There are five levels of AI enablement now. Done by you: you’re doing all the work. You chat with Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and you’re copy pasting everything. The entry level. Done with you: you’re doing some of the work. Gems, GPTs, projects where some of the work is pre-baked, but a good amount isn’t. Done…
Summary In today's episode, I explain how to prompt generative AI for high-quality visual and UI designs. Here's what this means for you. You gain the ability to move past generic AI outputs by providing specific, measurable design parameters. You'll also learn these concepts: why vague terminology limits AI performance, how to leverage existing design…
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Agentic AI switches system 2 to system 1. For those who haven’t followed the late economist Daniel Kahnemann, his book, Thinking Fast and Slow, detailed two categories of thinking, which he called system 1 and system 2. System 1 thinking is rapid, intuitive, and sometimes unconscious. System 2 thinking is slow, deliberative, and reflective. When…
Summary In today's episode, I explain how to differentiate between AI coding platforms that share the same underlying models. Here's what this means for you. You can select the most effective development tools by distinguishing between the model engine and the software harness. You'll also learn these concepts: how the coding harness optimizes model output…
/model opusplan is what you’re looking for in Claude Code. If you’re in Claude Code and you type the /model command, you’re given these options typically: Default (recommended) Opus 4.6 · Most capable for complex work Opus (1M context) Opus 4.6 with 1M context · Billed as extra usage · $10/$37.50 per Mtok Sonnet ✔…
Summary In today's episode, I explain how data scientists who do not code can use vibe coding to architect and build a custom ERP system. Here's what this means for you. You learn to leverage AI as a powerful tool by focusing on system architecture instead of manual coding. You'll also learn these concepts: why…
Software is not a moat. If you’ve ever tried any of the agentic AI tools out there, you know how trivial it is to give Claude Code a prompt like “Make me a better version of XYZ app/SaaS service/whatever that also does {ABC}”, and the tools will do it. This is especially true of systems…
