sparks Design Innovation for 2026 | Meyka

Pantone announces 'Cloud Dancer' as the Color of the Year 2026, influencing design trends and reflecting mental well-being.

Meyka•Dec 5, 2025•

DESIGN

Nike's first neuroscience-based footwear "designed from the brain down"

Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled its Mind 001 and Mind 002 trainers, designed in collaboration with neuroscientists to improve the connection between mind and body.

Dezeen•Dec 5, 2025•

Strategy

Logic behind growth, product, and systems thinking

STRATEGY

Google Illuminate is quietly becoming the best research tool I didn't know I needed

It changed the way I approach learning

Androidpolice•Dec 6, 2025•

STRATEGY

20 years across Google, Maersk, and Diageo taught me that the biggest barrier to change isn’t ideas — it’s the gap between inside reality and outside expectations | Fortune

After two decades on the inside, I crossed the line for the first time. I went from the inside to the outside and it was a huge wake-up call.

Fortune•Dec 5, 2025•

STRATEGY

The 14 rules for navigating complex systems

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Bigthink•Dec 5, 2025•

STRATEGY

Google's New BlockRank Democratizes Advanced Semantic Search

Google's BlockRank performed competitively with other state-of-the-art ranking models that were tested in research.

Searchenginejournal•Dec 5, 2025•

STRATEGY

5 must know open-source repositories to build cool AI apps

Everywhere I look, teams are racing to ship AI-powered features, from solo founders building chatbots...

Dev.to•Dec 5, 2025•

STRATEGY

I Tried 20+ Books on Software Architecture — Here Are My Top 7 Recommendations for Senior Developers

My favorite books to learn Software Architecture and System Design

Dev.to•Dec 5, 2025•

Science

Scientific research, discoveries, and breakthrough studies

SCIENCE

Scientists discover one of our universe's largest spinning structures — a 50-million-light-year-long cosmic thread

The filament of matter stretches 50 million light-years, and contains a row of galaxies 5.5 million light-years long that are rotating in sync with the filament.

Space•Dec 5, 2025•

SCIENCE

Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize

Duelling prairie chickens, a snake-mimicking moth and a once-a-year sunrise at the South Pole feature in the best images from the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025

Newscientist•Dec 5, 2025•

Innovation

New ideas, transformation, and creative experimentation

INNOVATION

Extropic | Home

Building thermodynamic computing hardware that is radically more energy efficient than GPUs.

Extropic.ai•Dec 5, 2025•

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Top Stories

Building a Living Newsfeed for the Age of Automation

My Articles

A Marketer's Guide to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

Project Management in the Age of AI: Why Sprints and Rapid Prototyping Are Winning

Digital Clarity: Quick Wins SMEs Can Action Today (With AI Prompts You Can Copy and Paste)

Why Your Website Needs to Think: Embracing AI Overviews and AI Mode

Orchestrating Intelligence: The New Art of Software Engineering

Designing from the Middle: A Philosophy of Presence in Product and Code

Generative UI: From Static Interfaces to Living Experiences

Ready, Fire, Aim: Harnessing Action and AI for Rapid Progress

Why I Don't Niche Down (And Why That's a Strength)

My Process for Turning a Blank Canvas into a Working Prototype in 24 Hours

Evaluating and Choosing a "Reasonable Extreme" in Technical Creative Ideation

How I Use AI to Build Faster, Think Deeper, and Stay Human

What I Look for Before Writing a Line of Code

Personal Reflection: Embracing Change and Failing Fast with AI in Software Development

Crafting Evolution: The Symbiotic Odyssey of Humanity and Technology

Bridging the Gap: Integrating Empathy into UX Design

Designing UX for an AI-Driven Future

Digital Transformation: Embracing the Technological Revolution in Business

Artificial Intelligence

SHARP

Modular: The path to Mojo 1.0

The latest AI news we announced in November

Multi-gigawatt AI campuses are draining billions annually

Google’s AI model is getting really good at spoofing phone photos

NVIDIA debuts first open reasoning AI for self-driving vehicles

OpenAI's GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog

Addressing security and quality issues with MCP tools in AI Agent - Vercel

tencent/HunyuanWorld-Voyager · Hugging Face

Google Antigravity

Lux - The World’s Best Foundation Computer-Use Model

Google Launches Code Wiki, an AI-Driven System for Continuous, Interactive Code Documentation

Meet the new Chinese vibe coding app that's so popular, one of its tools crashed

Technology

Autofocus glasses watch your eyes, and shift their focus accordingly

Proxmox delivers its software-defined datacenter contender

This humanoid robot learned to walk in just 48 hours

Google's Antigravity beats VS Code at its own game

Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 family.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip now helps people move robotic limbs

China develops world's first robot that can tie shoelaces

what are musk, zuckerberg and bezos’ robot dogs doing at art basel miami?

OpenAI's GPT-5.1-Codex-Max is now in public preview for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog

Design

AG Grid: High-Performance React Grid, Angular Grid, JavaScript Grid

What Adobe's New AI Assistant Can Teach Frontend Developers

Pantone's 'Cloud Dancer' Sparks Design Innovation for 2026 | Meyka

Nike's first neuroscience-based footwear "designed from the brain down"

Strategy

Google Illuminate is quietly becoming the best research tool I didn't know I needed

20 years across Google, Maersk, and Diageo taught me that the biggest barrier to change isn’t ideas — it’s the gap between inside reality and outside expectations | Fortune

The 14 rules for navigating complex systems

Google's New BlockRank Democratizes Advanced Semantic Search

5 must know open-source repositories to build cool AI apps

I Tried 20+ Books on Software Architecture — Here Are My Top 7 Recommendations for Senior Developers

Science

Scientists discover one of our universe's largest spinning structures — a 50-million-light-year-long cosmic thread

Incredible close-up of spider silk wins science photo prize

Innovation

Extropic | Home

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