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Practical resources for building with AI and running a business.

Practical guides for working with AI, building useful systems, and running a business. Browse by the problem you are trying to solve, not by publication date.

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A starting point for guides, field notes, and tools I share from my own work.

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Start with a published guide, find a tool I recommend, or see which practical playbooks are in development.

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Published guides and articlesMore in development

AI agents and workflows

Agent frameworks, interfaces, MCP, and patterns for turning models into useful workflows.

Also planned

  • Reusable agent and MCP workflow starter kits
Published guides and articles

Local AI and offline work

Set up local models for writing and coding when you want to work without a reliable connection.

Published guides and articlesMore in development

SEO and AI discoverability

Make a site understandable to people, search engines, and AI agents through useful content and solid technical foundations.

Also planned

  • A practical technical SEO and agent-discovery checklist
Published guides and articlesMore in development

Cloudflare and deployment

Deploy useful AI and agent projects with Cloudflare's developer platform.

Also planned

  • A deployable AI-agent or MCP starter with a step-by-step field guide
In development

Founder operations in Canada

Practical systems for setting up a business and keeping recurring operations manageable.

  • Incorporating in Canada: government routes, services such as Venn, and what to do next
  • Build a bookkeeping copilot with Muse and Float, with human review
  • A first 30 days of founder operations toolkit

Curated directory

Tools I use and recommend

A curated directory of software and services, with notes on what they do and referral details where available. Referral relationships are identified on the directory.

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