There's no shortage of AI news. What's missing is "okay, but what happened when you actually used it?"
This series is not a news summary. Each week covers only what I actually did:
- Tools and models I used — results from putting them into my projects, not marketing copy
- What I built — what shipped or got fixed that week, how long it took, what it cost
- A verdict — keep, drop, and why
Why this format
Deciding to adopt a tool from its launch announcement usually ends in regret — the gap between the demo and daily use is wide. I work as an engineer at a US tech company and spend my side time building apps and automating business workflows — which means I end up trying new things every week anyway. This series just shares the log.
One promise: nothing appears here that I haven't used myself.
How to follow
This series ships as the newsletter — subscribe to get issues the moment they're out; the blog keeps the archive.
Start with issue one: Week 33, 2026 — the week I made this site bilingual and bolted on an SEO engine