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Newsletter #4

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Claude updates

  1. Skills: "Skills" are better than Projects for teaching Claude to do things. ⭐

  2. Memory: Claude now gets to know you, much like ChatGPT does. You can review and correct Claude's memories. And you might want to have ChatGPT tell Claude who you are, or vice versa.

  3. Keep using Opus: Opus 4.1 (extended thinking) is sometimes more insightful than Sonnet 4.5. For non-trivial tasks, ask both models.

Good to know

  1. Google Docs: How to get Google Doc comments into your LLMs.

  2. Transcription: MacWhisper is the best way to transcribe audio and video files. It takes less than 10 seconds for 30 minutes of audio.

  3. Wispr Flow: It's still the best dictation app for most people. But you should enable "Privacy mode" in the settings. Without that, they may use your "anonymised" data "for any business purpose".

Help your team make better use of AI

  1. Guide: It's time to take AI adoption about as seriously as hiring. I'm drafting a playbook. ⭐

  2. Workshops: Run weekly LLM sessions using this workshop template.

  3. For beginners: 30 days of ChatGPT.

  4. Automation: Try the 5x rule—if you do something five times a month, consider automating it.

Coding

  1. Coding agents: In October, it was Claude Code for frontend, Codex for everything else.

  2. November outlook: Droid CLI, which uses Codex and Claude models, is getting strong reviews. Cursor just shipped a major redesign, and can now test its own work using a web browser.

  3. Web apps: Start with the Vercel Supabase Starter for authentication, database, and UI. Pair with AI SDK.

Try this

  1. Lapel microphone: Lapel mics let you dictate quietly in a shared office or café. They may improve your posture in a private office, and audio quality on your calls. ⭐

  2. Context: Grant access to your calendar, email and to-do lists to get help with daily plans. Ask: "What's new in my email? What must I do today? What's most important this week?" ⭐

  3. Make graphs: Take a screenshot, get a graph. They're really nice. ⭐

  4. Build: Got a few minutes? Ask Claude to make a simple software tool or prototype a web app. No coding required.

  5. Multi-agent workflows: OpenAI Agent Builder now competes with Lindy, Make and Zapier. It has a much smaller feature set, but it's easier to play with.

  6. ChatGPT: make a FigJam flowchart to design a system, or make a tricky decision.

A very good frame...

  1. Azeem Azhar: Use LLMs to define tasks, not just do them.

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