Architecture for AI-Driven Development
An agent struggles with a tangled system just as much as a person does. Here's how repo structure, documentation, naming conventions, and autonomy boundaries determine how much an AI agent can actually help.
AI Video Notes: How to Quickly Summarize Lectures
A one-hour video can turn into a structured summary in a minute instead of half an hour of manual work. Here's how it works under the hood, how to get a summary you can actually trust, and what to do with it afterward so it doesn't get lost among hundreds of other notes.
AI Tutor: Set Up ChatGPT or Claude as Your Teacher
Tutor mode doesn't turn itself on. By default, the model solves the problem for you instead of walking you toward the answer. Here are working prompts for different subjects, and what to do when the model still slips back into handing you finished answers.
How AI Helps You Break Through a Learning Plateau
A plateau rarely means "work harder." It's usually a signal that you're stuck at the wrong difficulty level or practicing the wrong skill, and AI is genuinely good at that diagnosis, if you know what to ask it.
AI for Developers: How AI Is Changing Software Engineering
The developer's job is shifting from writing code to defining tasks and checking the output. Here's what's actually changed in engineering work: from code review and testing to hiring and technical debt.
AI Second Brain: Building a Personal Knowledge System
Notes nobody ever rereads aren't a system, they're a pile. Here's how to build a second brain that actually works: from atomic notes and Zettelkasten to AI-powered connection search that surfaces links you'd never have spotted yourself.