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Hi there, Boomie.
That’s what we call each other here. The name came from inside the community — BOOM🤯 as in mind blown, which is what happens when you finally get what AI can do (for you).
This space isn’t about abstract ideas. It’s about learning to use AI like the top 10% who turn it into real leverage.
Whether your goal is to advance in your career, grow your business, or become irreplaceable in your role, you’ll find everything here built with that in mind.
So let’s get started.
Pick the outcome that matches where you are right now, explore at your own pace, and go as deep as you want:
And if you want to hear how AI blew the minds of real people in this community, what they use it for, how it changed their work, and what this newsletter means to them, start with this: One year of AI Blew My Mind, celebrated with the people of AI Blew My Mind.
I want to understand AI and feel confident about it
If you’re new to AI, overwhelmed by all the noise, or just want to build a solid foundation before going further, start here.
What the Heck Is AI? — Finally understand what AI actually is and how it works, without the jargon.
How to Reduce AI Hallucinations: 7 Research-Backed Techniques — What hallucinations are, why we fall for them, and how to catch them early with simple, research-backed techniques and prompts.
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: Find Out Which AI Model Is Best in 2026 — Which model is better for writing, reasoning, or being a steady all rounder. Blind test results plus a capabilities breakdown.
How I Switched from ChatGPT to Claude Without Losing Data — Step-by-step guide to export your ChatGPT data, turn it into a portable profile, and move your full context to Claude or any other AI model.
Make the Most of Claude AI: From First Chat to Full Autopilot — A complete 2026 guide to Claude. Best starting point if you want to understand everything Claude can do for your work.
Turn Claude Into Your Personal AI Operating System (With My MCP) — Access all of my prompts, workflow templates, and skill builders directly inside Claude. Plus image generation with Nano Banana, right where you work.
Claude Can Now Generate Images (Here's How) — How we brought image generation into Claude through Amplifiers, with style galleries, in-chat previews, refining, and higher-quality results than Gemini gives you on the same model. Zero prompt engineering needed.
Claude Projects vs Cowork vs Skills: When to Use Each — A decision framework for picking the right Claude tool for any task, plus three prompts that set up your projects, Cowork, and skills for you.
The Complete Guide to Google Gemini: Every Feature Explained (2026) — A complete guide to Gemini. Every built-in tool, what's worth your time, what you can skip, and how to set it up so it works for you.
Every Google AI Tool You Should Know About in 2026 (36 Tools) — A practical map of Google’s entire AI ecosystem, grouped by use case, so you can pick a starting point instead of tool-hopping.
How I Went From Chasing AI Tools to Building AI Systems — Why trying every new tool keeps you busy but not effective, and how to build systems that support your goals.
💎How to Get Into AI for Non-Technical Late Bloomers: A Beginner’s Guide — A clear, non-intimidating starting point for anyone who feels late, overwhelmed, or unsure where AI fits in their life. Originally published for AI Supremacy.
How to Find the Right AI Tools for You — How to cut through the noise of thousands of AI tools and find the ones that you need for your goals.
I want to get consistently great results from AI
You’re already using AI but the outputs are hit or miss. These will help you get reliable, professional-quality results every time.
ChatGPT Not Working? Here’s the Prompting Fix I Use — Turn ChatGPT from unreliable into a reliable work partner with simple prompting techniques.
💎How I Get Professional Results With Any AI Tool (Even New Ones) — A repeatable system for learning and mastering any AI tool fast, using official docs and AI together.
💎 How I Created a Claude Skill So Every PDF, Deck, and Doc Comes Out On-Brand — Build a reusable brand skill so every PDF, presentation, and doc you create with Claude comes out on brand automatically.
Recursive Prompting: The Process That Makes AI Outputs (and You) Smarter — Work with AI in a way that deepens your thinking and sharpens the output with every round.
I Asked AI to Roast My Prompting Habits. Here’s What I Do Wrong. — A blunt self-audit that shows the habits that ruin outputs, plus prompts to catch and fix them.
How I Taught Myself to Work with AI in Domains I Had Zero Expertise In — How to use expert knowledge through AI to do high-level work, even way outside your lane.
The Expert’s Paradox: Why AI Is Actually Making Your Job Harder — Why your high standards make AI harder to work with, and how to turn that into better prompts and systems.
