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Reviews, recommendations, and guides for various digital tools, applications, and resources that enhance productivity, creativity, or technical capabilities.

6a73b0556c617fce83f878af 2026-08-05

I'm Going to Have to Say Goodbye to Granola

After years with Granola, I'm assembling a replacement around my own workflow. That personal decision reflects a larger shift in software as AI makes bespoke tools practical and changes what makes a software business defensible.

6a584ae4c0edf6e7182f32a0 2026-07-16

You Don't Need an Agent. You Need a Librarian.

I run my consulting pipeline, content calendar, family logistics, workouts, and sourdough experiments from a folder of text files. The useful part is not an autonomous agent. It is a system that keeps the journal.

6a4d83da6ad51f06f489e5c2 2026-07-07

AI is bigger than vibe coding

Coding tools are the best AI interfaces we have. Their overlooked value isn't just building software, but handling messy work at the moment of need.

69f7d36af78e5b4c9406b708 2026-05-03

Don't pinch pennies on your AI sub

If you work in tech and you're rationing your AI sub, you're optimizing the wrong line item. The model you're running sets the ceiling on what you think is possible.

69f4f3ddf78e5b4c9406b684 2026-05-01

You don't need to know what an agent is to use one

Two things matter, context and tools. Here's how to walk yourself from a one-shot prompt to a scheduled task that runs your morning, using a kid's school inbox and tomorrow's calendar.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753c6 2026-04-19

First look at Claude Design: the grind goes away

A weekend with Claude Design. Your job is safe. Most of it. The production-line work belongs to the robots now, same as it did for PMs and engineers. Figma should be worried, and designers should be ready to reclaim the strategic seat.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753c5 2026-04-02

The Problem With Your AI Setup Is You

Your AI workflows are probably fine. The problem is that they still wait for you to show up. Moving from automation to autonomy is less about capability and more about your willingness to let go.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753c4 2026-03-19

Product Managers, Stop Carrying Water for Your AI

You paste in Slack threads, Jira tickets, meeting notes. The AI writes something great. But you spent an hour gathering context so it could spend ten seconds synthesizing. You're doing the grinding. It's having the fun. That doesn't feel right.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753c3 2026-03-11

One Document, Every Touchpoint

I distilled how I talk about my work into a single positioning doc, then used Claude Code to propagate it across my website, LinkedIn, and scheduling page in an afternoon. The friction of keeping your positioning in sync is gone, and that changes how often you're willing to do it.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753c0 2026-02-03

I Had a Tense Client Call Coming Up. AI Did the Prep I Wouldn't Have.

AI will help us do the things we already do. But it will also help us do all the things we wouldn't have done that can make all the difference.