I build AI systems for instructional design. For 15+ years I’ve worked in eLearning. Now I’m automating the parts everyone secretly hates: • SME brain dumps • Storyboard → Rise workflows • Course media production • AI-indexable SPAs Shipping in public at HappyAlien.ai. If you’re building with AI in L&D, we should talk.

Right now Instructional Designers be like: #Articulate #eLearningDesign #InstructionalDesign #Articuland #InstructionalDesigner #elearning #EdTech

We just built a tool to extract all the content from a SCORM package so that you can quickly rebuild your course in any tool. We even have an MCP if you are building with AI. Great for moving off your current tool 😄 extractor.happyalien.ai/ #elearning #edtech #Storyline #Articulate

Enjoying the eclipse in northern Spain

I couldn't resist, the Claude mascot reminds me so much of the old space invaders game. Try it here claude.ai/public/artifacts/5…

Welcome to the party. No matter where you built your course, #Claude, #Lovable, #Bolt, #ArticulateStoryline, #AdobeCaptivate Your team can review it on ReviewMyElearning.com

SCORM was a necessary evil. After years of wrangling completion statuses and data silos, xAPI finally fixed the structural problem of LMS state tracking. The legacy process is the hardest bug to patch. #eLearning #LND

Moving beyond SCORM. Modern learning pipelines need flexible data models—not rigid wrappers. The future is open standards and composable components. #InstructionalDesign #EdTech

We almost quit HappyAlien.ai last month. We tried to be everything to everyone—AI image tool, course builder, video editor. It was a mess. Reality check: focus on the single highest-leverage thing. Build that first. 🧵 #StartupLife #Product

Lesson learned: Don't over-engineer based on what *might* be a problem. Solve the core user pain point until it’s a solved, repeatable friction. Building for complexity debt is a sunk cost. Keep it simple. #StartupLife #EdTech

The biggest gap in L&D isn't building the course content; it's forcing application. You can quiz people a thousand times, but actual ugh moment learning — the hard, unskippable moment of use—is the bottleneck. Focus on friction, not finesse. #eLearning #LnD #StartupLife

Stop trying to build a generalist AI for #LnD. Focus on solving one single, nasty process problem first. That's where the compounding, repeatable value lies. Generalists sell features; specialists sell workflows. #EdTech #AI

We spent a week optimizing the sign-up flow, only to find the real bottleneck was the initial user psychology. Turns out, a simple 15-sec tutorial beats a perfect funnel every time. Simplicity > complexity. #StartupLife #LnD

Stop building for 'completeness.' Focus only on the core loop that users pay for. The simplest thing that unlocks value wins every time. #StartupLife #ProductManagement

Stop treating SCORM as the destination. It's just a wrapper. The goal is clean xAPI data capture. Model the data first, then wrap it. That's where the real product is. #eLearning #xAPI

Tracking SCORM completion rates is easy. Measuring if that content actually changes behavior? That's the hard part. Don't confuse knowing with doing. Great L&D requires bridges between theory and practice. #InstructionalDesign #EdTech

If your LMS only tracks SCORM completion metrics, you're missing 90% of the learner data. Real L&D performance lives in the connective tissue (xAPI/LRS). Treat 'completion' as a minimum bar, not a KPI. #InstructionalDesign #LND #xAPI

Content is just data. Without structured scaffolding, it's unusable. The true art in L&D is building the learning pathways for mastery. #InstructionalDesign #LND

Government playing favs and propping up openAI... forcing Anthropic to pause Fable 5 even tho the same issues are in GPT-5.5

Don't build your L&D content on SCORM. Mastercrafting courses is one thing; tracking learner state and analytics is the actual product. Your focus needs to shift from 'content format' to 'learner pipeline.' That's where the real signal is. #eLearning #InstructionalDesign