Community field notes

Notes from people who ship.

Honest posts from 3 authors in the tunedtools community. Workflows, experiments, and the messy middle.

Charging for AI assisted work: Why your billable hours are a liability
Founder Notes Product

Charging for AI assisted work: Why your billable hours are a liability

If you are still billing by the hour while using LLMs, you are subsidizing your clients with your own margins. Here is how to price for output instead.

Marcus Chen Marcus Chen May 4, 2026 · 6 min read
Automated Incident Response with AI: A Governance-First Guide
Engineering AI Workflows

Automated Incident Response with AI: A Governance-First Guide

Stop letting LLMs have root access. Learn to build a policy-driven framework for automated incident response with AI using hard guardrails and deterministic checks.

Anna Rivera Anna Rivera May 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Writing a newsletter with AI: Building a Curation Engine
AI Workflows Product

Writing a newsletter with AI: Building a Curation Engine

Learn how to build an automated curation workflow that uses AI for research while keeping your unique editorial voice intact.

Priya Natarajan Priya Natarajan May 1, 2026 · 7 min read
Generative UI Patterns: Building with Deterministic Schemas
Product AI Workflows

Generative UI Patterns: Building with Deterministic Schemas

Move beyond unpredictable AI interfaces. Learn how deterministic schema registries create accessible, brand-consistent generative UI that actually works.

Priya Natarajan Priya Natarajan May 1, 2026 · 7 min read
AI for SEO Content at Scale: Managing the $0.14 Unit Cost of Decay
Founder Notes Product

AI for SEO Content at Scale: Managing the $0.14 Unit Cost of Decay

Stop shipping static AI pages that die in three months. Learn how to build a high-volume SEO engine that automates factual updates and internal linking.

Marcus Chen Marcus Chen May 1, 2026 · 6 min read
GitHub Copilot Alternatives That Actually Work for Staff Engineers
Engineering AI Workflows

GitHub Copilot Alternatives That Actually Work for Staff Engineers

Tired of Copilot hallucinations? I tested five alternatives that actually handle complex context and reduce your rollback rate.

Anna Rivera Anna Rivera May 1, 2026 · 6 min read
Running Local LLMs for Coding: Why Your M3 Max Isn't Enough
Engineering AI Workflows

Running Local LLMs for Coding: Why Your M3 Max Isn't Enough

A post-mortem on our attempt to move AI coding workflows off-cloud. Performance benchmarks, memory pressure, and why we went back to a hybrid setup.

Anna Rivera Anna Rivera May 1, 2026 · 6 min read
AI Video Editing Workflow: Comparing Generative and Assistive Tools
AI Workflows Product

AI Video Editing Workflow: Comparing Generative and Assistive Tools

A deep look at how an AI video editing workflow reduces friction between ideation and the final export through generative and assistive tools.

Priya Natarajan Priya Natarajan Apr 30, 2026 · 7 min read
ChatGPT vs Claude for Marketing Copy: The $0.12 Unit Economics of Scale
Founder Notes Product

ChatGPT vs Claude for Marketing Copy: The $0.12 Unit Economics of Scale

A data-driven comparison of ChatGPT and Claude for marketing workflows, focusing on edit distance, brand drift, and conversion framework performance.

Marcus Chen Marcus Chen Apr 30, 2026 · 6 min read