Book - Start with the Why
Simon Sinek's take on why purpose beats manipulation in business and life. Short, clear, and quick to read.
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My Claude best practices (so far)
Prompting rules built by trial and error. Pick the right model, curate context, and iterate on your own process.
The phishing trick that hides in the reply button
A phishing email disguised as a quote request, and the reply-to trick that hid the fake address.
Power Automate: Join Action
Joins an array into a single string with the delimiter you choose. An empty array returns an empty string.
Power Automate: getPastTime function
Returns the current timestamp minus a number of time units. Always counts back from now in UTC.
Stuck? Check Your Strategy First
Hitting a wall usually means the strategy is flawed, not the tool. Questions to ask before you push harder.
Excel: Mid Function
Extracts characters from the middle of a text string, starting at a position you choose. Always returns text.
What is uv and why it's so useful in Python?
Installs Python, isolates each project, and manages dependencies with two commands.
Power Automate: Teams - Get message details Action
Returns the full message behind a message ID: body, sender, mentions, and reactions. The body arrives as HTML.
Power Automate: chunk Function
Splits a string or array into pieces of a fixed size. The last chunk is often shorter.
Book: 12 Rules for Life
Not the usual numbered self-help book. Peterson's twelve principles, from Stalin to God to the Bible.
Excel: Sumif Function
Sums the values that meet one condition. A mismatched sum range is silently reshaped, not flagged.