When an AI Agent Chooses Where a Microscope Looks Next
Argonne’s microscope demonstration connects a scientific goal, live images and the next measurement. Here is what changed, what already existed, and where human expertise still matters.
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Your AI Skills Should Belong to You — Not ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
I moved my reusable AI workflows into GitHub so the skill belongs to me rather than to one AI platform. Here’s why portability, versioning and a single source of truth matter.
How I Built My Blogging Agent, One Correction at a Time
I built my blogging agent by correcting one frustrating behaviour at a time. This is the practical workflow that turns recurring discussions into a reviewed article, approved visuals and a verified WordPress draft.
AI Found the Pattern in My Conversations. Everybody has a personal Blogger with them now.
Our everyday questions, experiments and unfinished thoughts may already contain the stories we should be telling. Category: Practical AI Systems | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes For a…
Genkit vs. LangGraph Is Usually the Wrong Question
Genkit and LangGraph overlap, but they solve different layers of an AI application. The better choice depends on whether the difficult problem is building the AI capability or controlling a stateful process over time.
Building a Private Second Brain: Obsidian + Nextcloud Setup (Self-Hosted & Free)
For a long time I was searching for a good notetaking app. Handy, something like Notion, I loved the databases, Views and Writing Assistance features in it. But…
OpenAI Voice workflow – I Used to Wonder How Fast Speakers Think and Speak So Fast. Now I’m Looking at GPT Realtime.
I used to wonder about people who respond instantly. You ask them something — they reply immediately with clear statements, without fluff. No awkward pause. No “umm.” No…
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