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Specifying output format: adapting to different settings
AI Tools

Specifying output format: adapting to different settings

Advice on specifying output format tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Nora WhitcombNora Whitcomb·August 9, 2026·4 min read
Strategy across several turns: judge, act, review
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Strategy across several turns: judge, act, review

Most people want strategy across several turns to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad…

Desmond OkonkwoDesmond Okonkwo·August 3, 2026·4 min read
Recovering deleted files: start with the conclusion
Files and Backup

Recovering deleted files: start with the conclusion

Advice on recovering deleted files tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·July 31, 2026·4 min read
Building a prompt library: the workable version
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Building a prompt library: the workable version

Most people do not fail at building a prompt library from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…

Rosalind KerrRosalind Kerr·July 28, 2026·4 min read
Checking drive health: one full walkthrough
Files and Backup

Checking drive health: one full walkthrough

If you only read one paragraph, read this: checking drive health depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time. Arrange the…

Nora WhitcombNora Whitcomb·July 25, 2026·4 min read
Asking for a comparison table: adapting to different settings
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Asking for a comparison table: adapting to different settings

Let us set the limits of asking for a comparison table first: it reliably improves files found in three seconds, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Curtis ValeCurtis Vale·July 22, 2026·4 min read

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BrightDevices covers devices and software from the inside: four writers, one editorial rule — nothing is published until one of us has done it for at least a month, in a normal home, on a normal budget. The awkward parts stay in the text.