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AI workflows · Low-code automation Series: How I (Almost) AI Everything
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How I (Almost) AI Everything

Tools 5 min New

The Codex Experience

A living record of my agentic coding journey -- configurations, experiments, and lessons learned while automating research workflows.

January 14, 2026 Read the hub
Tools 3 min

Codex Configuration Log

Tracking specific tweaks in config.toml, including enabling web search and managing agent features.

January 14, 2026 View log
Tools 6 min New

Beyond the Usage Bar: Estimating Codex Tokens with ccusage

When OpenAI's subscription dashboard only shows a percentage, here's a practical CLI setup to approximate daily and monthly tokens and cost.

January 11, 2026 Read the post
Tools 7 min

Auto Calendar: Converting Emails into Outlook Schedules

Turning weekly status emails into structured Outlook calendars with prompt-classified summaries, validation scripts, and Microsoft Graph safeguards.

October 10, 2025 Read the post
Tools 9 min Series

How I Switched from GitHub Copilot to ChatGPT Pro + Codex

Documenting the jump to Codex, with GitHub sync, AGENTS.md rituals, and TODO.md governance turning vibe coding into a dependable workflow.

October 9, 2025 Read the post
Tools 8 min Series

How I Built an AI Calendar Generator

Prototyping an AI-assisted scheduling assistant with orchestration notes, automation guardrails, and rollout checklists for field teams.

October 7, 2025 Read the post
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AI-first meeting notes assistant

Placeholder entry signalling the next teardown in the series, focusing on multi-speaker summarisation and action-tracking.

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Upcoming

Promptable syllabus designer

Placeholder entry exploring structured prompts that co-design lesson plans with teaching assistants.

Researching

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