All notes
What happens outside the workflows: field tests, observations, wrecks, and a few everyday uses that have nothing to do with productivity.
Toolroom Notes
My Monthly AI Video Budget as a Solo Creator
Runway Gen-4.5 costs $15/month for 625 credits (52 seconds of video), Kling 3.0 runs $10/month for 660 credits, and Luma Ray3 Plus is $30/month, though the author rotates subscriptions to average $35 monthly across a year while accounting for overgeneration costs.
From Prompt to Cut
A Repeatable AI Video Workflow for YouTubers With No Production Team
A six-stage repeatable AI video workflow costing $40-$80 monthly that routes shots to different models and eliminates the need for a production team, covering brief, routing, generation, assembly, polish, and publishing stages.
Human in the Loop
Why This Blog Exists: AI Video Needs Better Direction, Not Louder Hype
After testing the same eight-second push-in shot across six AI video generators in January, only one produced footage actually usable in a scene, illustrating the "Deployability Gap" between AI-generated clips and professional workflow requirements that better models alone cannot close.