Steal My Prompt Vol. 37: The Decision Log Builder
The decision you made on Tuesday is gone by Friday, along with the options you weighed and why you chose. This prompt turns a 60-second voice memo into a structured log entry, then runs a quarterly review to surface your patterns and the choices overdue for a second look.
Volume 36: A Maine Mill Town Wrote the Better Playbook
Most professionals believe fine-tuning an AI model on company data teaches it the business. It does not. Fine-tuning shapes how a model behaves, not what it knows, and confusing the two is why so many internal AI pilots quietly fail.
The Data Center Fight Is More Complicated Than the Headlines
I keep coming back to the gap behind the loudest voices in the data center fight. The costs are real and immediate, the upside is still mostly unproven, and one Maine mill town is quietly showing the rest of us a better way to build.
Steal My Prompt Vol. 36: The Healthcare Decision Tree
Comparing treatment options on Google leaves you with more information and less clarity. This prompt flips the order: you rank what matters to you first, then build a comparison table against your own priorities to bring to your care team.
Volume 35: Build the System Before You Need It
Frontier AI models now ship with million-token context windows as the floor, not the ceiling. Independent testing shows the number on the spec sheet is rarely the number you can rely on. Here is how context actually works in 2026 and what to use instead of raw size.
Time Is the Most Important Currency
For four weeks my schedule erased the time I normally use to build the newsletter. It still shipped because the AI systems I built when I had room are doing the work I no longer have time to do manually. That is how you bank time when the calendar disappears.
Steal My Prompt Vol. 35: The First-90-Days Briefing
The first 90 days in a new role are for mapping, not executing. This prompt produces a structured briefing covering situation diagnosis, stakeholder map, listening tour questions, quick-win candidates, and the assumption traps most likely to bite you.
Volume 34: The Question You Have Not Asked Yet
Most AI pilots track time saved and call it a win. The real question is what separates the 34% of companies reimagining their business from the 37% changing nothing.
