Guides

FREE
GUIDES.

Honest, beginner-welcome guides on AI for builders who didn't go to school for this. No gatekeeping, no jargon flex, no clickbait math.

I'll write a guide when the topic deserves a long answer. I won't pad. If a guide is short, that's because the topic was short.

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  Entry

  AI Without the Bullshit

  Where to start when everyone's yelling at you.

  If you opened ChatGPT last month and feel behind, you're not. The actual path I'd put you on if you walked into my office tomorrow.

  Live

  ~14 min read

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  Meta

  How I Built buildquietwinloud.com in 4 Hours

  Open source. Astro + Cloudflare + Beehiiv. $0 / month.

  I cancelled my Lovable subscription. The full stack, the cost breakdown, the GitHub repo, and what I'd do differently if I started over.

  Live

  ~16 min read

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  Operator

  My 2026 AI Stack

  Every tool I run, what it costs, and what I'd swap.

  Claude Code, Make.com, VAPI, ComfyUI, GoHighLevel, Segmind, ElevenLabs. Per tool: monthly cost, real use case, alternatives if you're on a budget.

  Coming

  ~20 min read