How I passed the AWS AI Business Strategist (AIB-C01) beta with Claude and Notion
How I prepared for and passed AIB-C01 with Claude drills, a Notion study hub, and a Fact Sheet, with a reusable exam-study instructions template.
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The hidden cost of "I just built it"
AI makes it easier to build prototypes, but expertise still decides whether the hidden work between a demo and a production-ready product is understood.
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Bringing the Human Back Into the Loop
After becoming a meat proxy for AI-generated writing, I am rediscovering my own voice through dictation and bringing the human back into the loop.
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Worth Building, Then Deleting
Building a personalised weekend game entirely on a phone showed what AI makes worth creating, even when the infrastructure is meant to be deleted.
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The Harness Matters More Than the Model
Two recent builds showed me that steering, specs, environments, tools, and verification loops often matter more than paying for a stronger coding model.
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Working with Kiro
Building Surfdeck with Kiro showed that small tasks, standing context, live hooks, and independent review mattered more than the model itself.
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Your Machine Is the Boundary
Moving local AI projects onto public URLs turns a laptop's invisible safeguards into explicit decisions about identity, permissions, resilience, and cost.
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Clippy Came Back and Is Less Chatty
Codex pets bring back Clippy's character without the interruption, turning animated assistants into ambient status lights for long-running agent tasks.
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How Long Will It Still Be Yours?
Software support, subscriptions and entitlement checks increasingly decide how long the devices we buy remain ours to use.
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Multiple GitHub Accounts on One Mac: Folder-Routed Identity Without SSH Keys
A three-layer setup routes Git commit identity, HTTPS push credentials, and the GitHub CLI account by repository folder, including in headless shells.
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