Welcome to the Out of The Box Series — where I test how far curiosity and AI can take you in 30, 60, or 90 minutes using today’s best no-code and low-code tools. No studio. No production team. No advance training. Just exploration to see what we can do — right out of the box. 🎧 Finished Song*: I Got Your Six Little Girl 🎬 This Episode: Suno.com – AI Song Creation 🕒 Time Limit: 90 Minutes 📂 Category: AI Music & Personal Creativity 🎶 What Is Suno? Suno is an AI music generation tool that can create songs from prompts, lyrics, and style direction. In this case, Suno did the musical composition. I uploaded my original lyrics. 🎧 Finished Song*: I Got Your Six Little Girl Because rights and ownership matter, I started with lyrics I had written myself and kept the words original. With Suno Pro, you can publish what you create, so I wanted to be thoughtful about what I uploaded and refined. 📝 Backstory In February 2020, I wrote a poem for my daughter called I Got Your Six Little Girl. It was written from the perspective of a father looking back on all the firsts: - first heartbeat - first breath - first steps - first bike ride and moments in between The poem was already written. But I cannot sing. I cannot play instruments very well. I was never in the band. So I wanted to see if I could use AI to help turn the poem into a song to give her as a graduation present. ⏳ What I Built in 90 Minutes: Within one focused session, I: 🎼 Uploaded my original lyrics into Suno 📝 Converted the poem format into a song lyric format 🎚️ Used Suno’s interface presets to guide the style 🔁 Generated multiple versions 🎧 Listened for tempo, transitions, hooks, and continuity 🎵 Created a strong working version of the song 🎧 Finished Song*: I Got Your Six Little Girl The prompt was less of a traditional instruction and more of a music style descriptor.

Sometimes AI helps with productivity. Sometimes it helps with workflows. And sometimes… it helps two very proud parents create the perfect swag gift for their daughter’s first job as a nurse. In this case, Mommy was the art director — with the vision, the eye, and the “nope, that’s not quite right” authority. ❤️ And Daddy was prompting his heart out, trying to get every detail just right for a one-of-a-kind gift to celebrate a huge milestone. Not just any gift. A first job gift. A you worked for this gift. A we are so incredibly proud of you gift. That’s one of the things I love about AI. It is not always about big business use cases or fancy automation. Sometimes it is simply about helping you bring an idea to life faster… more creatively… and with a little more heart. A custom gift. A meaningful moment. A daughter stepping into her calling. And two parents smiling behind the scenes, trying to make it special. Here is the full prompt trail — images, typos, revisions, “almost there” moments, and all: https://chatgpt.com/share/69f202f5-7a30-83ea-a591-cb97fd8246b2 That is AI in real life. Because sometimes the best use of AI is not just getting something done. It is helping you show someone you love just how much they mean to you.

Day: 127 Level: Intermediate Edition: Claude Code Category: Costs & Usage AI Learning Path: Real-World Usage AI Terms in Series: Tokens → Models → Subscription Level → API Use → Extra Usage Models are the different versions of Claude AI available through Claude Code, each with different capabilities, speeds, and costs. Understanding which model you’re using is foundational — it affects everything from what you can accomplish to how much you’ll pay. 🪄 Simple Definition: Claude AI engines available through Claude Code, each with unique capabilities and costs.→ “Understanding how Choosing the right Claude model for the job selecting or moving between the models will help you control token usage and cost” 🌟 Expanded Definition: Models are different Claude AI engines, each trained and optimized for specific capabilities. Think of them as different specialists on your team — some are fast and efficient for simple tasks, others are powerful for complex work, and each comes with different costs. Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Daily Driver) • Best balance of capability and cost • Preferred by 70% of developers • Great for most coding tasks • $3 input / $15 output per million tokens Claude Opus 4.7 (Most Capable) • Newest and most advanced mode • Best for complex, multi-step projects and agentic workflows • Superior software engineering and vision capabilities • $5 input / $25 output per million tokens Claude Haiku 3.5 (Fastest & Cheapest) • Quick, simple tasks • Ultra-fast responses • Lowest cost option • Best for repetitive or basic tasks Model choice affects both your experience and budget. Models are essential for: • Managing your Claude Code costs effectively • Getting appropriate capability for your task complexity • Balancing speed vs. thoroughness • Optimizing your workflow and budget • Understanding why some interactions cost more than others ⚡ In Action: “Building a simple app and training? Use Haiku for fast, cheap results. Architecting a complex API integration with multiple files and error handling? Opus 4.7 justifies the higher cost. Daily coding tasks? Sonnet 4.6 hits the sweet spot — it’s why 70% of developers prefer it.”

I spent a little time testing the new ChatGPT Images 2.0 for a branding use case. I wanted a new visual for my LinkedIn “The Daily Dose” series that felt clean, modern, professional, and aligned with my AI Bits & Pieces branding. My prompt was simple and straight forward: "I need to create a LinkedIn thumbnail for a post I'm doing called "The Daily Dose". I'm doing the Claude Code edition, and I need my logo in there for AI Bits and Pieces." In one shot, I had the base image: I uploaded my logo, it came back with a great design, it matched my colors, and was not overly produced. From there, I took the image into Canva to add my headshot, and I was done. It saved me hours today. ChatGPT gave me the creative acceleration. Canva gave me the final polish. That is becoming a very practical workflow for content creation: generate fast with ChatGPT → refine visually with Canva → publish confidently ChatGPT Images 2.0 helped me create the foundation. Canva helped me finish the job. Results below: 1) Tile shot 2) Original image from ChatGPT Image 2.0 3) Final image - After applying Magic Layers, offsetting the word "Daily" and adding my headshot in a frame it was done

I have recently started publishing AI Terms for Claude Code (and I will do others soon). I plan to continue with my normal post rotation of Live Sessions, AI Quirks, AI in Real Life, etc. However, I want to make sure that I am not posting to much. What is your preferred frequency and format for AI Terms? As a side note, I do publish the daily dose on LinkedIn each day.