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50 WEBSITES GOOGLE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW 1. 12ft. io — bypass any paywall 2. libgen. is — millions of free textbooks 3. sci-hub. se — free research papers 4. alternativeto. net — find free app alternatives 5. justwatch. com — find where to stream anything 6. archive. org — access any old webpage ever 7. gutenberg. org — 70K free classic books 8. pdfdrive. com — free PDF downloads 9. openculture. com — free courses from top unis 10. wolframalpha. com — solve any math instantly 11. photopea. com — free Photoshop in browser 12. squoosh. app — compress any image free 13. remove. bg — remove image backgrounds free 14. cleanup. pictures — erase objects from photos 15. unscreen. com — remove video backgrounds 16. carbon. now. sh — turn code into art 17. ray. so — beautiful code screenshots 18. shots. so — free product mockups 19. smartmockups. com — mockups without Photoshop 20. haveibeenpwned. com — check if you were hacked 21. virustotal. com — scan any file for malware 22. privnote. com — send self destructing messages 23. temp-mail. org — disposable email instantly 24. file. io — share files that auto delete 25. archive. ph — save any webpage forever 26. similarsites. com — find any site alternatives 27. radio. garden — listen to any radio worldwide 28. everynoise. com — explore every music genre 29. tunefind. com — find songs from any show 30. musicforprogramming. net — music to focus with 31. mynoise. net — custom focus soundscapes 32. coffitivity. com — cafe sounds for productivity 33. elicit. org — AI research paper assistant 34. consensus. app — search what science agrees on 35. connectedpapers. com — map research visually 36. semanticscholar. org — free academic search 37. scispace. com — understand any research paper 38. summarize. tech — summarize any YouTube video 39. phind. com — AI search for developers 40. regex101. com — test any regex instantly 41. codebeautify. org — format any code cleanly 42. jsonformatter. org — read JSON like a human 43. explainshell. com — understand terminal commands 44. raindrop. io — bookmark manager that works 45. downdetector. com — check if any site is down 46. tineye. com — reverse image search 47. fast. com — check your internet speed 48. smallpdf. com — edit PDFs free 49. ilovepdf. com — merge and split PDFs 50. 10minutemail. com — temp email in seconds The internet is bigger than Google shows you. Most people never leave the first page.

Your entire life changes when you realize 99% of society is stupid and you can just do things and no one will stop you because they’re too lazy or distracted to even try.

People think learning AI takes months. It doesn't. I wrote 17 free guides that teach it in hours: __ Claude 101: http://how-to-claude.ai Claude Code: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-code Claude Skills: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-skills Nano banana 2: http://how-to-gemini.ai Claude in Excel: https://ruben.substack.com/p/ai-couldnt-do-excel Best AI for Search: https://ruben.substack.com/p/grok-420 1M followers with AI: https://ruben.substack.com/p/1000000 Claude for your team: http://how-claude.team No prompt saves you: https://ruben.substack.com/p/magic AI Slides (PPT in 2026): https://ruben.substack.com/p/powerpoint Set up Claude Cowork: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-cowork-20 Claude to sound like you: https://ruben.substack.com/p/i-am-just-a-text-file Claude interactive charts: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-charts Claude as your computer: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-computer Claude Cowork + Project: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-cowork-project You're an AI workaholic: https://ruben.substack.com/p/ai-holic Setup AI before prompting: https://ruben.substack.com/p/how-to-better-use-ai-before-prompting ___ 1. Save this list for later (three dots, top right). 2. Share it with a friend by ♻️ restacking this image. 3. Subscribe to my free newsletter: http://how-to-ai.guide.

You don't have ideas because you don't read. You can't articulate ideas because you don't write. You can't leverage ideas because you don't build. You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.

You need to write more. Without AI. Without templates. Without knowing what you're writing about. Just you, an idea, and enough time to do the difficult cognitive work necessary to reach true understanding. If you don't, your ability to think will drastically decline.

