# Newsletter #6

Published: 2026-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
Canonical: https://wow.pjh.is/journal/newsletter-6

Back from hiatus! This is a long "catch up" edition, with stale posts omitted.

> **Content warning:** I'm mostly learning in public, not writing for an audience. If you find something hard to follow, ask your favourite LLM. ❤️

## One thing everyone should know

* [Browser use is very good now](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/browser-use-is-very-good-now) ⭐

## Team adoption

* [To raise the floor, push 1-2 key messages per month](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/to-raise-the-floor-push-a-couple-of-memes-per-month)
* [Electricity brought only modest gains for many incumbents](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/electricity-adoption)
* [The 5/2 Cadence: 5 weeks building, 2 weeks investing in AI uplift](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/5-2-cadence) ⭐
* ["Use of AI" should be on weekly 1-1 agendas and performance reviews](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/use-of-ai-in-performance-reviews)

## Ambitious delegation

* [Flight search with Claude Code really works now](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/flight-search-with-claude-code-really-works-now)
* [Claude Code does my bookkeeping](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/claude-code-does-my-bookkeeping)
* [Onboarding a new client for TYPE III AUDIO](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/onboarding-claude-was-easier-than-a-human)
* [Admin tasks with browser use: add bag to a flight booking; request a product replacement; add friends to car insurance](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/examples-of-mundane-utility)

## Skills

* [Skills library for a research team](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/example-skills-library-research-org) ⭐
* [My call summarization prompts](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/meeting-summarization-prompts)
* [Turn a messy repo into clean commits](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/commit-review-skill) ⭐
* [Make image](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/claude-skill-make-image)
* [Make spaced repetition cards (and do chat review)](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/claude-skill-create-spaced-repetition-cards)
* [Digest of LessWrong comments by Daniel Kokotajlo](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/follow-lesswrong-user-comments)

## Security

* [It is totally fine to connect Google Workspace to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini (and to enable browser use)](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/dont-worry-about-prompt-injection-when-using-consumer-apps) ⭐

## General advice

* [Karpathy: remove yourself as the bottleneck](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/karpathy-remove-yourself-as-the-bottleneck)
* [It is often worth asking: is there a faster approach?](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/is-there-a-faster-approach)
* [While you wait, think for yourself](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/while-you-wait-think-for-yourself)
* [Tell your AI to flag ambiguous data, not silently guess what it means](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/flag-ambiguous-data)

## Personal apps

* [The podcatcher app I've always wanted](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/the-podcatcher-ive-always-wanted)
* [Keyboard shortcut to summarise blog posts, PDFs, YouTube videos and Google Docs](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/such-summary) ⭐
* [My break reminder app](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/so-break)
* [Screen blackout shortcuts to support focus](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/screen-blackout-shortcuts)

## Terminal workflow

* [CLI utility to prompt both Claude Code and Codex](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/claude-code-codex-same-prompt) ⭐
* [Project switcher for Claude Code & Codex](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/claude-code-project-switcher) ⭐
* [Question mode (answer, but don't do anything!)](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/question-mode-for-claude-code) ⭐
* [Remove unwanted new lines when copy-pasting from a narrow Terminal pane](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/fix-terminal-copy-paste)
* [How to share skills between Claude Code, Codex and Gemini](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/share-skills-between-coding-agents)
* [Use "Try" for quick experiments](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/use-try-for-quick-experiments)

## Claude Code & Codex

* [How to edit pasted text blocks in Claude Code and Codex](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/edit-pasted-text-claude-code)
* [How to write Figma-style comments on HTML mockups](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/figma-style-comments-on-html-mockups)
* [How to write Google Docs-style comments on agent plans](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/comment-on-agent-plans-with-roughdraft)
* [Codex with GPT-5.5 is still better than Claude Code with Opus 4.8, especially at the planning stage](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/codex-gpt-5-5-planning)
* [Enable Claude to test its work in Chrome](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/enable-claude-to-test-its-work-in-chrome) ⭐
* [Does your skill call a bunch of scripts? Consider writing a CLI.](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/make-clis)
* [How to plan agent coding projects](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/how-to-plan-agent-coding-projects)
* [Keep your Claude Code conversation history](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/keep-claude-code-conversation-history) ⭐
* [Hermes is a big upgrade on OpenClaw](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/hermes)
* [How to read markdown files on your phone](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/read-markdown-files-on-phone)
* [Use gdoc to edit Google Docs](https://wow.pjh.is/journal/use-gdoc-for-google-docs) ⭐

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