Ideas put to work
Notes on building useful technology, understanding complex organizations, and turning practical problems into better systems and decisions.
Written by Curtis PokrantProduct, operations, data, analytics, and technology work across industries and countries.
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How Codex on Windows used Event Viewer, power reports, Lenovo diagnostics, custom PowerShell capture scripts, and driver verification to narrow a recurring Lenovo freeze and no-power wake issue to hibernate and embedded-controller behavior.
A practical example of using Codex computer use on Windows to diagnose duplicate screenshot paths, OneDrive folder backup, and Camera Roll behavior without guessing.
How Codex on Windows can use Microsoft Graph to retrieve topic-specific Outlook email, analyze the communication flow, and document findings without manual mailbox archaeology.
A Windows permissions issue in VS Code's shared state folder can break recents, Workspace Trust, and GitHub sign-in persistence.
I prompted Grok to answer the following question: Consider that you are the owner of starlink and a mad genius […]
Three Ways to Install OpenClaw (and Why You Might Choose Each) If you’re getting started with OpenClaw—or rethinking how you
OpenAI Frontier and the Rise of Hands-On Enterprise AI Implementation https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-frontier/ OpenAI recently introduced Frontier, a new enterprise-focused platform designed
From Marketplace Convenience to Owning the Box: Rebuilding OpenClaw the Hard Way I didn’t start this project intending to write
Extracting Data from Blood Pressure Device Photos into Using Flutter + LLMs This project was designed specifically for extracting structured
Building a Medication Reminder System with Voice AI Agents, Telephony, and LLM-Assisted Development This documents a recent project to provide
Media TV and Movies: Turning Streaming Viewing History into Outlook Calendar Events Like many people I watch TV and movies
TL;DR I migrated about 295 GB / 400k files from a Microsoft 365 Business?Standard OneDrive (source) into my personal Microsoft
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