The AI Hype Cycle Is Real (And How to Read It)
The three-filter test for AI products that survive the trough. Applied to real tools — Cursor, Notion AI, generic wrappers. Telling hype from durable value is a skill.
I Used 14 AI Tools for 90 Days. Only 4 Stayed.
A 90-day commitment to 14 AI tools. Week-by-week cuts. The 4 that survived, and the $242/month savings I didn’t expect. Honest data with the productivity numbers.
Why “AI Will Replace Us” Is the Wrong Question
The replacement frame is wrong because jobs aren’t one thing. Here’s the harder question and how to answer it before 2030 answers it for you.
AI Comic Book in a Day: The Prompt Chain
How I made a 16-page AI comic for my kid in 5 hours. The exact 9-step workflow, with the character-consistency tricks that make AI comics actually work.
I Trained AI on My Writing for 14 Days — Did It Work?
Fourteen days, 152 essays, one AI trained on my voice. Plus a blind reader test that found exactly where AI-me stops and human-me begins.
Veo 3 Prompts: 9 Wild Examples to Steal
Nine Veo 3 prompts that consistently produce great results. Motion physics, small human moments, animal absurdity — plus the 5-element formula behind them all.
Build an AI Voice Clone in 10 Minutes (Ethics Inside)
How to build an AI voice clone in 10 minutes — and the ethics sidebar that should weigh as much as the workflow.
AI Album Art That Doesn’t Look Like AI: Style Tricks
Specific prompt + post-processing techniques to make AI album art that looks intentional and era-appropriate. With a worked example from a 1973-styled indie band brief.
I Made a 60-Second AI Short Film in a Weekend
Sixteen hours over a weekend. $167 of AI generation. One 60-second short film. The full stack and the lessons — including the ones AI can’t fix.
Automate Your Inbox With AI: 5-Tool Stack
The 5-tool stack and 8-step workflow that cut my email time from 90 minutes a day to 25. With the parts AI does well and the parts it does not.