Cool Sh*t.
Useful things to try with the tools that are changing how we make.
Read a little. Make something better. Leave with a move you can use today.
THE READING ROOM / 001—008
Not another
AI hot take.
Hands-on notes for better prompts, sharper visuals, and workflows that hold together. Open any card for a taste; take the whole guide when you’re ready.
FIELD NOTE 01Use AI like a talented intern, not a source of truth.A clear-eyed way to get more from AI without handing over your judgment.Open the preview
AI can sound certain while being wrong. Treat the polished sentence as a draft—not as evidence.
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FIELD NOTE 02The seven-line brief that makes AI feel less generic.Give the tool the context a good collaborator would ask for. Then build the brief with us.Open the preview
When the request could belong to anyone, the answer usually does too.
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FIELD NOTE 03Turn a sketch into a space without losing the plan.A practical image-to-image workflow for making architectural ideas feel real—and stay faithful.Open the preview
The first job is to decide what the image model is allowed to change.
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FIELD NOTE 04Make an architectural timelapse that holds together.The continuity trick is simple: one camera, one target, and a sequence of changes the viewer can read.Open the preview
A construction sequence is a chain of images pretending to be one continuous place.
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FIELD NOTE 05Your first 3D scene: three axes, one good light.A friendly first lap through Spline: place a shape, make the light work, and publish a scene that feels intentional.Open the preview
Start with one object and learn how it moves before building a whole world.
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FIELD NOTE 06Build a real web product with Codex, Vercel & Supabase.A practical map from a good idea to a deployed app—with the security and scaling decisions that make it hold up.Open the preview
Codex helps you build the application; Vercel serves it; Supabase stores and protects its data.
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FIELD NOTE 07Turn Higgsfield generations into a marketing dashboard.Connect creative production to a reviewable asset pipeline—without leaking keys or losing track of what shipped.Open the preview
A dashboard is more than a gallery. It should answer who made an asset, from which brief, with what settings, and whether it is approved.
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FIELD NOTE 08Make AI automations recover when real life gets messy.A hands-on pattern for duplicate webhooks, provider timeouts, safe retries, and human approval when the stakes are high.Open the preview
Webhook providers retry. Networks time out. A user clicks again. Your system should recognize the same job instead of charging twice or publishing twice.
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