Your AI App Runs. Its Dependencies Might Still Be Wrong.
Reproduce a stale uv lockfile, see why frozen can run the old dependency, and give your coding assistant a consistency check it can prove.
BY JASON EAD
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Your Cheapest AI Model Might Be Your Most Expensive Workflow
Include human review time when comparing AI workflows. Use a tested decimal calculator and a task-trial record, with clearly fictional inputs and no model-performance claims.
Your AI CSV Could Be a Spreadsheet Trap
Inspect parsed CSV cells for suspicious prefixes before spreadsheet delivery. Includes a tested text-only review gate, false-positive examples and clear limits.
Your AI App Broke. Find the Commit Before Rewriting It.
Use a repeatable business test and Git bisect to locate an injected quote-calculation regression in a disposable four-commit repository.
Your Agent Skill Is Not Permission to Hit Send
Package a draft-only business reply skill with clear stopping points, source-backed review packets and five boundary tests before enabling delivery.
Stop Blank AI Reports Before They Reach Your Clients
Build a tested Jinja rendering boundary that rejects missing report fields, escapes HTML text and keeps human approval separate from delivery.
Your AI App Has a Backup. Can It Actually Recover?
Run a disposable SQLite restore drill that catches wrong business values even when database integrity passes. Includes tested Python code and failure checks.
Your AI Art Looks Amazing. Is It Ready for Your Business?
Turn AI artwork into a reviewable business asset with an approved-copy brief, crop checks and a clear human release decision.
Stop Sneaky AI Edits: Review Your Service Catalog Before It Ships
A valid JSON file can still contain the wrong price. Build a read-only Python review that exposes every service-catalog change before an AI-assisted edit reaches your business.
Stop Overfeeding Your AI: Build a Smarter Context Budget
Use tiktoken to preserve required instructions, include whole business records and report omitted context before an AI request.
Build a Local AI Run Review Console With Datasette
Build a local Datasette console to inspect AI workflow records, filter review queues and understand the limits of read-only snapshots and export controls.
Turn AI Project Briefs Into Repeatable PDFs With Typst
Render structured project briefs through a reusable Typst template, preserve review artifacts and test the actual PDF output. Includes complete Python and template code.
Test a Claude Code Formatting Hook With Ruff
Build and locally test a check-only Python formatting hook, separate style feedback from business correctness, and verify Claude integration before relying on it.
Search Business Procedures Locally With FastEmbed
Run a local embedding model over business procedures, return traceable sources and test the questions your library cannot answer. Includes complete Python code.
Prepare Word Documents for AI With MarkItDown
Build a local DOCX-to-Markdown review bundle with source snapshots and hashes. A tested example shows why successful conversion can still lose business context.
Build a Read-Only MCP Service Catalog for Business Agents
Give business agents approved service details through two read-only MCP tools. Build the Python server and test real stdio calls with a fictional catalog.
Turn AI Artwork Into a 12-Second Business Promo With FFmpeg
Build a silent portrait promo from AI artwork and editable campaign copy. Includes a tested FFmpeg renderer, file checks and a fictional business example.
Build a Retryable CRM Handoff for an AI Workflow
Use a transactional outbox and stable action IDs to recover CRM handoffs, with a tested local example that exposes duplicate-task and lost-reply failures.