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How I Edit My YouTube Videos with Claude and Remotion
I film, say one sentence, and come back to a cut I can review. Here's the whole process, plus the prompt that builds it on your machine instead of mine.
Hackers Don't Hack AI-Built Apps. They Just Log In.
Nobody hacked anything. They signed up like a normal customer, changed one number in the URL, and read someone else's data. That hole has a boring name, it is the number one hole on the web again this year, and AI-built apps ship with it constantly. Here is how to check yours in five minutes.
I Made an AI Break Into My Own Website. Here Is What It Found.
I built the site, put in the guards, and still left holes I could not see. So I pointed an AI at it and told it to attack. Here is what it found, the one-line fix, and the habit that matters more than any patch.
Own Your Keys: Vibe Code Without Handing Your Data to a Stranger
A flaw in n8n left tens of thousands of servers wide open, API keys and tokens included. Here is how I built a client's posting tool the secure way, kept the keys on the machine, and skipped the connectors, in an afternoon.
Built an App With AI? You're One Setting From a Data Leak.
A guy built an app with AI, posted that he didn't write a single line of code, and then 4.75 million records walked out the door. The cause was one setting he didn't know he needed. Here's the short list that keeps you off that list, from someone who's been shipping software for 13 years.
I Built an AI Setup That Outlives Every Model
The models leapfrog each other every few weeks. Here's how I keep my AI's memory in plain files I own, so switching tools costs me nothing.
The First Thing You Should Do With Claude: Give It a Memory
Claude starts every chat from zero, so it guesses about you — and guessing is why the answers come back generic. The fix isn't a better prompt. It's a Master Statement: one conversation that makes Claude actually know you, in every chat after.
What's Your Freedom Number? Calculate It Before Anything Else
Before you pick a retirement target, a passive-income goal, or any number at all — there's one figure you need first. Most people never calculate it. It's the floor where a paycheck becomes optional.
My Body Is Dual Fuel Now — How I Lost 75 Pounds
At 52, after years of doctor warnings I kept ignoring, something finally clicked. I went low-carb, my body learned to run on fat as well as sugar, and 75 pounds came off. Here's the short version.
Gen X Wasn't Handed a Pension — So I'm Building Three Systems Instead
We were the latchkey kids — came home to an empty house, made our own dinner, fixed the broken things. That wiring is exactly what a creative retirement takes. The plan isn't to earn more. It's to need less.