Practical AI, in writing.
Workflows, prompts, tools, and field notes from building production AI systems.Page 2 of 18
Claude Runs Code For You (You Never Touch a Terminal)
The bash tool lets Claude write and execute code automatically. Data processing, file renaming, spreadsheet analysis. Developer-level automation, zero developer required.
Claude Projects: Separate Brains for Every Job
Running everything in one Claude conversation is chaos. Projects give each area of your life its own memory, instructions, files, and scheduled tasks.
Claude Builds Dashboards Inside Your Chat (Artifacts Explained)
Artifacts are interactive HTML pages, charts, and dashboards Claude builds right inside the conversation. Not paragraphs you have to read. Things you can actually use.
Make Claude Think 10x Harder With Extended Thinking
Extended thinking makes Claude pause and reason through complex problems step by step before answering. Most people never turn it on. That's a mistake.
Claude Can Search the Web Now. Use It Right.
Claude's training data has a cutoff date. Web search is how it stops guessing about last week. It pulls real articles, real data, and cites its sources.
What Multimodal Actually Means in Claude (Stop Typing, Start Showing)
Multimodal just means Claude can process more than text. Images, screenshots, PDFs, spreadsheets, code files. Stop describing things to your AI and start showing it.
Why Claude Forgets Mid-Conversation (And How to Stop It)
Ever had Claude forget something you said 20 minutes ago? That's not a bug. That's the context window, and once you understand it, you can stop it from biting you.
Claude Remembers Everything Now. Here's How.
Cowork's built-in memory system quietly stores your preferences, workflows, and business context from every conversation. You can even force it with three words.
CLAUDE.md vs Global Instructions: They Are Not the Same Thing
Confusing CLAUDE.md with global instructions will mess up your entire Claude setup. One is the project brain, the other is your permanent identity. Here's the split.
This One File Controls Everything in Claude
CLAUDE.md is a single markdown file that Claude reads before every conversation. Set it up once and Claude stops needing you to repeat yourself. Most people don't know it exists.
The First Claude Cowork Step Most People Skip
Most people open Cowork and start chatting immediately. Wrong move. The workspace folder is the foundation everything else sits on, and skipping it costs you later.
Interrupt ChatGPT While It Thinks
ChatGPT now lets you steer its reasoning mid-thought. No restart, no lost context, just click steer, drop in the missing instruction, and watch it pivot.