UPDATE: SHE GOT INTO THE NEXT ROUND THANKYOU ALL SO MUCH. Another round of voting this week if you want it keep voting for us ! Completely unrelated to AI. My stepdaughter is in a competition to meet Jeff corwin. (My childhood hero when it came to animals) And she just needs a vote in a competition everyday for the next few days. Completely free to cast one vote. So if anyone is willing to just click the link and cast a vote that would be super nice. Totally don't have to as I understand this is completely separate from AI lol https://jr-ranger.org/2026/wylder-533c

Most people underestimate how powerful humor is as a skill. Most of us kind of live similar lives you know. We wake up. Go to work. Commute. Eat. Watch something. Sleep. Repeat Today I randomly found a YouTube channel covering business news…but with comedy. Normally I wouldn’t watch news at all but this had me laughing during my break at work, and honestly, that 10 minutes was the highlight of my day. And it made me realize, humor is leverage just as much as it is entertainment because the moments we actually remember are the ones we laughed a lot. If you can combine humor with valuable content, you get: - Attention - Retention - Shareability - Higher CPM niches - Sponsorship potential - Brand loyalty That’s an insane combination that i would love to have. Now, I’m not a natural at making random strangers on the internet laugh... But what if we can actually make it a trainable skill with a system/workflow involving AI? Not to become a comedian - but to learn how to think more creatively, be quicker, more witty, more engaging for any content we create. I feel the only real way to stand out is by doubling down on what AI can’t replicate well yet — personality, humor, and a recognizable personal brand. Starting to think this is one of those under-the-radar advantages nobody talks about that would be game changing for this community @Jake Van Clief @Kaleb Vanderham @Matthew Creamer

Hey everyone, Curious what the community is running in production or for daily development. Are you mainly using OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source models, or something else? And more importantly why did you choose it? (performance, cost, context window, tooling, etc.) Also curious about your workflow: what IDE are you using with it? VS Code, Cursor, Antigravity, or something else? Would love to hear: • Your main LLM provider • Your IDE / dev setup • One reason you stick with it Always interesting to see what people actually use vs what’s trending.

***** We have removed this start here course in favor of a better structure! Refer to new start here post**** If you just joined or you have been here a while and still feel like you are not sure where everything is, this one is for you. I built a full Start Here course in the Classroom tab that walks you through everything: ✅ How the community works (levels, tiers, what unlocks when) ✅ Every course available to you right now on the free tier ✅ What opens up at Level 2 and how to get there ✅ What Premium and VIP members get access to ✅ A "Pick Your Path" page so you know exactly where to begin based on where you are ✅ A full resource page with every link, tool, and doc you might need This community has grown fast and I know it can feel like a lot when you first land here. This course is meant to fix that. No guessing, no wandering around trying to figure out what goes where. Open it up, go through the lessons, and you will know exactly what is available to you and how to use it. 📚 Go to the Classroom tab → Start Here And if you have not done it yet, your first move after finishing the course is to head to the 📌 pinned intro post in the Community tab and introduce yourself. Over 400 people have already done it. Tell us who you are, what you are working on, and what brought you here. That post is one of the most valuable things in this entire community. If you find anything confusing or think something should be added, let me know in the comments. This course is for you and I want it to actually work. Let's build. 🛠️

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.