💎Reverse Engineering: How I Use AI to Deconstruct What Works and Recreate It — Pull apart any great example (images, ads, posts, landing pages) and rebuild it for your own projects.
How to Make ChatGPT Break Its Repetitive Loop — Get fresh, creative outputs instead of the same generic answers every time.
I Built a Tool to Prove the ‘Prompts Aren’t Valuable’ Myth Wrong — See how strong prompts transform vague inputs into expert-level results. Try the Prompt Generator yourself.
I want AI to sharpen my thinking, not replace it
If you’ve noticed yourself accepting AI answers without questioning them, or you want to use AI as a thinking partner instead of a shortcut, this is for you.
How GPT Can Make You Dumber (And How to Reverse That) — Practical guide and prompts to resist mental autopilot and make clearer, smarter calls.
I Don’t Want AI to Replace My Mind. Here’s My Simple System + 17 Prompts — How to keep your brain switched on when AI does the heavy lifting.
How I Use ChatGPT to Catch My Biases (Daniel Kahneman Would Approve) — Turn AI into your bias detector with insights from Thinking, Fast and Slow.
The AI Decision-Making Playbook to Beat Fatigue — Four practical frameworks and prompts to cut through decision overload and move forward with confidence.
💎The Most Meaningful AI Conversation I’ve Had Was with a Dead Philosopher — How to clone any mind with AI, from philosophers to mentors, and use their thinking as a practical decision aid.
I want to start or grow a business with AI
20 AI Prompts to Build a Side Hustle From Scratch (Step-by-Step Roadmap) — How to build a side hustle with AI. Walks you from a vague idea to a live business with branding, a website, and a growth engine.
OpenClaw Use Cases That’ll Make You Rethink What AI Agents Can Do — From dream agents to real automations. See what OpenClaw is, how it works, and 5 ways an autonomous agent could run real work for you and make you money.
I want to stop wasting hours on repetitive work
If you’re drowning in email, manually copying data between apps, or spending hours on tasks that should take minutes, start here.
The 4-Part System to Find Your Biggest Time-Wasters, Automate Them, and Win Back 10+ Hours Every Week — Uncover the repetitive tasks hiding in plain sight and turn them into smart automations.
💎 6 Ways Claude Now Works on Your Computer (While You're Not Even There) — I tested Claude's computer use on 6 real workflows with prompts, video demos, and honest verdicts so you know what's worth your time and what's not.
💎Claude Cowork Scheduled Tasks: 6 Ways I Automated My Work on Repeat — Turn one prompt into recurring automation. Set daily, weekly, or monthly tasks that Claude runs automatically across email, files, reporting, and research.
💎 Claude Code Routines: The No-Code Way to Automate Your Work — See 3 real examples with demo, 100 routine ideas, and how to build your first one.
💎 Stop Being the Glue: How to Connect Isolated AI Workflows in Cowork — Your AI automations don’t talk to each other. Here’s how to connect AI workflows in Cowork.
💎Google Apps Script 101: How I Use Gemini to Build Automations for Me — Complete beginner guide to automations: what they are, what you can build, and how to create systems that run without you.
💎How I Built an AI Personal Assistant That Works 24/7 — Build your own AI assistant that manages email, calendar, notes, and ideas through a single chat, for less than $3/month.
💎The Inbox Manager: How I Built a System That Keeps Email Under Control — A 15-minute setup that sorts your emails, summarizes newsletters, and delivers a daily digest of everything that matters.
💎I Built an AI Agent That Changed How I Handle My Finances — Auto-file invoices and receipts from email, extract key fields, and log everything to Sheets. Hands-free.
💎Losing Leads Because You Can’t Respond Fast Enough? Clone My System — Auto-draft replies in Gmail with n8n + OpenAI so you only review and send.
30 AI Research Tools That Live Inside Claude & ChatGPT (No Tech Skills Needed) — Stop scrolling, scraping, and double-checking fake AI links. Get 30 grounded research tools across YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, and Google, built into Claude and ChatGPT.
The AI Second Brain That Fixed My Research Chaos: Cluing Review — Drowning in tabs, bookmarks, and screenshots? Here’s how I use Cluing, an AI second brain, to capture, organize, and actually use what I save.
3 Automations I Built to Make Returning to Work After Vacation Easier — Scan unfinished tasks, summarize what happened while you were away, and turn emails into a clear task list.
