Practical Tips

I asked Google Gemini whether my small-business website was ready for AI agents. It said textbook example. That verdict took months of invisible work, and you can run the same test tonight.

I moved the judgment and writing work in my daily report from cloud models to a local Qwen model. It costs less and keeps more of my data at home.

For the past couple of weeks I have done real coding on a model running entirely on my own GPUs. Here is the hardware, the model, and what every parameter actually does.

Business websites with proper structured data get seen more often, understood more clearly, and trusted more readily. Yet nearly a quarter of all websites have none at all.

Becoming my own registered agent and using Claude Code to manage the paperwork saved money, but the real win is owning my business records in a system I control and can search.

How I used Claude Code to turn a confusing insurance denial into a clear, organized answer -- and why I'm building an AI-managed insurance filing system for everything.

Replacing a $150/month accounting platform with open-source tools and AI revealed something bigger: the build-vs-buy calculus has shifted, and most of us have not caught up.

A working workflow for small business owners who know they should be posting online but never get around to it.

How connecting your Google Business Profile to your website structured data helps both AI search engines and traditional search understand who you actually are.

A small business owner's account of running a complete SEO audit with an AI coding agent in one session, fixing every issue the same afternoon, and what it means for the $80 billion SEO industry.

The math is clear: 12 genuine advocates beat 500 LinkedIn connections. A Kirkland business owner explains why three-way email intros actually convert.

A small business owner's account of automating tax preparation with AI coding agents, and what it suggests about the near future of knowledge work.