Canva AI Tools: 5 Honest Picks From a Year of Weekly Use
A year of weekly Canva use, sorted into what actually helps a solo thumbnail workflow and what doesn’t.
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Notion AI Meeting Notes: 5 Real Wins for Solo Client Work
Six weeks of client calls captured, summarized, and filed without typing a word; here is what stuck and what I skip.
Claude vs Gemini for Long-Form Writing: My Honest 2026 Pick
Which AI writing tool holds a 3,000-word argument without drifting, and which just gets you to a first draft faster?
Claude Code Automation: 5 Real Wins From My Solo Stack
Six months on Claude Code, Max plan: the five automation wins that stuck, and the setup tax no one warns you about.
Perplexity vs Gemini for Research: My Honest 2026 Verdict
After eight months on both paid plans, here is how I split client research between them, and where each one wins.
AI Proposal Review: 6 Honest Checks Before I Hit Send
The six-check pass I run on every client proposal before hitting send: where AI quietly saves me from myself.
Cursor Composer 2.5: 4 Honest Signals From a Non-Developer Week
Cursor’s new Composer model claims smarter long-running tasks. Four signals from a non-developer’s CSV cleanup week.
Notion Workers: 4 Real Shifts for a Solo Consultant Stack
Notion turned the workspace into a hub for AI agents this month. Four shifts a solo consultant feels in a daily stack.
Perplexity Pro: 5 Proven Wins From a Solo Consultant Year
A year on Perplexity Pro across pitch research and competitive monitoring — five honest wins and the limits I work around.
Claude Projects: 5 Solid Wins From a Solo Consultant Stack
Six months in with Claude Projects across three retainer clients — the five wins and two limits that compounded.
Slack for Solo Consultants: 5 Smart Picks vs the 2026 Rivals
I tested Slack against Notion, Discord, Teams, and email for six weeks. Here is the 2026 trade-off math.
Canva AI Review: 5 Real Wins From a Solo Consultant Stack
Canva AI 2.0 went agentic in April. After four weeks on Pro, I tracked the wins, the limits, and credit math.