Platform Architecture — Why the Tool You're Using Might Be Holding You Back
Part 3 of 5 in the series: AI at Work — A Professional's Field Guide Here's something nobody explains when they hand you an AI subscription: Not all access to the same AI is equal. You might be using a platform that gives you Claude — but an
Document Analysis — The Superpower Most Professionals Miss
Part 2 of 5 in the series: AI at Work — A Professional's Field Guide Most professionals use AI as a question-answering machine. Ask a question. Get an answer. Move on. That's useful. But it's not where the real leverage is. The real leverage is
AI Fundamentals — What's Actually Happening Under the Hood
Part 1 of 5 in the series: AI at Work — A Professional's Field Guide Most professionals using AI tools don't know how they work. That's not a criticism. You don't need to know how a Bloomberg terminal calculates bond duration to use
You're Using AI Wrong at Work. Here's How to Fix It.
I coached a senior tax manager at a Big Four firm. Sharp professional. Deep technical expertise. Twenty-plus years in practice. And when we started working together, she was using AI the same way most professionals do — typing questions into ChatGPT and hoping for the best. Sound familiar? Over four sessions,
Setup Docassemble Document Automation Locally
In this guide, we will setup our system to run docassemble without using the playground or a server. This allows us to use a regular text editor, save our work so we can collaborate on interviews with colleagues and we get an easier way to use MS docx templates with
Setup a self-hosted Ghost CMS on CapRover
Ghost CMS is a simpler and faster WordPress alternative with a big problem: the price ($29 – 299/month!). In this guide, I share an easy way to set up Ghost CMS on your own server using CapRover. At the end of this guide, you can have a website like Buffer’
How to Sync Logseq Notes Across Windows, Mac and Mobile
A painful problem with Logseq is: the iOS mobile app needs iCloud to sync to your notes. On my other devices I prefer and use Dropbox. Let’s fix it. In this guide, I will share how to sync your notes from Dropbox (or Google Drive) on your other devices
Connect VS Code to GitHub for Legal Coding
If you’re a legal professional and want to automate your document assembling process at the unbeatable price of FREE, you’re in the right place. Tools like theformtool, HotDocs, Pythagoras, etc have comparable feature, the cost adds up. And for docassemble there’s a catch: The learning curve is
Learning to Learn
What counts as interesting? When’s the last time you learned something useful? Something that really shifted your knowledge and made a difference. How about the last time you found something “interesting” online—or several “interesting” things online? Every day, you make this choice on your time: * Sink it in
The Art of Thinking Poorly
What does good thinking look like? Thinking is hard work. To write well, you must think well, that’s more work. And that’s a start. To write well, read a lot. This helps you see what good writing looks like. You know what to steal and how to craft
