# Notes from AI work I want to find again Source: https://aaronmakelky.com/blog Last updated: 2026-05-26 Blog index for notes Aaron wants to find again: classroom AI, tool tests, agent jobs, creator work, and workday fixes. Blog Tool tests and classroom AI notes, plus the workday fixes I kept needing to look up again. ## All posts September 4, 2026 · 2 min read ### [I'm hosting.](/blog/im-hosting) Astra Commons is coming to Casper. Join me and OpenAIDevs on September 12 at CitiWerks for free coffee, food, and GPT-6 credits. Events · Casper · GPT-6 [Read](/blog/im-hosting) September 3, 2026 · 3 min read ### [How to get more Grok Bot usage (without paying more)](/blog/how-to-get-more-grok-bot-usage) Grok Bot is awesome, but the rate limits suck. Here's a little trick that's totally legit: run Cursor, Grok Build, Codex, or Google's anti-gravity on Grok Bot's own Linux terminal so the coding work does not eat your usage. Grok Bot · Rate limits · Herdr · Agents [Read](/blog/how-to-get-more-grok-bot-usage) August 31, 2026 · 6 min read ### [Your Grok Bot setup is a mess](/blog/how-i-set-up-grok-bot) I organize Grok Bot like an org system with a chief of staff, project leads, and shared specialists. Grok Bot · Workflow · Agents [Read](/blog/how-i-set-up-grok-bot) July 25, 2026 · 12 min read ### [I edited a fishing video from the ChatGPT mobile app without touching a timeline](/blog/codex-hyperframes-video-editing-workflow) The real prompts, screenshots, corrections, and tools behind a 31.7-second vertical video I edited with Codex and HyperFrames from my phone. ![Six frames from Aaron Makelky's Codex and HyperFrames fly-fishing video.](/og/codex-hyperframes-video-editing-workflow.png) Codex · HyperFrames · AI Video Editing · ChatGPT · Creator Workflows [Read](/blog/codex-hyperframes-video-editing-workflow) June 18, 2026 · Transcript ### [Aaron with Kevin, June 18, 2026](/tko-2026-6-18) A timestamped transcript with Aaron and Kevin labelled in the script. Conversation · Transcript [Read](/tko-2026-6-18) June 16, 2026 · 4 min read ### [one card run beat a year of errands](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-16) A night-before anniversary card run left me with a Poke recipe, one dollar-store trip, and a card bench for the next year. What I built today · Poke · Family logistics · Field Notes [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-16) June 15, 2026 · 4 min read ### [the row shape was the build](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-15) I cleaned up a tiny content ops problem that was getting just annoying enough to matter: one promo slot had turned into a pile of platform rows. What I built today · Operations · Content Workflow · Field Notes [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-15) June 4, 2026 · 4 min read ### [the chart needed a memory](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-04) A monthly slide update became a source note: chart, numbers, read of the month, and the manual paste step. What I built today · Analytics · Operations [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-04) June 2, 2026 · 4 min read ### [the comment had no instructions](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-02) A vague assigned comment had no instructions, so I built slide-ready notes. The deck edit stayed manual because that was the right handoff. What I built today · Automation · Analytics [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-02) May 29, 2026 · 4 min read ### [I did not have to ask](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-29) The board already knew what could move and what needed to wait, so the day started without another tab hunt. What I built today · Automation · Planning [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-29) May 28, 2026 · 4 min read ### [no specialists in the room](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-28) A motion piece in Jitter while the designer was out, a Descript API transcript pull to answer a livestream viewer, and a full workshop follow-up that never left Notion. What I built today · Jitter · Descript API · Notion [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-28) May 27, 2026 · 4 min read ### [the dashboard asked first](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-27) Opening the day to a ready-made operating card that pulled the real priorities into one place. What I built today · AI Workflows · Operations [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-27) May 26, 2026 · 4 min read ### [the system stopped living on one laptop](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-26) A chopped-up day left me with a workshop board and a repo the agents could all read. The content plan got smaller too. What I built today · Automation · Planning [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-26) May 25, 2026 · 4 min read ### [the brief was the build](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-25) A small prep automation gave the fuzzy workshop lane a page that was ready on Monday. What I built today · Planning · Field Notes [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-25) May 22, 2026 · 5 min read ### [three tiny systems that made the day less messy](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-22) Four small jobs landed: a watcher, a connector pass, an agent-planning lane, and one hoodie reminder. What I built today · Agents · Automation [Read](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-22) April 7, 2026 · 8 min read ### [I cleaned up ten skill folders so you can see the wiring](/blog/10-openclaw-skills-running-on-raspberry-pi) Hardware is a Pi 5. Each folder has a SKILL.md, a SETUP.md, and scripts only where a prompt is not enough. OpenClaw · Raspberry Pi · Agents [Read](/blog/10-openclaw-skills-running-on-raspberry-pi) March 27, 2026 · 10 min read ### [He told me he felt like he could finally read](/blog/ai-in-education-friction-question-not-tool-question) A student told me the tool let him read. The hard part was deciding which friction was still the work. From a Skilling Future Podcast conversation about AI inside a school. Classroom AI · Literacy · Podcast [Read](/blog/ai-in-education-friction-question-not-tool-question) February 20, 2026 · 12 min read ### [revision history may not catch the agent](/blog/agentic-ai-classrooms-what-teachers-need-to-know) Agentic browsers can move through web assignments in ways revision history may not catch. That changes what a teacher can verify after the work is done. Classroom AI · Agentic AI [Read](/blog/agentic-ai-classrooms-what-teachers-need-to-know) February 20, 2026 · 10 min read ### [cheaper tools did not make anyone sound like themselves](/blog/podcasting-for-creators-human-content-wins-2026) Cheaper tools did not fix the real problem: creators still have to sound like themselves. Format choices and a few simple systems keep a creator from sounding interchangeable. Podcasting · Creators [Read](/blog/podcasting-for-creators-human-content-wins-2026) March 3, 2025 · 12 min read ### [most teacher AI apps are wrappers](/blog/3_ai_apps_teachers) Most teacher AI apps are wrappers around the same models. I would start with the frontier tools, then add classroom-specific apps only when they save real time. Classroom AI · Tools [Read](/blog/3_ai_apps_teachers) February 22, 2025 · 10 min read ### [context, a revision, then check the work](/blog/ai_skills_everyone_2025) Before the app choice matters, students and teachers need a few repeatable habits: give the model context, push for a revision, then check the work before trusting it. Classroom AI · Habits [Read](/blog/ai_skills_everyone_2025) February 17, 2025 · 8 min read ### [AI policy for schools without pretending it is simple](/blog/ai_policy_for_schools) A school AI policy has to answer normal classroom questions about what students can use and disclose, and where teacher judgment still sits. AI Policy · School Administration · Teaching [Read](/blog/ai_policy_for_schools) February 2, 2025 · 15 min read ### [I made these AI mistakes as a teacher first](/blog/5-mistakes-teachers-make-with-ai) I made plenty of AI mistakes as a classroom teacher. These are the ones I would clean up first, especially for schools trying to move past panic and tool demos. Classroom AI · Teaching [Read](/blog/5-mistakes-teachers-make-with-ai) ## Where the rough notes start LinkedIn and X get some of the rough notes first. The blog is where I keep the version I need to find later. [Links page](/links) ## Related pages - [I'm hosting.](/blog/im-hosting) - [How to get more Grok Bot usage (without paying more)](/blog/how-to-get-more-grok-bot-usage) - [Your Grok Bot setup is a mess](/blog/how-i-set-up-grok-bot) - [I edited a fishing video from the ChatGPT mobile app without touching a timeline](/blog/codex-hyperframes-video-editing-workflow) - [AI in education friction question](/blog/ai-in-education-friction-question-not-tool-question) - [Agentic AI in classrooms](/blog/agentic-ai-classrooms-what-teachers-need-to-know) - [I cleaned up ten skill folders so you can see the wiring](/blog/10-openclaw-skills-running-on-raspberry-pi) - [most teacher AI apps are wrappers](/blog/3_ai_apps_teachers) - [I made these AI mistakes as a teacher first](/blog/5-mistakes-teachers-make-with-ai) - [AI policy for schools without pretending it is simple](/blog/ai_policy_for_schools) - [context, a revision, then check the work](/blog/ai_skills_everyone_2025) - [cheaper tools did not make anyone sound like themselves](/blog/podcasting-for-creators-human-content-wins-2026) - [What I built today: June 16, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-16) - [What I built today: June 4, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-04) - [What I built today: June 2, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-06-02) - [What I built today: May 29, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-29) - [What I built today: May 28, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-28) - [What I built today: May 27, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-27) - [What I built today: May 26, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-26) - [What I built today: May 25, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-25) - [What I built today: May 22, 2026](/what-i-built-today-2026-05-22) - [Aaron with Kevin transcript, June 18, 2026](/tko-2026-6-18) - [Tools](/tools) - [About Aaron](/about) ## Sources and references - [Skilling Future Podcast episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoZXbV-w8Bo) ## Common questions ### What topics does Aaron Makelky write about? Aaron writes about classroom AI, tool tests, agent workflows, creator work, podcasting, privacy, and workday fixes. ### Where should I start? Start with the newest note that matches the work in front of you. If you want something practical to try, use the tools page.