20-year IT veteran turned AI enthusiast. I test the tools, cut through the hype, and write the guides I wish existed when I started.
The RTX 5090 launched at $1,999 MSRP. Sixteen months later, the street average is $3,658. Here's where MSRP cards still exist, the stock-tracker tools that actually work, and what to never pay.
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OpenClaw was the open-source agent of the moment in January. By late May, Nous Research's Hermes Agent has taken the top spot on OpenRouter. How to think about which one to install, and where each still wins.
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Claude and ChatGPT get treated as interchangeable writing tools. They aren't. Where each one actually earns its place, and a 10-minute test to figure out which is right for your kind of writing.
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AI is great at the math of personal finance and bad at the decisions. Here's what to hand it, what to keep away from it, and a monthly workflow that takes fifteen minutes.
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Native Linux is still the cleaner default for a dedicated RTX local AI box, but WSL 2 is a real option when Windows has to stay.
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Most people's 'AI workflow' is opening ChatGPT when they remember to. Here's what an actual daily setup looks like: defaults, shortcuts, and a rule for when not to use AI at all.
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Every few months somebody asks me what GPU to buy for running local AI. The honest answer in 2026 is the same one I gave in 2024: a used RTX 3090. Here's why the math keeps working out that way.
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Most AI travel itineraries read like a guidebook from 2014. A practical workflow for turning ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity into a real research assistant instead of a generic tour guide.
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Every AI slide tool promises a beautiful deck in thirty seconds. Most deliver something that screams "AI made this." Here's a two-pass workflow that actually works.
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Self-hosting LLMs is a real option in 2026, and wildly oversold. The honest list of when local actually beats the cloud, and when paying for a subscription is the smarter call.
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Three tools, three jobs. Where Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code actually earn their seat in your editor, and where each one falls down.
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Most company data leaks aren't dramatic hacks. They're somebody pasting a client contract into a free ChatGPT tab. Here's the practical playbook for using AI at work without becoming the next case study.
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