AI, without the hype. Without the homework.
A normal person's questions about AI deserve normal answers. What should I try first? What is worth my time? How do I actually use this in my work and life?
No course to sell, no framework to push, no five-step funnel. Just hand-built browser tools and honest field notes, so anyone a few steps behind me can skip the same wrong turns. If you have ever felt that AI was either over-sold to you or written above your head, you belong here.
- Readers 1,200+ and growing
- Years in tech 20+ in SDLC and Consultant roles
- Posts published 12 and counting
- Utility runs 180+ across the site
Hand-built utilities, free to use.
Small, focused, browser-only. No install, no signup wall - continue with your existing Google account once and the toolkit is yours.
Turn a one-line idea into a model-ready prompt.
Role / Objective / Background / Data - the framework that pulls precise answers out of any chat model. Free with a Google sign-in, 5 generations a day.
- Structured CO-STAR output
- Attachment-aware
- JSON or plain-text export
AI Jargon Buster
One-paragraph plain-English explanation of any AI term, with a real-world analogy.
Open →Meeting Summarizer
Drop in raw notes; get decisions, action items, and owners - in the format your stand-up actually wants.
Open →Latest posts.
Field notes from a working professional learning AI in the open - honest, sourced, written in his own voice.
The Exact Moment I Realized We're All Wrong About AI
The online AI hype cycle misleads working professionals. Here is what happens when you treat AI as a workflow tool instead of a miracle or a threat.
I asked AI for the weather and it made something up.
Prompt grounding is the craft move that turns a made-up AI answer into an accurate one. Point the model at a named source, not stale training data.
I was an AI skeptic until I treated my brain as an algorithm
For two years I called AI fake intelligence. Then I learned AI is only as good as the input, and the human brain is also an algorithm on experience.
A toolkit and a point of view.
Who's behind this
Twenty years in software - development, QA, and now Consulting - learning AI in public.
Read about →Tools for AI aspirants
Small, focused web tools - continue with your Google account once to start using them.
Open utilities →Field notes on AI
Long-form posts from a working professional learning AI in the open - honest, sourced, written in his own voice.
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