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Guides that end in a tool, not a tab.

Explainers, comparisons and how-tos written for smart non-experts — every one links straight to the tools, repos, skills and prompts it talks about.

Comparison · 5 min read

AI coding agents compared: how to choose, and the skills that make them better

Terminal agents, AI editors, app builders and open-source harnesses compared by how you work, plus the agent skills that improve any of them.

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Guide · 4 min

Self-hosting for beginners: run your own apps, safely

What self-hosting is, the Docker basics you need, good first apps to try, and the backup and security habits that keep it painless.

For developers, creators

Guide · 4 min

Build a marketing stack with AI: research, write, optimise, distribute, measure

A five-stage marketing workflow using AI tools, agent skills, free browser tools and prompts, with a human in charge of every decision.

For marketers, creators

Explainer · 4 min

The MIT licence explained: what you can do, and the one thing you must

MIT lets you use, change and sell software freely as long as you keep the notice. A plain guide, with a quick comparison to Apache, GPL and BSD.

For developers, creators

Explainer · 4 min

How we find and analyse open-source projects and agent skills

A weekly job finds every MIT repo over 25,000 stars, reads its README and writes an AI-assisted assessment. Here's exactly how it works, and its limits.

For developers, ai-builders

Guide · 4 min

Prompt engineering basics: how to get reliably good answers from AI

Role, context, task, format and examples: a practical framework for writing prompts, iterating on them and getting structured output you can use.

For marketers, developers, creators

Guide · 4 min

Choosing an AI video generator: start with the job, not the brand

Text-to-video, avatars, clipping and editing tools solve different problems. Use this guide to match the tool type to the video you need.

For creators, marketers

Comparison · 5 min

Run AI models on your laptop: Ollama, llama.cpp, GPT4All and friends compared

Local AI keeps your data on your machine. We compare the main open-source runtimes and chat apps so you can pick the right starting point.

For developers, ai-builders

How-to · 4 min

How to install a Claude skill in under two minutes

Download a skill ZIP, unzip it into your skills folder or upload it in the Claude app, then just ask for the task. Plus fixes for common snags.

For developers, marketers, creators

Explainer · 5 min

What are agent skills? A plain-English guide to SKILL.md

Agent skills are folders of instructions an AI agent loads when a task calls for them. Here's how they work, where they live and how to use them safely.

For developers, ai-builders, marketers