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Do one thing, then stop.

Short task guides. Each one is under 15 minutes, cites its sources, and does not ask you to buy anything. A guide is a checklist, not a course and not a ranking.

12 min · Checked 2026-11-09

Read the price page before you connect a repository

Five steps for reading a coding tool's own plan page, and separating a chat subscription from a bill for API use, before the tool can see a repo.

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14 min · Checked 2026-11-08

Add a human approval step to an AI workflow

Letting an automation send the email is easy. Taking it back is not. Five steps to put a person between the AI's draft and anything that leaves the building.

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12 min · Checked 2026-11-08

Cap your AI API bill before you make the first call

An API key is a credit card number that software can use at 3 a.m. Five steps to set a spending ceiling and keep the key out of places strangers can read, before your first test request.

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12 min · Checked 2026-11-08

Check the rights before you post an AI clip

The clip took four minutes. A takedown takes less. Five steps to check ownership, voices, and platform labels before AI-made video or audio goes live.

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13 min · Checked 2026-11-08

Draft support replies from your own policy doc

A chatbot that improvises your refund policy is a very fast way to promise things you don't offer. Five steps to make it answer from your actual help docs, and to say so when the docs don't cover it.

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12 min · Checked 2026-11-08

Fact-check an AI marketing draft before it ships

AI writes a launch email in ten seconds and can invent a stat just as fast. Five steps to catch made-up numbers, quotes, and links before a customer reads them.

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15 min · Checked 2026-11-08

Transcribe a recording on your own computer with Whisper

Whisper is OpenAI's free speech-to-text model, and it can run entirely on your machine. Five steps to turn an interview, lecture, or podcast take into editable text without uploading the audio.

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12 min · Checked 2026-11-08

Turn your class notes into a practice quiz

Rereading notes feels like studying. Answering questions about them actually is. Five steps to make ChatGPT quiz you on your own material instead of doing the homework for you.

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