Someone compared the cost of new tools to a night at the movies. They weren’t wrong about the price. They just missed the leverage. A human could have done the work. A human didn’t. There wasn’t time.
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This is my home base for thinking out loud about AI. I write for small business owners and leaders who want to use it well, without the noise.
The human still has to be the editor and the coach. These posts are about leverage, discipline, and real experiments from my own work and life. If I share something on social, this is where you can find the longer version.
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Learning Discipline When the Stakes Are Tiny
I’m running a tiny swing-trading experiment in a small Robinhood account, literally lunch money, with an AI assistant that follows very small, very clear boundaries I set. Today Rocket Lab hit my target and we sold. The money is pocket change. The lesson is not.
Building TL;DR Content Summarizer – A Journey in AI-Powered Content Curation
From WordPress Plugin to Chrome Extension: Building TL;DR Content Summarizer - A Journey in AI-Powered Content Curation By C2IT Labs Introduction: The Problem That Started It All In an age where information overload is the norm rather than the exception, the ability...
Prompt Presser AI is Alive!
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If You Could Read My Mind: From Late-Night Thoughts to AI Songwriting
If You Could Read My Mind: From Late-Night Thoughts to AI Songwriting A couple days ago, a line kept echoing in my head: “If you could read my mind…” Not in a spooky way, and not even in the shame-laced way we often think of that idea. What haunted me was something...
Cursor AI Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet – Supercharging Development with Cursor AI and Visual Studio
Supercharging Development with Cursor AI and Visual Studio Plus: Downloadable Keyboard Shortcut Guide I’ve been diving deeper into AI-assisted development lately, and one tool that’s stood out—especially when paired with Visual Studio—is Cursor AI. It’s more than just...
Lessons in Working with AI: Building a Smart Bookmarklet with Precision
Lessons in Working with AI: Building a Smart Bookmarklet with Precision Working with AI isn't magic — it's a collaborative process. You don’t just ask once and get perfection; instead, you iterate, clarify, and build something better with every round. That’s exactly...
How AI in Creative Works Will Reshape Culture—Just Like Digital Music Did
The rise of AI in creative fields—whether writing, art, music, or film—is already causing a seismic shift, much like the digital music revolution did in the early 2000s. When Napster and file-sharing services burst onto the scene, they upended the music industry...