Artificial intelligence applied to real work: agents, automation, tools and pipelines I use every day to produce more with less friction. No abstract AI talk — I cover Claude Code, Obsidian with semantic search, pipelines that write and publish content, self-correcting agents. What I build, what I break, and what I learn along the way.
The word “free” works like a magnet. You see it, click it, and five minutes later you’re fantasising about cancelling half your subscriptions. With Claude Sonnet 5.5 on the free tier, it pays to slow down: Simon Willison has documented access from Claude.ai’s free tier, but nobody has promised unlimited use. TL;DR: The no-nonsense summary […]
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Documenting a database by hand has something of a medieval punishment about it: by the time you finish the diagram, the schema has already changed. ChartDB turns an SQL schema into an editable diagram and lets you export it back as DDL, but the documentation provided leaves too many questions unanswered about installation and the […]
OpenWhispr wants to turn voice into text without forcing you to hand every recording to someone else’s cloud. According to its official repository, it is a dictation app built for writing in other applications, transcribing meetings and organising notes, but its real value depends on choosing wisely between local processing, cloud services and your own […]
Open source alternatives for work, creative projects, data, automation and self-hosting. What each app solves, its real cost and its limits.
Graphic Walker turns data into charts by dragging fields around, without forcing you to build a business intelligence behemoth. It is an open-source alternative to Tableau designed to be embedded in React applications, although being lightweight does not remove the technical work or magically turn any CSV into a brilliant decision. TL;DR: The No-Nonsense Summary […]
OpenAI DevDay 2026 delivered more than 20 announcements, and one fairly dangerous temptation: turning every new feature into a commercial promise before checking whether we can actually use it. For marketing and ecommerce, it’s time to separate real capabilities from glitter. The volume of announcements hardly matters. TL;DR: The no-nonsense summary Decisions API: classifies inputs […]
OpenAI DevDay 2026: What Marketers Can Actually Use? Leer más »
InteraOne aims to put AI agents, people, contacts and tickets into one inbox, without handing your entire support operation to Intercom or Zendesk. The project describes an open-source core aimed at teams with technical capacity, but the bill does not end with the licence. Infrastructure, models and maintenance also count. TL;DR: The No-Nonsense Summary What […]
Google wants brands to turn any text into audio. Gemini 3.8 TTS generates expressive Spanish voices, but its real value lies in control, and its pitfall is confusing voice design with voice replication. Creating a narrator can be fun. Copying a person is a much more delicate matter. TL;DR: The no-nonsense summary Two models: Flash […]
An agent that keeps working when you close the tab sounds like every marketing manager’s fever dream. ChatGPT Dots turns that promise into an always-on agent with its own computer. The important part comes next: knowing when it should stop and ask you. TL;DR: The no-nonsense summary Always-on agent: each dot can make progress on […]
Google has just put a face on its enterprise agents. Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar combines low-latency conversation, voice and video to create avatars that can speak and react live. It sounds like a digital shop assistant from the future. The problem is that some very down-to-earth questions still need answers: what it costs, […]
Gemini 3.8 Live Avatar: Is It Available in Spain? Leer más »