Adopting GenAI for the Busy Executive

Slash Costs and Boost Loyalty with AI-Powered Documentation

Remember the early internet, when websites were mostly static “brochureware”? This evolved into e-commerce. The brochureware approach proved surprisingly effective for customer support. It allowed companies to put product documentation, HR manuals, and engineering notes online where people could reference them. Later, search capabilities were added, making this content more accessible. A fundamental challenge remained: search alone couldn’t bridge the gap between complex documentation and user needs.

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Amazon Textract: A Developer's Guide to Document Intelligence

Amazon Textract: A Developer’s Guide to Document Intelligence

Ever stared at a scanned document knowing all the data you need is right there—but completely trapped? Traditional OCR reads words. Textract understands meaning. Here’s how to liberate your documents.

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    Core Features
      Forms Detection
      Table Recognition
      Layout Analysis
      Natural Language Queries
    Document Types
      Invoices
      Receipts
      IDs & Licenses
      Contracts
      Medical Forms
    Processing Modes
      Synchronous
      Asynchronous
      Batch Processing
    Integration
      boto3 SDK
      TRP Library
      S3 Integration
      SNS Notifications

The Document Intelligence Revolution

You know that sinking feeling. Staring at a scanned invoice, knowing every piece of data you need is technically there—but it might as well be carved in stone. Traditional OCR might read the words, but you’re left playing detective. Which value belongs to which label? Where’s the table structure? How do these pieces connect?

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Claude 4: Why Anthropic Just Changed the Game by Abandoning the Chatbot Race

Claude 4: Why Anthropic Just Changed the Game by Abandoning the Chatbot Race

While everyone else fights to build the best AI assistant, Anthropic quietly stepped out of the ring. Their radical pivot with Claude 4 could reshape how we think about AI development—and why infrastructure trumps chatbots.

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    Infrastructure Focus
      Developer Ecosystem
      API Revolution
      Files API
      MCP Integration
    Technical Innovations
      Long-Horizon Tasks
      Parallel Processing
      Enhanced Memory
      Repository Access
    Market Position
      GitHub Default
      Enterprise Focus
      Developer Tools
      Strategic Partnerships
    Business Strategy
      Infrastructure Play
      Recurring Revenue
      Network Effects
      Ecosystem Building

The Death of the “Do Everything” AI

Let’s face it—the general-purpose AI assistant market is brutal. OpenAI dominates with ChatGPT. Google throws massive resources behind Gemini. Everyone else fights for scraps. Anthropic surveyed this battlefield and made a calculated decision: instead of joining the dance floor, they’d build the stage itself.

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Anthropic’s MCP Set up Git MCP Agentic Tooling wit

Anthropic’s MCP: Set up Git MCP Agentic Tooling with Claude Desktop

In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up and using Model Context Protocol (MCP) Git integration with Claude Desktop. This powerful tooling enables Claude to analyze and interact with your Git repositories directly. It provides advanced code analysis and version control capabilities. We’ll cover everything from basic setup to advanced use cases, troubleshooting, and best practices. Let’s start by understanding what MCP is and why it’s important.

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Setting up Claude Filesystem MCP

Setting up Claude Filesystem MCP

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a big deal in artificial intelligence. It was introduced on November 25th, 2024, and it’s like a universal connector for AI systems. Before MCP, AI assistants were like chefs with only one ingredient - their own capabilities. But now, with MCP, AI assistants have a “fully stocked pantry” of information to work with. This means they can do more and better things for us.

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Rick and Chris Review Machine Learning

Trail Talk: Rick and Chris Review Machine Learning

On a crisp Saturday morning, Rick and Chris were hiking up a favorite mountain trail, the sun casting a golden glow through the trees. Backpacks strapped on and water bottles filled, they set a steady pace up the incline.

Rick: adjusting his backpack straps

“Chris, you’ve been diving deep into machine learning lately. I keep hearing terms like supervised and unsupervised learning, but I’m a bit fuzzy on what they actually mean.”

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