October 27, 2026 · 6 min read
How to automate the non-creative parts of your creative job
It can probably do most of your repetitive, tedious, logistical, garbage work, and you don't need technical chops to set it up.
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Notes from AI work I want to find again
Tool tests and classroom AI notes, plus the workday fixes I kept needing to look up again.
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October 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Your AI app should not own your work
When I canceled ChatGPT Plus, I realized I'd left my entire working life in it. The binder method keeps my instructions, context, and work in one GitHub folder any AI app can use, so I can switch apps any time. Copy the prompt to set up yours.
October 16, 2026 · 3 min read
How to use Cursor Automations, with a prompt to design your own
Cursor Automations are cloud agents that run on a schedule with your computer off. How Aaron uses them to get more out of Cursor, and one prompt to paste in and design your own.
October 16, 2026 · 12 min read
Your AI tools will use GitHub more than you do
Ryan Doser and I talked GitHub for marketers on AI Rabbit Holes. Why I keep my work in GitHub instead of Google Drive, how I back up my Grok Bot setup, and the chief of staff repo I check out like a binder.
October 13, 2026 · 11 min read
I gave every AI agent its own Linear account
Cursor, Codex, Hermes, Grok Bot, and Devin all take work from one Linear workspace. How I set it up with one rules doc, one OAuth app per agent, and a webhook gateway, plus a prompt your agent can use to walk you through yours.
October 10, 2026 · 15 min read
Opus 5.5, Luna, and Muse: picking an AI daily driver
Ryan Doser tested Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, and Muse Spark on a landing page and a launch email. I still use Luna as my daily driver, and Muse surprised me.
October 10, 2026 · 11 min read
I use open source AI models for the work I hate
Ryan Doser and I talked open source AI models on AI Rabbit Holes. A 3 GB Qwen model renames my screenshots offline, GLM Flash runs my personal agent in Hermes, and OpenRouter keeps it all on one API key.
October 10, 2026 · 10 min read
I edit most of my videos with Claude in a terminal now
Ryan Doser and I talked AI video editing on AI Rabbit Holes. I still record in Riverside and Descript, but Claude, HyperFrames, and Tesseract do most of my editing now.
October 9, 2026 · 9 min read
I made a nature documentary about my gym fridge
I filmed it in 33 minutes and spent the evening editing it with Claude Code, HeyGen, and FFmpeg. Here's every prompt I sent and what I'd do differently next time.
October 4, 2026 · 9 min read
I one-shot a CarPlay video edit with Claude and Tesseract
I sent one prompt and gave zero revision notes. Here are the real prompts, Linear ticket, brand rules, and outputs behind a 2:11 ChatGPT dot vs Grok Bot CarPlay video, and how to set up your own version.
September 30, 2026 · 14 min read
How to make your own ChatGPT dots in Grok Bot, Claude, or Muse
ChatGPT's dots run a background Heartbeat Dreamer that starts at a $100-a-month plan. Here's the same prompt and a setup for each agent: Grok Bot routines, Claude scheduled tasks, or Muse recurring tasks.
September 21, 2026 · 10 min read + videos
I asked an AI agent to edit my video. Here are all three versions.
My exact prompts, three before-and-after edits, and the caption, sound, and camera rules I saved for the next Tesseract video.
September 18, 2026 · 8 min read
Meow vs Mercury: why my business banking went to Mercury
I compared Meow and Mercury for my consulting business: the apps, the APIs, the pricing, and what my agents can actually do with each one. Mercury won as the daily operating account; Meow is still the better idea for how agents should touch money.
September 15, 2026 · 9 min read
Astra vs Fable: why I'm still paying for ChatGPT
Fable wrote a better draft from my 17-page PDF, but Astra finished faster. Ryan Doser and I compare writing, websites, and why I'd choose ChatGPT Pro.
September 8, 2026 · 10 min read
I paid $300 for Grok Bot. Its cloud computer is the most useful part.
I use Grok Bot every day. Here's how its cloud computer helps with my work, where usage limits get in the way, and why I keep my instructions outside the app.
September 4, 2026 · 2 min read
I'm hosting.
Astra Commons is coming to Casper. Join me and OpenAIDevs on September 12 at CitiWerks for free coffee, food, and GPT-6 credits.
