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• Aug 20, 2026

  The AI Trust Test

  Essay

  An experimental AI wiped Matt’s hard drive. The system he uses now to hand real work to autonomous agents without risking catastrophe.

• Aug 17, 2026

  An AI Just Got Someone Fired — Here’s What That Means for You

  Essay

  Andon Labs put an AI in charge of a real San Francisco store, and its call ended someone’s job — and what that means for how you work.

• Aug 11, 2026

  How to Actually Control AI Video

  How-to

  Code a rough draft with the motion you want, restyle a hero frame, then pass both into Seedance. A controllable video technique that works today.

• Aug 7, 2026

  The Opus 5 Skills Upgrade Prompt

  Free tool

  Skills written for Opus 4.8 hold Opus 5 back. One prompt audits every skill you have and puts them through a blind-judged upgrade gauntlet.

• Jul 27, 2026

  How to Run a Gauntlet Loop

  How-to

  The prompting method behind Claude of Duty: give the agent a bar it can’t talk its way around, and never let the builder grade itself.

• Jul 21, 2026

  The Roundup № 1: What Actually Mattered, Jul 7–21

  The Roundup

  OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 family, xAI’s Grok 4.5, Kimi K3’s #1 ranking, and Google’s Gemini delay — two weeks of AI news in four minutes.

• Jul 8, 2026

  My GPT-5.6 Review: Second Place Has Never Been This Good

  Review

  Six weeks of real-work testing: goal mode, the voxel Manhattan it built, and why Claude Fable changed the verdict.

• Jul 3, 2026

  How I Prompt Fable

  How-to

  Give it the goal instead of the steps, set a bar for “done” it can’t argue with, and loop until it gets there.

• Apr 21, 2026

  The Ultimate Guide to Prompting AI Agents

  How-to

  A practical framework for briefing AI agents well: give them the right context, clear constraints, and the exact shape of the output you want.

• Apr 16, 2026

  My GPT-5.5 Review: A Big Upgrade That Doesn’t Always Feel Like One

  Review

  A real upgrade that often feels subtle because frontier models are already so good. Better engineering, design range, and security.

• Feb 9, 2026

  Something Big Is Happening

  Essay

  A personal note for the non-tech people in my life on what AI is starting to change — why it’s moving faster than you think, and what to do about it.

• Feb 5, 2026

  My GPT-5.3-Codex Review: Full Autonomy Has Arrived

  Review

  The first coding model I can start, walk away from, and come back to working software. Full autonomy has arrived.

• Dec 11, 2025

  GPT-5.2 Pro Deep Dive: I Can’t Live Without It

  Review

  Why the slow, long-thinking mode is worth it, where it shines, prompt tips, failure modes, and whether $200/month makes sense.

• Dec 11, 2025

  GPT-5.2 Review: Incredibly Impressive, But Too Slow

  Review

  Better instruction following and codegen, Pro is a slow genius, but Thinking is too slow to compete with similarly smart models.

• Nov 19, 2025

  My GPT-5.1 Pro Review: An Absolute Monster, But Trapped In The Wrong Interface

  Review

  Heavy-weight reasoning vs Gemini 3, backend strength, UX friction, and where it fits in my stack.

• Nov 18, 2025

  My Gemini 3 Review

  Review

  A look at performance, capabilities, and how it feels to use compared to GPT-5.1.

• Aug 7, 2025

  My GPT-5 Review: Vibe Coding Graduates to Real Software

  Review

  From skepticism to shipping a working prototype in one hour. Frontend parity, GPU infra, long-context, strengths, and weaknesses.