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Welcome. This site is a shared knowledge base built by friends who went deep on AI so you don’t have to figure it all out alone.

We’ve spent months experimenting — building tools, testing models, finding what actually works and what’s hype. This is the distillation of that. No course to buy, no newsletter to subscribe to. Just the useful stuff, organized so you can find it.

Where to Start

Pick the path that fits you right now.

”I’m curious about AI but haven’t done much with it”

Start with Understanding AI. You’ll get a clear mental model of how this technology actually works, why it behaves the way it does, and how to talk to it effectively. Takes about 30 minutes to read through. Worth it before anything else.

Start with Understanding AI →

“I want to actually try it and get value from it today”

Start with Claude Code — or just open claude.ai and try the quick wins below. You don’t need to understand how it works to get value from it. Jump in, experiment, and come back to the theory later if you want it.

Start with Claude Code →

“I want to build something with AI”

Start with Building Apps. This section covers the API, SDKs, and how to wire AI into real products. Assumes basic programming comfort, but not AI expertise.

Start with Building Apps →

5 Things You Can Do With AI Right Now

Open claude.ai — free account, no setup — and try any of these today.

1. Summarize a long article

Paste any article, report, or wall of text and ask:

Summarize this in 5 bullet points. Focus on the most actionable insights.

[paste your text here]

Works for research papers, news articles, long emails, meeting transcripts, legal docs — anything.

2. Draft an email you’ve been putting off

Give it the situation, and let it do the first draft:

Write a professional email declining a meeting invitation. The meeting is
about a project I'm not involved in. Keep it brief and friendly. I don't
want to explain at length, just gracefully opt out.

Edit the output. You’ll spend 2 minutes instead of 20.

3. Have a concept explained in plain English

This is one of AI’s best uses. It has read everything, and it can explain anything at whatever level you need:

Explain how compound interest works. I understand basic math but finance
isn't my background. Use a concrete example with numbers.

Try it with anything you’ve been meaning to understand — tax concepts, medical terms, tech jargon, historical events.

4. Compare options before making a decision

Great for purchases, career choices, trade-offs:

I'm deciding between two project management tools: Notion and Linear.
I work on a small software team (4 people). We do 2-week sprints. We
care about simplicity over features. Give me a pros/cons comparison.

The more context you give, the more tailored the answer.

5. Brainstorm when you’re stuck

Use it as a thinking partner, not just an answer machine:

I'm launching a newsletter about personal finance for people in their
30s. I need 10 ideas for the first issue that would hook new readers.
Be specific — not just "budgeting tips" but actual angles.

You won’t use all 10. But you’ll probably find 2-3 that spark something.

!!! tip “The real unlock” AI isn’t a search engine that returns one answer. It’s a collaborator. If the first response isn’t quite right, say what’s off and ask it to try again. Most people give up after one attempt. The people who get the most value keep iterating.

Why Claude?

We use Claude as our primary AI. Here’s an honest take on why — not a sales pitch.

Longer context window. Claude can hold much more in its “working memory” than most models. That means you can paste an entire contract, a whole codebase, or a 50-page report and ask questions about it. This matters more than most people realize.

Follows instructions well. If you ask Claude to respond in a specific format, keep to a word count, avoid certain phrases, or take on a particular role — it actually does it. Reliably. This sounds basic, but it makes a real difference when you’re using AI for real work.

Good at code. Whether you code or not, Claude can read, write, explain, and debug code across most languages. It’s one of the best tools for learning to code or getting unstuck.

Nuance and reasoning. On tasks that require careful thinking — comparing complex trade-offs, writing with a specific voice, navigating ambiguous situations — Claude tends to outperform the alternatives.

Privacy-focused company. Anthropic, the company behind Claude, was founded specifically around AI safety. They don’t use your conversations to train the model by default on paid plans.

!!! note “We use multiple tools” Claude isn’t the only tool worth using. ChatGPT has a strong ecosystem and image generation. Gemini integrates with Google Workspace. We cover the full comparison in Which AI Should I Use? — but Claude is our daily driver for most tasks, which is why this site is Claude-focused.