September 3, 2026 · 3 min read
How to get more Grok Bot usage (without paying more)
Grok Bot is awesome, but the rate limits suck. Here's a little trick that's totally legit: run Cursor, Grok Build, Codex, or Google's anti-gravity on Grok Bot's own Linux terminal so the coding work does not eat your usage.
August 31, 2026 · 6 min read
Your Grok Bot setup is a mess
I organize Grok Bot like an org system with a chief of staff, project leads, and shared specialists.
July 25, 2026 · 12 min read
I edited a fishing video from the ChatGPT mobile app without touching a timeline
The real prompts, screenshots, corrections, and tools behind a 31.7-second vertical video I edited with Codex and HyperFrames from my phone.
June 18, 2026 · Transcript
Aaron with Kevin, June 18, 2026
A timestamped transcript with Aaron and Kevin labelled in the script.
June 16, 2026 · 4 min read
one card run beat a year of errands
A night-before anniversary card run left me with a Poke recipe, one dollar-store trip, and a card bench for the next year.
June 15, 2026 · 4 min read
the row shape was the build
I cleaned up a tiny content ops problem that was getting just annoying enough to matter: one promo slot had turned into a pile of platform rows.
June 4, 2026 · 4 min read
the chart needed a memory
A monthly slide update became a source note: chart, numbers, read of the month, and the manual paste step.
June 2, 2026 · 4 min read
the comment had no instructions
A vague assigned comment had no instructions, so I built slide-ready notes. The deck edit stayed manual because that was the right handoff.
May 29, 2026 · 4 min read
I did not have to ask
The board already knew what could move and what needed to wait, so the day started without another tab hunt.
May 28, 2026 · 4 min read
no specialists in the room
A motion piece in Jitter while the designer was out, a Descript API transcript pull to answer a livestream viewer, and a full workshop follow-up that never left Notion.
May 27, 2026 · 4 min read
the dashboard asked first
Opening the day to a ready-made operating card that pulled the real priorities into one place.
May 26, 2026 · 4 min read
the system stopped living on one laptop
A chopped-up day left me with a workshop board and a repo the agents could all read. The content plan got smaller too.
May 25, 2026 · 4 min read
the brief was the build
A small prep automation gave the fuzzy workshop lane a page that was ready on Monday.
May 22, 2026 · 5 min read
three tiny systems that made the day less messy
Four small jobs landed: a watcher, a connector pass, an agent-planning lane, and one hoodie reminder.
April 7, 2026 · 8 min read
I cleaned up ten skill folders so you can see the wiring
Hardware is a Pi 5. Each folder has a SKILL.md, a SETUP.md, and scripts only where a prompt is not enough.
March 27, 2026 · 10 min read
He told me he felt like he could finally read
A student told me the tool let him read. The hard part was deciding which friction was still the work. From a Skilling Future Podcast conversation about AI inside a school.
February 20, 2026 · 12 min read
revision history may not catch the agent
Agentic browsers can move through web assignments in ways revision history may not catch. That changes what a teacher can verify after the work is done.
February 20, 2026 · 10 min read
cheaper tools did not make anyone sound like themselves
Cheaper tools did not fix the real problem: creators still have to sound like themselves. Format choices and a few simple systems keep a creator from sounding interchangeable.
March 3, 2025 · 12 min read
most teacher AI apps are wrappers
Most teacher AI apps are wrappers around the same models. I would start with the frontier tools, then add classroom-specific apps only when they save real time.
February 22, 2025 · 10 min read
context, a revision, then check the work
Before the app choice matters, students and teachers need a few repeatable habits: give the model context, push for a revision, then check the work before trusting it.
February 17, 2025 · 8 min read
AI policy for schools without pretending it is simple
A school AI policy has to answer normal classroom questions about what students can use and disclose, and where teacher judgment still sits.
February 2, 2025 · 15 min read
I made these AI mistakes as a teacher first
I made plenty of AI mistakes as a classroom teacher. These are the ones I would clean up first, especially for schools trying to move past panic and tool demos.
Where the rough notes start
LinkedIn and X get some of the rough notes first. The blog is where I keep the version I need to find later.