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A Tone Cleanup Failed, So I Had to Rewrite the Whole Article
How targeted tone cleanup failed and why the final fix was a full rewrite around the original flow.
Jul 28, 2026
Featured note
I Gave My Brand Logo to Three AIs
A real workflow split across Gemini, Codex, and Claude, including the failures and final assets.
Jul 18, 2026
Workflow record
My Gmail Bot Died Quietly After Ten Days
OAuth expiry, frozen scopes, and silent automation failure explained through an actual incident.
Jul 17, 2026
Workflow automation
Turning Monitoring Emails into AI-Assisted Incident Reports
A real operations workflow that turns noisy monitoring emails into Telegram alerts and daily reports.
Jul 7, 2026
Cost comparison
GPT-5.5 Was Overkill: Three OpenAI Models, One Job, Real Bills
A real cost comparison showing how model choice changed the price of the same writing task.
Jul 17, 2026
AI growth
The 5 Stages of Becoming an AI Power User
From curiosity to workflow modules: where people get stuck, and what changes when they move forward.
Jul 7, 2026
Writing experiment
The Moments AI Writing Loses Its Human Touch
Sentence-level patterns that make AI writing feel mechanical, tested across real examples.
Jun 19, 2026
Prompt comparison
I Compared 5 Prompts for Summarizing Long Documents
From a bare "summarize this" to role and format instructions — same document, five summaries.
Jun 5, 2026
Tool review
One Month with ChatGPT — Free vs. Paid
What I learned from using it every day for a month, and who actually needs the paid plan.
Jun 8, 2026
Tool review
Claude Review — A Powerhouse for Long-Form Writing and Documents
Report summaries, writing, even coding. I used it side by side with ChatGPT to see what sets it apart.
Jun 15, 2026

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