If you feel lost, build something. A business. Your body. A skill set. Anything that gives you a reason to learn and focus. Don't worry about choosing the right thing. Don't think about how difficult it will be. Just start moving forward and you'll find a path that feels right.

Been 3 months since moving my paid newsletter to Substack—and I couldn’t be happier with the decision. Pumped to turn this bad boy into a 6-figure revenue stream in 2026!

This year, I’ve sold $70,000+ worth of digital products. The crazy part is: All my “landing pages” have either been a Notion or a Google Doc. Good design doesn’t drive conversions. Good copy does.

It may be for a fleeting moment, but I made it!!!!! 🥳

30 Websites That Feel "Illegal" to be FREE 👇🏻👇🏻 1. http://raphael.ai — Free unlimited AI image generation, quality rivals Midjourney 2. http://krea.ai — Real-time AI image generation, draws as you go 3. http://magnific.ai — AI unlimited image upscaling, details auto-filled 4. http://clipdrop.co — AI one-click background removal/lighting fix/erasure 5. http://elevenlabs.io — AI voice cloning, mimics any voice in 5 seconds 6. http://suno.com — Input lyrics to auto-generate full songs 7. http://runwayml.com — AI video generation pioneer, free Gen-3 trial 8. http://klingai.com — Kuaishou Keling AI, smoothest Chinese video generation 9. http://hedra.com — One photo + one audio clip = talking digital human 10. http://sadtalker.ai — Turn static photos into talking videos 11. http://cursor.sh — AI code writing, free quota enough for daily use 12. http://bolt.new — Build websites by talking, zero code 13. http://v0.dev — Vercel AI frontend generator, description becomes page 14. http://replit.com — Code in browser + AI assistance + one-click deploy 15. http://napkin.ai — Paste text to auto-generate infographics 16. http://gamma.app — AI one-click PPT generation, say goodbye to PPT hell 17. notion.so/product/ai — Notion AI free writing + summarization + translation 18. tldraw.com/make-real — Sketch a drawing, AI auto-generates real webpage 19. http://perplexity.ai — AI search engine, answers any question instantly + sources 20. http://phind.com — Developer-exclusive AI search, code issues solved on search 21. http://otter.ai — Real-time meeting transcription, free 300 minutes monthly 22. http://opus.pro — AI short video editing, auto-finds highlight clips 23. http://poe.com — One site with free GPT-4o/Claude/Gemini access 24. huggingface.co/spaces — Open-source AI model free playground 25. http://remove.bg — One-click AI background removal, 1-second output 26. http://cleanup.pictures — AI erase any object from photos 27. http://Wan.video — AI face swap, unlimited 28. http://musiio.com — AI music tagging + recommendations 29. jasper.ai/free — AI writing assistant, free version enough for daily use 30. http://claude.ai — Anthropic free AI assistant, ceiling for long-text handling All legal. All free. Save this before it disappears.

Anthropic dropped an entire free learning path for Claude AI and most people have no idea. 9 courses. Beginner to advanced. Zero paywall. 1. Claude 101: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-101 2. AI Fluency, Framework & Foundations: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/ai-fluency-framework-foundations 3. Intro to Claude Cowork: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/introduction-to-claude-cowork 4. Claude Code in Action: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-code-in-action 5. Building with the Claude API: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-with-the-anthropic-api 6. Intro to MCP: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/introduction-to-model-context-protocol 7. Claude Code (DeepLearning.AI, 2hrs): https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/claude-code-a-highly-agentic-coding-assistant/ 8. Claude Code Essentials (freeCodeCamp, 6hrs): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/claude-code-essentials/ 9. Learn Claude Code for Business Owners (YouTube playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy9mLEnHHo4VwGnVgZUxZskhrEd0QARuG Number 8 is a 6-hour bootcamp most people don't know exists. You don't need a $500 course. Pick 1, finish it this week, then move to the next.

I’ve got it! We aren’t old or seniors or elderly! We are VINTAGE!

