OPEN KNOWLEDGE / 001—010

A library for building with judgment.

Guides and lab notes you can use before hiring me. Decisions, tests and architectures explained from practical work.

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Tool / Process cost
Example for the process calculator

Before automating, do the maths.

Documents per week40
Minutes per document6
Current review workload240 min / week
40 × 6 min = 4 h

Estimated current workload. Deduct review, maintenance and exceptions when calculating savings.

01Measure the actual work
02Test a representative sample
03Compare time and errors

Sample data

01GUIDE · 8 MIN

How to spot an AI automation worth building

Volume, variability, return, control and a concrete way to decide whether to build.

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02CHECKLIST · 10 MIN

What an AI-built product must test

Quality, attacks, tools, fallback, cost and regression before launch.

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03LAB NOTE · 9 MIN

MCP, skills and agent teams without the hype

What each piece solves and how to design autonomy that produces evidence.

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04GUIDE · 12 MIN

How to design an agent team that knows when it is done

Managers, handoffs, work contracts, evaluation and four verifiable exit states.

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05LAB / 001 · 14 MIN

RogueBall: audited Godot artifact

Code, configuration, hashes, verified mechanics and honest agent-evidence limits.

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06GUIDE + TOOL · 7 MIN

How to write an AI project brief

Turn outcome, process, data, risk and success criteria into a copyable document.

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07GUIDE + CALCULATOR · 7 MIN

What a manual process actually costs

An explicit baseline for time, volume, people and rework, without promising future savings.

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08GUIDE + PLANNER · 9 MIN

How to run the Google Play closed test

Separate the 12-testers-for-14-days threshold from the evidence, builds and corrections that explain the test.

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09GUIDE + SELECTOR · 10 MIN

How to choose a Steam Playtest route

Limited or open Playtest, keys, internal access or a beta branch according to the game, audience and decision.

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010GUIDE + SELECTOR · 10 MIN

How to run a TestFlight beta

Internal groups, external testers and public links separated by review, identity, capacity and evidence.

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