Install Claude Code, start your first session, give it clear instructions, and stay in control of every change. Plain steps, real commands, and the prompts we use every day.
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Step-by-step guides with the tools, prompts and files to do the work yourself.
The real process behind an animated product mascot: the ideas we threw away, the prompts that worked, how to keep the character consistent, and how to cut it into parts you can animate.
8 steps · 6 prompts · 5 tools · 1 download
Research a business properly, write a first message that is actually useful, and follow up without being a pest. With prompts, examples, and the legal basics on consent and opt-outs.
5 steps · 3 prompts · 2 tools
AI can find, sort and summarize sources fast. It can also invent them. A simple four-step method: collect sources, pull out evidence, check it, then write.
4 steps · 3 prompts · 2 tools
Generic AI posts all sound the same. Start from a real moment at work, let AI help with shape and length, and keep your own voice. Prompts and a before-and-after example.
5 steps · 3 prompts · 1 tool
What models can actually do, how they are built, and where the claims outrun the evidence.
Browse topic: AIHow software gets built, how it breaks, and what the incidents and post-mortems teach.
Browse topic: Software EngineeringThe editors, protocols and command-line tools that change daily work, assessed by people who use them.
Browse topic: Developer ToolsPipelines, workflows and scheduled systems: what is worth automating, and how to keep it safe.
Browse topic: AutomationFoundational concepts explained properly, for when you want to understand rather than skim.
Browse topic: ExplainersOne concise email a week about developments worth understanding. What changed, and why it matters.
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