The 4 Stages of AI Automation Adoption in a Company: The Challenge Stage Decides It
Notes from a September 1, 2026 conference on the four stages of company AI automation adoption, and what managers and individuals should do at each.
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Hands-on notes on AI agents and work automation: guides, concepts and what actually worked.
- Insights
- Insights
Running an AI Agent in Discord: Threads, Reactions, Model Routing, and Tool Limits
Established Discord practices for an always-on AI agent bot: thread vs. inline replies, reaction status, model routing, tool permissions, and message limits.
- Concepts
AI automation terms explained: MCP, agent, context, skill, and secret
Five AI automation terms (MCP, agent, context, skill, secret) explained in one line each, with everyday analogies and a diagram of how they connect.
- Insights
Does Studying With AI Help? Practice Up 48%, Exam Down 17%
A study of about 1,000 high schoolers using GPT-4 found practice scores rose 48% but exam scores fell 17%. The difference came down to how AI was used.
- Concepts
Claude terms explained: Projects, Artifacts, Cowork, and scheduled tasks
A plain-English guide to Claude's sidebar terms: Projects, instructions, Artifacts, Live Artifacts, Cowork, scheduled tasks, and the marketplace.
- Concepts
What Is an API? Understanding It with One Snack Bar Order Slip
An AI told you to 'just connect an API' and you got stuck? Learn what an API is with one snack bar order slip, then call a real one from your browser.
- Concepts
What Is a Server? A Computer That Stays On When Yours Doesn't
A server is a computer you don't own that stays on so your automation keeps running. Try turning your own computer into a server to see how it works.
- Concepts
What is a terminal? A plain-English guide to the CLI and shell
What a terminal is, how it differs from a GUI and a shell, and how to run your first command on macOS or Windows.
- Concepts
What Is a Webhook? Understanding It With a Restaurant Waiting Ticket
Stuck at 'register a webhook' in an AI answer? A snack-shop waiting ticket explains polling vs. webhooks, then you receive a real signal on webhook.site.
- Guides
Google Apps Script First Run: Getting Past the 'Unverified App' Warning
A screenshot walkthrough of your first Apps Script run, what the red 'unverified app' warning means, when to proceed, and what to check if you're blocked.