guides
Step-by-step tutorials for building your first AI agents. Where the blog argues the patterns, the guides walk you through the setup. Every live guide ships with a GitHub repo you can fork and customize.
Who these are for
The blog assumes you already build software. The guides do not. If you have ever lost an afternoon to back-and-forth scheduling emails, or wished a small piece of your operations would just run itself, start here.
Beginner guides
Self-paced. Copy-paste friendly. Forkable.
Stop Replying to Scheduling Emails: Build a Booking Agent in an Afternoon
A copy-paste tutorial for non-coders. Paste a scheduling email, get a draft reply with your Cal.com link in plain English, hit send. No SaaS, no monthly subscription, ~$0 to run. Includes a forkable GitHub repo.
A Meeting Notes Agent That Drafts the Follow-Up
Coming soonPaste your meeting transcript or notes. Get back action items with owners and deadlines, plus a draft follow-up email per attendee — ready for you to review and send. Pairs naturally with the booking-agent.
A Weekly Planner Agent That Tracks Meetings, Notes, and Work
Coming soonReads your calendar, your notes, and your task list. Produces a Monday-morning brief and a Friday wrap. Beginner-friendly, no code beyond copy-paste.
Workshops
Live or recorded. Slides, templates, handouts, code.
Want a live walkthrough for your team?
I run workshops and corporate trainings on local AI setup, agentic patterns, and the cost economics of running open weights in 2026. Most projects are a half or full day.
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