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In the Weeds: Video Intelligence with Mux and AI

How to build AI-powered video analysis workflows using Mux Video MCP — from automated transcription to intelligent content tagging.

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In the Weeds: RAG from Scratch with txtai

A technical walkthrough of building a Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipeline with txtai — from document ingestion to query-time generation.

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In the Weeds: Building a Personal Research Agent with Apify and Neon

A deep technical tutorial on combining Apify MCP for web scraping, Neon MCP for serverless Postgres, and AI to build a personal research pipeline. Code examples, architecture decisions, and real results.

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In the Weeds: Can I Trust AI With My Kid's Homework?

A long, honest look at AI homework help — what it's actually good for, what it breaks, and a framework for keeping it useful without letting it do the learning.

The first entry in a recurring series where we sit with a hard question for longer than the internet usually allows.*

In the Weeds: Can You Actually Learn With ChatGPT? A Field Guide for the Honest Student

A long, practical look at what it really means to learn when you have an AI chat window open. The failure modes, the honest uses, and a framework for keeping your own brain in the loop.

The second entry in a recurring series where we sit with a hard question for longer than the internet usually allows. The [first In the Weeds entry was about parenting](/blog/in-the-weeds-can-i-trust-ai-with-my-kids-homework) — specifically, about what happens when a parent opens…

In the Weeds: How to Rehearse a Screen Reader Read-Through Without Installing JAWS

A walkthrough of using AI to simulate a screen reader read-through, the limits of that simulation, and when you need real assistive tech testing.

It's 9:12 on a Tuesday morning, and I have been listening to my own homepage for an hour. Not reading it. Listening. A voice that sounds like a mid-1990s GPS is telling me, "link, link, link, button, heading level two, link, main, navigation, link, link." Somewhere in there is th…

In the Weeds: Automating Your Browser with Puppeteer MCP

A technical walkthrough of browser automation powered by AI — web scraping, testing, and interaction through Puppeteer MCP.

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In the Weeds: How to Run Multiple AI Models with LiteLLM

A technical deep-dive on model routing, fallbacks, and cost optimization using LiteLLM — the universal API gateway for AI models.

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In the Weeds: Building Your First MCP Server from Scratch

A hands-on technical tutorial for building a custom MCP server — from zero to functional, with real examples from the ecosystem.

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