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AI Explained

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How Large Language Models Actually Work

A plain-English tour of tokens, training, context and hallucination — what a language model is really doing when it answers you.

Marcus Feld (AI researcher) · 7 min read

AI Terms Explained: A Working Glossary

Clear definitions of the terms you actually encounter — LLM, token, context window, RAG, fine-tuning, agent, multimodal — and what each one means for choosing a tool.

Priya Raman (software engineer) · 7 min read

AI Assistants

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ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: How to Pick

A practical framework for choosing between the major AI assistants based on your actual work, rather than on benchmark scores or marketing claims.

Adrian Wells · 6 min read

How to Write Better AI Prompts

Seven prompting patterns that reliably improve AI assistant output, with before-and-after examples you can adapt to your own work.

Priya Raman · 6 min read

AI Writing

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Best AI Writing Tools by Use Case

A practical map of where AI writing tools genuinely help — drafting, editing, and summarizing — and how to judge any tool for your own work.

Adrian Wells · 6 min read

How to Use AI for Writing Without Sounding Like AI

The common tells that make AI-assisted prose recognisable, and an editing workflow that removes them while keeping the time savings.

Marcus Feld · 6 min read

AI Image & Video

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AI Image Generators Compared: How to Judge What Each One Is Good At

A practical framework for comparing AI image tools by output style, control, workflow fit and licensing, rather than by whichever model launched most recently.

Adrian Wells (technology writer) · 7 min read

A Practical Guide to AI Image Prompting: Composition, Style and Iteration

How to describe an image so a generative model produces what you actually had in mind, and how to steer it there over a handful of revisions.

Priya Raman (software engineer) · 8 min read

AI for Coding

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AI Coding Assistants: What They Do Well and Badly

A grounded look at where AI coding tools genuinely save time, where they quietly create work, and the review habits that keep the difference in your favour.

Priya Raman (software engineer) · 6 min read

Using AI to Learn to Code

AI tutors can make learning to program dramatically less lonely, but only if you use them in a way that builds your skill rather than substituting for it.

Adrian Wells (technology writer) · 6 min read

AI at Work

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Practical AI Use Cases for Small Business

A grounded look at the everyday workflows where AI tools actually save a small business time, and the ones where they quietly create more work.

Adrian Wells (technology writer) · 6 min read

What AI Costs: Understanding API vs Subscription Pricing

How token-based API billing actually works, how it differs from flat monthly plans, and a simple method for working out which one fits your usage.

Priya Raman (software engineer) · 7 min read