I’m 99% in goal with my private project: www.thewheelofclarity.com. This is something I’ve dreamed of for a long time—writing an e-book based on the teachings of a mentor. The original material was difficult to work with; it felt too spiritual and wasn't grounded enough for most people to actually use. I had a vision of making it simple and relatable, but getting there has been a long journey of trial and error. The Battle with "AI-Speak" I’ve tried to create this book several times. If you saw the first drafts and compared them to where I am today, you wouldn't believe it was the same book. The first many versions were done in ChatGPT, but I almost gave up several times. No matter how much we tried to improve it, the AI couldn't stay on track across all the chapters. I eventually switched to Gemini, and that’s where the version I have today finally took shape. But then I hit a wall with the "AI mindset." When I started looking at marketing, the AI kept insisting the target audience should be "high achievers" and "fast-paced CEOs." But that’s not what this book is. It’s for everyone—from stay-at-home parents to office workers to CEOs. It’s about understanding why certain patterns repeat in your life and how to change them. I ended up going through the book chapter by chapter to make it more human and accessible. Even after I thought I was done and created an audiobook version using ElevenLabs, I could still hear too much "AI" in it. It used words and phrasing that real people just don't use. I spent many nights listening to every single section, manually stripping out the "AI-isms" until it felt like my own. Building the Site with Claude Code The audiobook idea actually came from a colleague. I used ElevenLabs to find the right voice, and while you can still tell it’s AI, I’m proud of the voice I created and I’m sticking with it. For the website, I saw a video by Jake about folder structures in Claude Code. It sparked my curiosity, and even though I didn't fully understand the structure yet, I just jumped in. We built the site www.thewheelofclarity.com slavishly from top to bottom. We focused on one section at a time—brand voice, colors, and layout—until I was satisfied. Once the foundation was there, I added the technical side, like heatmaps and tracking tags, to help me optimize it later.

Tell us three things: 1. What you do (job, industry, student, career-changer, whatever) 2. What brought you to Clief Notes 3. One thing you're trying to figure out right now related to computing or AI I'll respond to every single one. And read each other's intros too because the person who's stuck on the same problem as you might already be in this thread. I'll go first I am Jake, I have been working in tech for 15 Years, building with Generative AI for 3 Years straight now! Excited to teach and learn! That's it. Simple, scannable, gives you data on who's joining and what they need, and keeps the feed clear for content that retains people past week one.

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