The prompt that killed my decision paralysis: "I have two options. Instead of telling me which is better, tell me what kind of person would choose each one." Suddenly the decision wasn't about pros and cons. It was about who I wanted to be. The best decisions aren't logical. They're identity-driven.

Cool milestone: Just crossed 100 paying subs! 🎉

I stopped asking AI "What should I do?" and started asking: "What would someone who's solved this ten times before notice that I'm missing?" Experience-based prompting unlocks patterns I don't have access to yet. Instead of asking for answers, you're asking for the perspective of someone further down the path.

When we first launched our Substack, we took it from zero to $10,000/month in less than 30 days. And since then, and I have built our paid newsletter Write With AI to: • 110,000+ subscribers • $845,000+ in digital product sales • And $425,000+ in annual recurring paid subscriptions Which means... After years of testing and experimenting, we figured out what actually moves the needle on Substack. (And what's a complete waste of time.) So we packaged our playbook into a free email course called The Substack Newsletter Kickstarter. Here's what you get inside: • A 3-part offer stack that makes $10/month feel like a steal • The counterintuitive positioning move that attracts your ideal readers • What to post on Notes so the algorithm feeds you new subscribers daily • The dashboard settings the fastest-growing Substacks all have switched on • The 90-second newsletter structure change that flips free readers into paid subscribers • The 4-model monetization any writer can use to boost their revenue (beyond paid subs) Want free access? Like this post & comment "substack" And I'll send it to you for free. PS - You don't need to be an "expert" writer or have your niche figured out. This course will help you build a Substack newsletter, even if you're a complete beginner.

New video - I run Claude Code inside NotebookLM and it changed how I do research. I had 20 YouTube videos to go through. Instead of watching them all, I pointed one terminal command at them. NotebookLM read everything, Claude Code pulled it all back into Obsidian as a knowledge graph - sources, topics, citations linked together with deep links to exactly which video said what. https://youtu.be/qiOu7Ptjxng

The Internet Has 2 Billion Websites. You Only Need These 100. Save this. Share it. 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Online • https://buffer.com/ — Schedule social media posts • https://ubersuggest.com/ — SEO keyword research made simple • https://trends.google.com/ — Find out what the world is searching • https://answerthepublic.com/ — Discover what people ask online • https://buzzsumo.com/ — Find top-performing content in any niche • https://hubspot.com/ — Free CRM + marketing tools • https://copy.ai/ — AI copy for ads, emails & posts • https://ocoya.com/ — Content automation for e-commerce • https://sender.net/ — Email marketing without the high cost • https://taplio.com/ — Grow your LinkedIn with AI content 8/ ⚡ Productivity 10 Productivity Tools That Give You More Time • https://notion.so/ — All-in-one workspace for notes & projects • https://clickup.com/ — Project management with AI docs • https://asana.com/ — Manage team tasks & deadlines • https://reclaim.ai/ — Smart calendar that blocks time for you • https://getclockwise.com/ — AI that optimizes your meeting schedule • 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Every Day For Free • https://coursera.org/ — Courses from top universities • https://edx.org/ — Free university-level learning • https://khanacademy.org/ — Learn anything for free • https://udemy.com/ — Affordable skill-based courses • https://skillshare.com/ — Creative & professional skills • https://brilliant.org/ — Learn math & science by solving puzzles • https://duolingo.com/ — Make language learning addictive • https://ted.com/ — Ideas worth spreading (free talks) • https://futurelearn.com/ — Short free courses from global unis • https://mindtools.com/ — Practical leadership & career skills 11/ ✍️ Writing & Content 10 Writing Tools That Make Every Word Count • https://jasper.ai/ — Enterprise-level marketing writer • https://hemingwayapp.com/ — Make your writing bold & clear • https://grammarly.com/ — Fix grammar & tone in real time • https://prowritingaid.com/ — Deep writing improvement tool • https://wordtune.com/ — Rewrite any sentence smarter • 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• Bookmark this post so you can find it later • Don't try to use all 100 at once — pick 1 to 2 per category • The best tools are the ones you actually use consistently • Most of these are free or have a free plan — start there • Pair AI tools together: ChatGPT + Canva + HeyGen = a full content machine 💡 The Truth Most people scroll past lists like this. 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Anyone who says, “Using M-dashes means it was written by AI” is really just announcing to the world they don’t read. M-dashes have been used by writers from Dostoyevsky to Hemingway to Jane Austen to Toni Morrison for decades. Go pick up a book.

