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Resources

Prompts, frameworks, and tools for working with AI

Scroll down for prompts, or jump to the AI tools directory below.

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Projects

Hands-on guided projects — free, step-by-step, using all major AI tools.

Beginner45 minutes

AI-Powered Research: The Unmapped Ocean

Research a single topic across four AI models and synthesize their answers into something better than any one model produced alone.

ClaudeChatGPTGeminiGrokPerplexity
View project
Beginner30 minutes

Seeing Through AI Eyes: Space Image Analysis

Paste a NASA photograph into an AI model and discover how much it can see, understand, and explain from a single image.

ClaudeChatGPTGeminiGrok
View project
Beginner60 minutes

Build Something: Your First AI-Generated App

Build a working interactive application — without writing a single line of code yourself. Describe it in words and watch it come alive.

ClaudeChatGPTGemini
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Beginner60 minutes

AI Training for Beginners

From zero to a working AI system in 60 minutes. Ten parts, zero code.

ObsidianClaudeChatGPTGemini
View project
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Start Here

Prompts for those just getting started. Simple, clear, and ready to use.

Performance Prompt Generator

Idea to Prompt
meta-promptingicctr
Beginner

Advanced Prompts

For those who want to go deeper. Require more experience with AI.

Critical Analysis Generator

Analysis
meta-promptingcritical-thinking
Advanced

Codebase Self-Optimization

Coding
devopsarchitecture
Intermediate

Technical Debt Audit

Coding
devopstech-debt
Advanced

Repository Deep Clean

Coding
devopscleanup
Intermediate

Documentation Review & Repair

Coding
devopsdocumentation
Intermediate

Project Modernization Executor

Coding
devopsmodernization
Advanced

Security Audit

Coding
devopssecurity
Advanced

Pre-Ship Verification Gate

Coding
devopsverification
Intermediate

Research Prompt Architect

Research
meta-promptingresearch
Intermediate
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AI Tools

An overview of 33 AI tools I walked through in the video below — from conversational AI to creative tools and local infrastructure.

33 tools

What's changed since this video?

  • •Claude Cowork (Jan 2026) — AI coworker that sees your screen and executes desktop tasks.
  • •GPT-5-Codex (Sept 2025) — generally available, with Slack integration and SDK.
  • •New model generations across all major providers — Claude 4.x, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 and more.
General AI AssistantsResearch & KnowledgeCoding & DevelopmentCreative & MediaLocal & InfrastructureIcelandicAgents & Automation