The Deep Dives, Downloadable
Everything on this site, distilled into guides you can download, keep, print, and share. Written in plain English for any experience level. No email address required. No signup. Click, download, done.
Pick Your Guide
Each one stands alone. Together they cover the whole landscape. All are Markdown (.md) files — they open in any text editor, including Notepad, and read best in a Markdown viewer.
The Big AI Deep Dive
All nine major chat AIs — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Copilot, Llama, and Pi — head to head. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly for each, plus the exact $20/month stack that builds real apps.
Download the guide ↓The Coding Tools Deep Dive
Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Cline, Aider, and the browser builders — sorted into four categories so you finally know which kind of tool you actually need.
Download the guide ↓Which AI Should I Use?
Skip the reviews. Find the sentence that sounds like you — "I want to build an app," "I'm on a zero-dollar budget," "privacy is my #1 concern" — and get a straight answer with a free way to start.
Download the guide ↓The AI Pricing Truth Guide
Every price on one page, plus the costs nobody advertises: usage-limit squeezes, quiet downgrades, API bill horror stories, and the five rules to follow before you ever enter a card number.
Download the guide ↓AI Jargon in Plain English
Tokens, context windows, LLMs, agents, MCP, RAG, hallucinations, API keys — every confusing word explained like you're a smart person who just hasn't heard it yet. Bookmark-worthy.
Download the guide ↓The CLAUDE.md Template
The download that started this whole site — the fill-in-the-blanks project file that turns Claude Code into your builder. Lives on its own page with full instructions.
Go to the template page →What's a .md File?
Markdown — a plain text file with simple formatting marks. Open it in Notepad and it's perfectly readable. Open it in a free Markdown viewer (VS Code, Obsidian, or even paste it into any AI chat) and it renders with nice headings and tables. It's the same format as the CLAUDE.md template — which is not a coincidence.
Read One, Then Build Something
Guides are fuel, not the destination. When you're ready, the Getting Started page walks you from zero to a deployed app.