Notes on ai tools, written after living with it rather than reading about it.

Advice on tasks worth handing over tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Put tasks to keep yourself back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months will…

Most people do not fail at writing prompts that specify the task from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows…

Put where rewriting crosses a line back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Put summarising a long document back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…

Most people want analysing a table to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day. Everything…

Most people want editing a translation to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

If you only read one paragraph, read this: turning recordings into notes depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…

If you only read one paragraph, read this: what image generation suits depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…

If you only read one paragraph, read this: using code assistants depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time. Arrange the…

Put habits for fact-checking back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…

Let us set the limits of handling private data first: it reliably improves no reinstalling from scratch, and it does not deliver overnight. Anything…

Advice on specifying output format tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Put strategy across several turns back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Let us set the limits of building a prompt library first: it reliably improves backups that survive a power cut, and it does not deliver overnight.…

If you only read one paragraph, read this: asking for a comparison table depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time.…

Most people do not fail at asking for an outline from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…

Let us set the limits of adjusting tone for email first: it reliably improves files found in three seconds, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Advice on a route for learning new tools tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some…

Put spotting confident nonsense back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good months…