The Secret iPhone Shortcuts That Beat Siri Every Time — Automate note-taking, workouts, content repurposing, and grading straight from your phone.
I Tested ChatGPT Agent on Real Work Tasks: How You Can Use It Too — Hands-on guide with real experiments showing what Agent mode can (and can’t) do for your daily work.
I want to create better content and grow my audience
Whether you’re writing a newsletter, building a brand, posting on LinkedIn, or growing a business, these will help you produce better work, faster.
💎The Claude Skills That Finally Made AI Write Like Me (And How to Build Yours) — Build three Claude Skills (Audience Profile, Voice DNA, and Business Context) so AI finally writes like you.
💎Claude Cowork Plugins: My Writing Plugin, Fully Broken Down — The custom plugin I built for my own writing, plus the skill files and step-by-step to build yours.
💎 How I Create Branded Lead Magnets With Claude in 5 Minutes (Using One Prompt) — Create branded lead magnets in about 5 minutes using an interactive prompt that handles everything from goal to finished PDF, plus the promotional post to go with it.
💎I Figured Out How to Make NotebookLM Write Like Me — Use NotebookLM to turn your research into near-final drafts that actually sound like you.
💎Automate LinkedIn Posting With n8n: My Full Setup and Step-by-Step Guide — Two simple workflows to repurpose, schedule, and publish LinkedIn posts automatically.
💎How I Built a Reddit Market Intelligence AI Agent That Saves Me 3+ Hours Per Week — Get weekly digests of market insights, trends, and opportunities without manually scrolling Reddit.
💎8 Viral Infographic Styles You Can Generate with Nano Banana 2 (+ 50 More Prompts) — A library of 58 ready-to-use prompts for infographic styles you can generate in Gemini, so you can turn your content into clean visuals fast.
💎I Can’t Believe AI Can Do This Now (Hands-On With Nano Banana Pro) — Hands-on tests of Google’s image model plus a reusable master prompt for infographics, diagrams, and branded visuals.
Nano Banana Gets You Halfway, This Tool Gets You Done (Recraft) — One workspace for image generation, editing, and vector design. Replaces the shuffle between different tools.
Forget PowerPoint: Create Stunning Presentations in Minutes — Turn a single prompt, document, or draft into polished decks, carousels, and landing pages.
The ChatGPT Workflow Every Content Creator Should Use — Custom GPTs to brainstorm ideas, polish drafts, and repurpose content for any platform.
5 AI Tools That Do the Research for You — Find credible, evidence-based answers fast using tools built for real research.
💎The Rules of Ecommerce Just Changed: A Guide to the Universal Commerce Protocol — Shopping is moving inside AI chats. See how to get your products discovered and chosen by AI agents.
The Perfect Christmas Present Doesn’t Exist… — 11 AI-powered gift ideas (Santa videos, animated photos, storybooks, custom songs) that feel genuinely personal.
I want AI to give me a real edge — at work or in my business
Whether you’re running a business, managing a team, switching careers, or trying to become the AI person in your organization, these will help you move faster and operate at a higher level.
💎Claude Cowork: 10 Use Cases I Tested + 67 More by Profession — Complete guide to Claude Cowork with real use cases by profession, honest limitations, and security risks.
💎36 Claude Skills Examples to Transform How You Work (From 23 Creators) — Turn repeat work into systems, cut context-switching, and ship faster across writing, business, ops, and code.
💎Claude Cowork Plugins: The Feature Behind the SaaSpocalypse — 11 official plugins, a custom plugin I built for my own writing, plus the skill files and step-by-step to build yours.
💎How to use NotebookLM with Claude Code: 5 demos + 50 use cases with prompts — Connect NotebookLM’s free research and generation to Claude Code’s ability to build, automate, and deliver. Five demoed use cases with video walkthroughs, prompts, and outputs.
💎How to Automate a Newsletter With AI (Anyone Can Do It) — Stay on top of the news, for yourself or your team. Two examples and a beginner-friendly Newsletter Builder workflow inside. No code, no n8n, no technical setup.
How to Build an AI Voice Agent in 30 Minutes (No Code) — The full no-code guide to building an AI voice agent with ElevenAgents. Step-by-step walkthrough of every click, prompt, and workflow inside.
