AI Guides & Articles

The Weekend Trip That Came With Its Own App

I gifted my wife a weekend in Hamburg and ended up building a custom mobile map app filled with our own data. Twenty minutes to the first version, a few iterations to make it actually work — and a clear view of where vibe coding stops being magic.

9 min read 2026-05-14

Working With AI, Not Through It

I stopped using AI as a tool a few months ago and started working with one as a partner. The shift didn't come from a better model — it came from the rules of engagement I keep rewriting around it.

7 min read 2026-05-14

How to Set Up Project Memory in Claude Cowork (So It Stops Forgetting You)

Claude Cowork is powerful out of the box — but it forgets everything between sessions. Here's how to build the context files, instruction layers, skills, and connectors that make it feel like a colleague who's worked with you for months.

14 min read 2026-04-05

Claude Code: When AI Stops Talking and Starts Doing

Claude Code isn't a chatbot you ask for code snippets. It's an agent that reads your projects, makes decisions, and gets things done — on your laptop, in your browser, or on your phone.

16 min read 2026-03-23

Google Jules: The AI Agent That Works While You Sleep

Jules takes a different approach to agentic coding — async, browser-native, zero setup. Here's where it fits, what it's genuinely good at, and when to reach for it instead of Claude Code.

9 min read 2026-03-23

Build a Free Website with GitHub and AI — and Own It Forever

How to build and maintain a modern website using GitHub, Cloudflare Pages, and AI coding tools — with no hosting fees, no lock-in, and no manual code required.

14 min read 2026-03-22

Your AI Agrees With You Too Much

AI assistants have a dangerous habit: they validate whatever you say. That's not a bug you can fix with 'be more critical.' Here's what actually works — and the three failed attempts that taught us why.

15 min read 2026-03-22

Building an Enterprise Chatbot That Doesn't Hallucinate: Lessons from 300,000 Conversations

I spent years building and running an AI chatbot at a major Swiss insurance company. Here's what actually matters — and it's mostly not the technology.

16 min read 2026-03-17

Code vs. Automation vs. AI: Picking the Right Tool for Each Job

Not everything needs AI. Not everything needs custom code. Here's the framework I use to decide what goes where — and why getting this wrong wastes more time than not using AI at all.

11 min read 2026-03-17

Let the AI Interview You: How to Extract What You Actually Know

The biggest bottleneck in making AI useful isn't technology — it's getting your knowledge out of your head and into a format AI can work with. Here's a method that works, from a five-minute technique to a full team knowledge extraction process.

13 min read 2026-03-17

The Research Pipeline: How I Use Perplexity and Claude Together

Most people use AI tools in isolation. Here's the workflow I use daily — Perplexity for sourced research, Claude for deep analysis — and why the combination is worth more than either tool alone.

13 min read 2026-03-17

Your AI Has No Idea What Your Company Does

AI tools are insanely capable — and completely clueless about your business. That gap is the root of most people's frustration. Here's how to think about it differently.

14 min read 2026-02-26

You Can't Catch Up on AI by Throwing Money at It

Companies are used to buying their way out of problems. Hire consultants, acquire a startup, throw budget at it. That won't work this time. Here's why.

10 min read 2026-02-26

Giving Everyone Copilot Isn't an AI Strategy

Most companies treat AI like a software rollout. Buy licenses, run a training, move on. That's not a strategy — it's a purchase order. Here's what actually works.

12 min read 2026-02-26

Beginner

How to Actually Get Good at AI

Forget prompt engineering courses and YouTube marathons. Here's how someone who uses AI professionally every day actually built their skills — and what I'd recommend if you're starting now.

10 min read 2026-02-26

How We Built an AI That Knows Our Company

Individual AI tools only scratch the surface. At Carewell, we built a shared knowledge system that gives AI permanent memory about our business — and it gets smarter every day. Here's the practical blueprint.

18 min read 2026-02-22