Guides
Field notes on building better AI coding setups. Real configs, real links, no fluff. Copy what works and skip the trial and error.
What Is an AI Coding Build (and Why Setups Matter)
Two people run the same model and get wildly different results. The difference is the build: the memory, rules, MCP servers and agents wrapped around the model.
CLAUDE.md Best Practices
Your CLAUDE.md is loaded into context on every single turn. Keep it short, specific and current, and it pays for itself in fewer corrections.
The Best MCP Servers Right Now
MCP turns your agent from a code generator into something that can read your issues, query your database and drive a browser. Here are the servers worth installing first.
Cursor Rules: A Practical Guide
Cursor rules are version-controlled instructions that shape how the Agent edits your code. Here is how to scope them so they help instead of getting in the way.
Claude Code vs Cursor: Which Setup Wins
It is not really a competition between two tools. It is a question of how much autonomy you want to hand the AI, and most serious builds end up using both.
Subagents and Hooks Explained
Subagents give you specialists with their own context. Hooks give you automation on lifecycle events. Together they turn a single agent into a small team that runs itself.
How to Use Setuproll: The Complete Guide
Everything you can do on Setuproll in one place: browse and compare builds, save them, create stacks, take the Academy course, read guides and news, and contribute your own articles and builds.
How to Write Prompts for Claude (Anthropic Style)
Claude rewards structure. Tag your inputs, split instructions from data, show examples and let it think out loud, and you will get cleaner, more reliable output.
How to Write Prompts for ChatGPT (GPT Style)
GPT models respond well to a clear role, explicit steps and tight format control. Set the persona, break the work down, and pin the output shape.
How to Write Prompts for Gemini (Google Style)
Gemini's edge is a very large context window and native multimodality. Feed it whole documents and images, then point it precisely at what you need.
How to Write Prompts for Midjourney (Image Style)
An image prompt is a recipe: subject, then style, then the parameters. Get the order and the modifiers right and you stop fighting the generator.
How to Write Prompts for Coding Agents
Claude Code, Cursor and the rest are not autocomplete. Give them context, hard constraints and a way to check their work, then let them iterate.
Prompt Engineering Fundamentals
The basics carry across every model: be clear, give context, show examples, set constraints, and evaluate the output. Master these before any trick.
Few-Shot and Chain of Thought
Two techniques do most of the heavy lifting in prompting: show worked examples, and ask the model to reason before it answers. Here is how to use both.
System Prompts Explained
The system prompt sets who the model is and how it behaves across a whole conversation. Designed well, it does the work you would otherwise repeat in every message.
AI for YouTube Creators
From the blank-page idea to the published Short, AI now covers every stage of a YouTube video. Here is a practical pipeline a non-coder can run start to finish.
AI for Instagram and TikTok
Short-form rewards volume and a strong hook. AI lets one person batch a week of captioned Reels and TikToks in an afternoon, including faceless ones.
AI for Bloggers and SEO
AI can draft a competent article in minutes, but ranking still takes a human. Use it for outlines, drafts and repurposing, then edit hard for accuracy and voice.
AI Image Generation: Getting Started
Midjourney and Flux turn a sentence into an image, but the difference between a mess and a masterpiece is how you prompt and refine. Here is the beginner path.
AI Video Generation: Getting Started
Runway, Kling and Veo turn prompts and stills into moving footage. The craft is in shot control and stitching short clips into something that feels intentional.
AI Music and Voice
Suno writes and sings original songs from a description, and ElevenLabs gives you studio-grade voiceovers. Together they cover music, narration and podcasts.
AI 3D and Game Assets
Meshy and Tripo turn text or photos into 3D models in minutes, and AI helps with pixel art too. Here is how the pieces fit into a real asset pipeline.
AI Chatbots and Automation
ManyChat, Voiceflow and Make let a non-coder build a working bot and wire it into real actions. Map the flow first, then build, connect and test.
AI for Telegram Channels
A Telegram channel plus a bot is a content machine you can mostly automate. Create the bot with BotFather, schedule posts, and use AI to draft and summarize.