Perplexity Computer vs Claude Code vs Cowork vs Manus: Tested Side by Side (2026) — I gave all four the same two tasks, tracked every dollar, and had an LLM Council pick the winner. A practical breakdown to help you decide which agentic AI tool is worth your money.
💎If I Were Still Managing a Team Today, This Is How I'd Use AI — Practical ways managers can use AI for reporting, onboarding, training, and daily ops, plus 50 prompts.
How to Test-Drive Any Career or Life Decision with AI — 7 prompts to simulate careers and life paths, cut "what-ifs," and choose with clarity.
The One Thing That Changed How I Read Non-Fiction Forever — How AI makes it easier to learn, remember, and actually apply what you read.
💎I've Been Setting Resolutions Wrong for Years. This Prompt Fixed It. — A guided prompt to stress-test your resolutions and turn them into a small set of realistic systems.
Why Everyone Uses AI at Work but Pretends They Don't — How stigma around AI use slows teams down, and what to do if you're the first person to talk about it.
I want to build apps, tools, or products without coding
You don’t need to be technical to build real things with AI. These will take you from “I have an idea” to “I built it”.
The Secret’s Out: How to Build a Website in Minutes for Less Than $5 — Three AI website builders compared. Go from idea to live site, fast.
💎 Build a Website with Claude Code: Payments, Email, SEO & More — full end-to-end guide to building and publishing a real business website with Claude Code, from first prompt to live domain, payments, forms, email delivery, SEO, analytics, and legal basics.
💎 I Built a Claude Managed Agent in 30 Minutes. Here’s How They Work and Why They Matter. — What Claude Managed Agents are, how they work, who they’re for, and how I built one and deployed it to a live website.
Intro to Claude Code: You Talk to One AI. It Puts a Team to Work. — How to use Claude Code subagents to turn one assistant into a coordinated team that ships faster.
How I Built the LAB (And What I Learned About Vibe-Coding That’ll Save You Money and Time) — Real lessons from building a full AI platform as a non-technical founder, and how to avoid costly dead ends.
💎I Built 5 Everyday Tools with Google AI Studio. Here’s How. — Build small useful apps in 30 minutes with natural language prompts. Great for replacing subscriptions you barely use.
From Books to Memes to Multiplayer Pitches: 12 Games I Built With AI — 12 copy-paste prompts to build learning, creativity, and pitch games with Gemini Canvas.
Be Your Own Guru: How We Built an App That Turns Your Past Lessons Into Daily Reminders — Behind-the-scenes of building a simple Lovable app to store and revisit your hard-won lessons (and how you can too).
How Manus AI Helped Me Create a 318-Page Ebook and Interactive Course — Turn simple prompts into finished digital products, with exact prompts and honest lessons.
I Built a Gigantic AI-Made Christmas Tree (Full of People Worth Reading) — A playful build and a curated map of creators worth following. A snapshot of how ideas, tools, and people connect in this community.
Expertise, reimagined with AI
Professionals with decades of experience from AI Blew My Mind community who chose to reimagine their work instead of protecting it.
When AI Can Pass Your Assessment, Whose Failure Is That? — A professor’s framework for fixing what AI broke in education, plus 23 prompts for educators inside the AI Blew My Mind MCP.
Ahead with AI series
A collection of quick, actionable notes. Each one gives you 3 prompts, 2 hands-on ways to use AI, and 1 key insight, so you keep turning AI from something you read about into something you use.
One last thing before you dive in
Everything you’ve seen above is just a glimpse.
The real home of all resources, free and premium, is inside AI blew my mind LAB.
Think of it as the library, playground, and toolbox of this entire space. Every prompt, system, guide, and automation I create lives there. And there’s a lot more inside than what I share in the newsletter.
A free subscription gives you access to occasional articles and a growing collection of practical resources to help you build strong foundations and start using AI with confidence, both through the newsletter and inside the Lab.
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All exclusive deep dives from the newsletter
Access to all premium resources only available inside the Lab + perks and discounts to various tools
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Whether you’re just starting or already building with AI, I’m really glad you’re here. This space has grown because of people like you - curious, ambitious, and ready to actually use AI to build something real.
Pick your track, explore at your own pace, and don’t be afraid to experiment. That’s where the breakthroughs usually happen.
See you inside the Lab 🚀
— Daria