About cliffinkent
I spent twenty years asking whether the shiny new IT thing actually worked. Now I point that question at AI tools, and share what really holds up.
I'm Cliff. I spent twenty years in IT project management, running cloud migrations and digital transformations, which mostly meant being the person in the room asking whether the shiny new thing actually did what the sales deck promised. It usually didn't, not without a fight. Now I build AI agents in R&D, and I point the same question at AI tools: does this hold up on real work, or is it another demo that falls apart the moment you give it a real job?
Why this and not the hundred other AI channels?
There is no shortage of people talking about AI. Most are either selling you something or breathless about every new release. I am neither. Twenty years of watching IT rollouts overpromise taught me to distrust the demo and trust the test. I want my own work to be easier with these tools, so I try them on real tasks, keep the bits that work, and tell you what broke. That is the whole pitch.
How I test
Every tool gets a real job, not a toy example. A messy meeting transcript turned into a status update. A risk log that needs a second pair of eyes. I show the prompt, the output, and the point where it went wrong, because the failures are the useful part. Nothing earns a verdict here that I have not actually run. If I am only speculating, I say so. And if I got something free or got paid for it, I tell you, every time.
The home stuff
I am also a dad of three in Kent, so a fair amount of my testing happens on home admin: the household planning, the school runs, the weekly shop, the logistics of feeding and moving a family of five. That is not the main event, but it is real life, and AI either helps with it or gets in the way much as it does at work. When a home use case earns its place, it goes in. When it is just a gimmick, it does not.
What you get
One tested or built piece a week, on YouTube and in the newsletter, with the template, prompt or checklist that goes with it. No daily roundups of press releases. No hype. Just the question I have been asking for twenty years, aimed at AI: is this actually worth your time?
Watch on YouTube, read the weekly note, or find me on LinkedIn. How I handle reviews, free access and sponsorship is on the disclosure page.
