Building your AI tribe: who to add, what to give them, how to start

Practical. No hype. The most enjoyable thing I’ve built with AI this year has nothing to do with surgery. It’s a debate council — six historical figures convened around a table to argue any question I throw at them. Socrates asks questions that destabilise everyone else’s answers. Marcus Aurelius finds equanimity in the cosmic indifference … Read more

Setting up Claude properly: a 15-minute guide for surgeons

Practical. No hype. Fifteen minutes. That’s genuinely all it takes to go from an account that produces generic answers to a setup that knows your role, your writing style, your patients, and how you prefer to work. Most people never do this. Most people get generic answers. This post is the setup guide. Do this … Read more

Should I pay for Claude? Making sense of AI tiers

Practical. No hype. Most surgeons who ask me about AI assume the expensive tier is the right starting point. It usually isn’t. I made the same mistake: I paid for the top option before I understood what I actually needed. This post is the answer I wish I’d had before I spent any money. The … Read more