Patrickz.ai field noteshttps://patrickz.ai/articles/14 ideas for using AI well, each with a real project story and a hands-on guide to practice it.enThu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Copilot Cowork tutorial: build and schedule your first skillhttps://patrickz.ai/articles/your-first-cowork-automation/https://patrickz.ai/articles/your-first-cowork-automation/Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork tutorial with a 5-minute video: find a repeat email task, turn it into a skill, schedule it, and guard anything that sends.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000I gave three AIs my LinkedIn archive. They built this websitehttps://patrickz.ai/articles/how-ai-built-patrickz-ai-from-my-linkedin/https://patrickz.ai/articles/how-ai-built-patrickz-ai-from-my-linkedin/How GPT 6.0 mapped 104 LinkedIn posts into lessons, Claude edited the site and ChatGPT set up GoDaddy hosting. Copyable steps, real prompts and guardrails.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:16:00 +0000Twenty people needed training. I gave my anime pipeline a night shifthttps://patrickz.ai/articles/anime-pipeline-workplace-training-video/https://patrickz.ai/articles/anime-pipeline-workplace-training-video/How I reused my AI anime music-video pipeline to make a three-minute Copilot Cowork training video overnight, with fictional data and human approval gates.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:37:00 +0000AI does the work faster. Judging it is still your jobhttps://patrickz.ai/articles/why-fundamentals-still-matter-with-ai/https://patrickz.ai/articles/why-fundamentals-still-matter-with-ai/AI makes fifty options fast, but choosing the good one is your job. A 15-minute practice loop: three yes/no checks, one change per attempt, notes.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Build an app with an AI agent, one proven slice at a timehttps://patrickz.ai/articles/twenty-dollar-ai-app-stack/https://patrickz.ai/articles/twenty-dollar-ai-app-stack/Build an app with an AI coding agent: define done first, ship thin tested slices. Example stack: one $20 AI subscription plus free GitHub, Vercel and Supabase.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Build for one real person firsthttps://patrickz.ai/articles/practical-aac-webcam-tablet-open-source/https://patrickz.ai/articles/practical-aac-webcam-tablet-open-source/How I built a low-cost AAC tool with a webcam, a tablet and open-source hand and eye tracking after my girlfriend's stroke, plus a 15-minute design exercise.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Metaprompting: let AI write the prompt, then check the workhttps://patrickz.ai/articles/metaprompting-ai-creation-quality-loop/https://patrickz.ai/articles/metaprompting-ai-creation-quality-loop/Metaprompting in plain English: have AI write its own instructions, review drafts against a checklist, fix one thing at a time, and stop at a set limit.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Use AI as a mirror, not a judgehttps://patrickz.ai/articles/let-ai-review-the-way-you-think/https://patrickz.ai/articles/let-ai-review-the-way-you-think/Use ChatGPT or any AI to spot patterns in your own notes or calendar. Demand two examples per finding, treat each as a hypothesis, test one small change.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000I turned a weekend into a Phantasy Star music videohttps://patrickz.ai/articles/how-i-made-a-phantasy-star-ai-music-video/https://patrickz.ai/articles/how-i-made-a-phantasy-star-ai-music-video/A copyable AI music video workflow: character reference sheets, eight-panel storyboards, Wan 3 takes, a Suno song and a CapCut edit, with real prompts.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000How AI actually answers (and why it sounds sure when it’s wrong)https://patrickz.ai/articles/how-ai-actually-answers/https://patrickz.ai/articles/how-ai-actually-answers/Why does AI make things up? How chat assistants like ChatGPT write answers word by word, why hallucinations sound confident, and how to check what matters.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Give AI the context it actually needshttps://patrickz.ai/articles/give-ai-the-context-it-needs/https://patrickz.ai/articles/give-ai-the-context-it-needs/Why vague questions get generic AI answers, and how a small, dated pack of preferences, recent events and sources makes the answers fit you.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Stop asking which AI is best. Test it on your own workhttps://patrickz.ai/articles/evaluate-llms-real-world-deployment/https://patrickz.ai/articles/evaluate-llms-real-world-deployment/ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini? Rankings can't tell you which fits your work. Test two tools on your own tasks in 20 minutes, score them blind, give each a role.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000How to debug with AI: give it evidence, not guesseshttps://patrickz.ai/articles/debugging-with-ai-partner-godot/https://patrickz.ai/articles/debugging-with-ai-partner-godot/AI keeps suggesting fixes that don’t work? Debug with AI, from a spreadsheet to a game: reproduce it, show evidence, test ranked causes, fix small and retest.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Ask why before you ask howhttps://patrickz.ai/articles/ask-why-before-you-ask-how/https://patrickz.ai/articles/ask-why-before-you-ask-how/Before asking AI how to do something, get clear on why. One simple prompt makes AI question your request so you solve the right problem.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000