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Is ChatGPT's free plan enough for your actual workday?
Marta KowalczykPer OpenAI's own pricing page, the free tier covers casual daily use — the $20 Plus plan earns its keep only if you hit usage limits weekly.
Tools: Gear and Software
Tools reviews individual AI products: writing assistants, transcription services, coding helpers, image generators, meeting summarizers and document search. Every test uses a fixed task, repeated runs and recorded timings, with model versions noted. Written for people paying monthly who want evidence before renewing.
Assistants, transcribers, image and coding tools run on repeatable tasks with time and error rates recorded, plus the model version each result used.
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What a context window is, and why long AI chats start losing the thread
Marta KowalczykVendor documentation says the window holds your prompt, the model's reply and everything before it — and one named study says the middle of it is where things get dropped.
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Running local models with Ollama: what your laptop can honestly handle
Marta KowalczykOllama made local AI a one-line install — the honest guide is about hardware tiers, model sizes, and which everyday tasks a laptop-class model does well, and which still need the cloud.
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Zapier vs Make for AI automations: the documented trade-offs
Marta KowalczykBoth platforms wire AI steps into no-code automations — Zapier wins on connector breadth and simplicity, Make on visual complexity and pricing at volume, per their own documentation, and the real risks are shared.
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AI formula help in Sheets and Excel: what's documented, what breaks, what to verify
Marta KowalczykBoth Google and Microsoft now ship AI features that write spreadsheet formulas from plain-language descriptions — the reliable path is small formulas, tested against known answers, never bulk-applied blind.