AI Tools

I added up every AI subscription against the time it actually saved me. Some earned their keep. Some were pure guilt.

The five-question test I use before subscribing to anything — and the embarrassing math on the tools I never opened twice.

Most AI tools cost money. One actually put money back in my pocket — by killing subscriptions, catching waste, and doing work I was overpaying for.

One weekend, zero code, and an AI agent that now handles a task I used to dread every Monday. Here's exactly how I did it.

A small, unglamorous AI stack that quietly does about an hour of work before I've finished my coffee. Here's the exact lineup and what each one does.

I stopped doing the busywork and let AI assistants run the boring half of my job for a month. The results were not what I bragged about on day one.

I pay for a dozen AI tools. Only three are so good I'd pay twice the price tomorrow without blinking. Here's what makes them different.

For seven days I funneled everything — planning, writing, decisions, busywork — through a single AI tool. Here's what got better, what got worse, and what I kept.

Everyone's chasing flashy AI demos. The real leverage is hiding in a boring place most people walk right past.

Eighteen months ago everyone wanted to be a 'prompt engineer.' I think that job is already gone — and what replaced it matters far more.

Same brief, five tools, thirty days. One I kept, one I cancelled the same week, and the surprises in between.

Not the tools. The habits. Five small ways I started using AI that quietly reshaped how I work, learn, and think over twelve months.