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Prompting is gold. Context is king.
Prompting helps you get repeatable results. Context helps you get results that are actually yours. Josh Tandy on building useful working context for AI.
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Why I’m Building MyTypewriter
My mother-in-law wants to write her memoirs. I’m building MyTypewriter to help turn an old laptop into a focused place to write.
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Why I Built Kora
I wanted accurate property information in a client's hands while we were still standing in front of the property. That's where Kora began.
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What Rain Chances and Wind Gusts Actually Mean for Your Saturday Plans
A 40% rain chance isn't a verdict. Here's what the number actually says, which wind figure to trust for an exposed plan, and how to read the hours instead of the day.
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Weather Direct 1.5: Your Forecast, at a Glance
A quick look before heading out, a wider view of the week. Weather Direct 1.5 improves refresh and data handling for its iPhone and iPad widgets.
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Introducing Kora Real Estate Intelligence
Kora Real Estate Intelligence is being built around a simple idea: a property should have an intelligence layer, not just a folder of documents. Here’s an early look at what’s coming.
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Beyond the Chatbot: How Kora Intelligence Builds a Real Estate Analyst in Your Pocket
Kora Intelligence doesn't replace professional judgment. It combines deterministic calculations with AI-assisted interpretation to organize evidence, preserve sources, and keep the user in control.
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Weather Direct: Now Live on the Web
The zero-noise, ad-free weather experience is no longer limited to your devices. Weather Direct is now available as a high-performance web PWA at weather.clairos.ai.
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Callie Pro is Live: A Professional Mathematical Laboratory for the iPad
Moving beyond the basic calculator. Callie Pro brings a full-scale mathematical laboratory to the iPad, featuring a Python-backed CAS, advanced 3D graphing, and a professional scientific workbench—all local, all private.
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Texti: Just a Tool We Liked
We built Texti as a fast, focused internal tool for the daily grind of config files, logs, and source code. It doesn't try to be an IDE; it just tries to be a great editor. Now, it's open source.
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- Prompting is gold. Context is king.
- Why I’m Building MyTypewriter
- Why I Built Kora
- What Rain Chances and Wind Gusts Actually Mean for Your Saturday Plans
- Weather Direct 1.5: Your Forecast, at a Glance
- Introducing Kora Real Estate Intelligence
- Beyond the Chatbot: How Kora Intelligence Builds a Real Estate Analyst in Your Pocket
- Weather Direct: Now Live on the Web
- Callie Pro is Live: A Professional Mathematical Laboratory for the iPad
- Texti: Just a Tool We Liked
- Elevate Your Professionalism: Introducing Kora Intelligence
- Beyond the Bot: The Analytical Engine Inside KoraAI
- The Rise of the Quiet Tool: Why We Crave Software That Doesn't Try to Think for Us
- Stop Being Afraid of the Terminal: Why I Built a Sandbox for Learning UNIX
- Beyond the Basic Calculator: Why Your Phone Needs a Utility Workspace
- Stop Guessing Why You're Being Rejected: The Case for Resume Alignment
- The Architecture of Permanence: Why We Should Stop Editing Our Past
- The Invisible Heat: Why "Heavy" Software is a Pollution Problem
- Weather Direct: Official Data, Zero Noise
- The Myth of the All-in-One
- Quiet Software: The Philosophy of Tools That Stay Out of Your Way Until You Need Them
- Mental Math vs. Digital Speed: When to Trust Your Head and When to Reach for Callie
- Digital Minimalism: How to Curate a Low-Friction App Drawer for Daily Tasks
- The Cost of Complexity: Why the Simplest Tool is Usually the Most Productive
- Yesterday, Through You: Reflective Journaling Prompts for the World You’re Moving Through
- Callie 2.0 Is Coming Soon to iOS and Android
- The Surveillance Tax: The Hidden Power Bill Behind the “Free” Internet
- The Handwriting Hypothesis
- The Digital Sanctuary: Journal - From Me Now Available on Android and iOS
- Beyond the Dopamine Loop: Designing for Mindful Technology
- Sovereignty Over the Noise: The Art of Processing the World
- A Quiet Place to Write: Introducing Journal - From Me
- TiM: Teaching AI to Read the Timing of a Conversation
- How AI Language Models Actually Work — In Plain Language
- Local First Starter Kit: Hardware, Settings, and Habits to Run Great Offline
- SaaS, My Asterisk: Why We’re Done Renting Software
- Why I Started Clairos: Owning Our Tools, Earning Our Clarity
- The Myth of the Cloud: Your Computer Is Already Powerful Enough
- Clairos: Data Is Sovereign. Software You Control.
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