Goodsoil Dev
Guides
Seven guides, one shipped link
Each guide answers one question and ends with something you can check. Read in order, or start where you are stuck.
Name the person before you pick the tool
Who are you helping, what chore slows them down, and what do they do today instead? Answer that on paper first — then guides 1 and 3 show where a model fits.
Guide 1
LLMs, Coding Assistants, and Tokens
What a model does, what the assistant adds, and why long chats cost more.
Guide 2
Don't Start with AI, Start with a Problem
Name the person, the chore, and the workaround — then decide where a model helps.
Guide 3
Picking the Right AI Tool
Browser chat, research notebook, or terminal coder — pick the lightest fit.
Guide 4
Project Files That Matter
The five files that matter, and how .gitignore keeps keys off GitHub.
Guide 5
Front End, Back End, and Keeping Keys Safe
Browser code is public. Server code is private. Keys live in the second.
Guide 6
Shipping Your App: Hosting and CI/CD
From git push to live URL on Vercel or Zeabur.
Guide 7
Local Models vs. Cloud APIs
Why I pay per token instead of buying a GPU and heating my flat.