Five Lessons from Putting AI Into Research Teams
Which tasks to automate, where analysts push back, and how to tell if a workflow is quietly getting worse - five lessons from a talk I gave last month on getting AI into research workflows.
Matt Stockton
Writing about software development, applied AI, and machine learning.
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How I Use Modal
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Raw, unedited notes on what it feels like to build software right now.
If You Want to Play Games, You Have to Make Games
I had my kids build their own games using Claude Code, and it got me thinking about AI, education, and equity.
I Published My Portfolio Analysis Workflow - Try It Yourself
People asked me to share the portfolio optimization workflow from my last post. I turned it into a Claude Code skill you can install and try with your own brokerage data.
How I Built a Portfolio Optimization Plan with Claude Code
I fed our brokerage data into Claude Code and iterated over multiple sessions to produce a portfolio optimization plan - phased actions, tax impact analysis, fund recommendations. From messy CSVs to an actionable plan we're now executing.