https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/ Plain-language notes on getting real work out of AI. No hype, nothing to sell you first. en https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/the-model-doesnt-matter-as-much/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/the-model-doesnt-matter-as-much/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A new one ships almost every week now. Here is why chasing the latest one is mostly wasted effort. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/before-you-let-an-agent-touch-anything/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/before-you-let-an-agent-touch-anything/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Autonomous AI tools are being handed real access faster than anyone is checking whether that is wise. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/how-to-spot-a-staged-ai-demo/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/how-to-spot-a-staged-ai-demo/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The gap between a polished product video and the actual tool is often wider than you'd guess. Here is what to check. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/the-tool-is-not-the-hard-conversation/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/the-tool-is-not-the-hard-conversation/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT AI can help you prepare for a difficult moment. It should never be the one having it for you. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/free-tools-versus-the-paid-course/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/free-tools-versus-the-paid-course/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT If a free tool already solves it, buying the course is the wrong move, and I would rather tell you that than sell you something. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/ask-for-three/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/ask-for-three/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT One version invites you to settle. Three versions make you the editor. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/benchmarks-lying/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/benchmarks-lying/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT A growing pile of research says the numbers used to rank AI models don't measure what they claim to. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/courses-same-method/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/courses-same-method/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Three self-paced courses just went up. Here is why they exist and what they are not. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/one-sentence-advice/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/one-sentence-advice/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT After months of doing this daily, here's the one line that would have saved me the most time. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/second-brain/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/second-brain/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT The note-linking dream sold for a decade, and the twenty-minute alternative that actually ships. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/one-clear-spec/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/one-clear-spec/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT The bottleneck was never the intelligence. It is that nobody wrote down what done means. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/you-are-not-behind/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/you-are-not-behind/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT If you can write a clear email, you already have the core skill. Proof inside. https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/spec-teardown/ https://mpacarroll.github.io/ai-mick/blog/spec-teardown/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT A real spec-driven build, start to finish, on a tool you can use right now.