Instead of another YouTube rabbit hole tonight. Take these 11 courses to master Claude (for free): _ → Level 1 - 20 mins: The basics. Claude certificates: http://claude101.com Claude For Dummies: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-for-dummies _ → Level 2 - 55 mins: Real workflows. Claude Cowork: http://claude-co.work Claude for teams: http://how-claude.team Cowork + Projects: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-cowork-project Claude for slides: http://how-to-gamma.ai Claude Skills: http://claude-skills.free _ → Level 3 - 45 mins: The pro moves. Claude Code: http://claudecode.free Stop hitting Claude's limits: https://ruben.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-hitting-claude-usage Upload yourself in Claude: https://ruben.substack.com/p/youre-just-a-text-file Stop prompting Claude: https://ruben.substack.com/p/stop-prompting-claude _ Pro tip: Don't binge it. Do one level per sitting. Actually apply each guide before moving to the next.

Most people see "Code" in Claude Code and assume it's only for developers. They scroll right past it. No idea what they're missing. Tomorrow I'm releasing a free masterclass showing how Claude Code can become your entire AI co-writing system. Not for coding. For writing. This is what I've used to generate a lot of money for myself and clients, become a bestseller, and run my entire content operation solo. 99% of people using AI to write are still just prompting into a blank box. Claude Code puts you on a completely different level.

You can now turn screenshots into animated onboarding video. Here's how to do it with Claude: _ @bidah on X created this Claude skill called 'create-onboarding-video'. All you need to do is: 1. Install the skill. 2. Drop your screenshots into Claude Code. 3. Tell Code what you want. 4. Watch Claude build the walkthrough video. 5. Read the entire Claude Code guide here: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-code _ You can install it in 60 seconds: → Go to: https://github.com/bidah/skill-set → Download the create-onboarding-video folder → Drop it in Claude Skill → Restart Claude Code → Done. _ Here's what this skill actually does: 1. Reconstructs your UI as an interactive scene. 2. Animates finger taps and pointer moves. 3. Stitch your screenshots into a teachable flow. 4. Outputs a video ready to drop into onboarding. ♻️ Restack if Claude Code keeps surprising you.

I don't write on Substack to teach anything. I write because I'm trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing. Every essay is just me working through my own mess in public. The fact that it sometimes helps other people is a beautiful accident.

This is insane. This past week I had my OpenClaw AI agent running 24/7 on a Mac Mini while I worked on my MacBook. What it handled: YouTube analytics dashboards, app development, content repurposing, social media, workspace organization. What I kept: core content creation, YouTube videos, newsletters — the stuff I actually enjoy doing. Connected through Obsidian Sync so we share the same workspace. I can see everything it builds land in real time without ever touching its machine. It's doing everything I always wanted to do but never had time for.

Perfectionism kills potential. Don’t worry about what people think. Focus on shipping your ideas. Put them out there to the world. If it feels uncomfortable. Good. Just. Ship. It.

Adopt the mindset that you can literally do anything you want in life and you will.

For f*ck sake. Be optimistic. Be extreme. Be relentless. The world is waiting for you to raise the bar and finally go all in. Execute. Inspire. Show us what’s possible.

Anthropic really cooked with this one. ChatGPT is soon dead IMO. As it should be…

How to set up Claude Cowork completely in 1 day: (Save this. Never explain yourself to Claude again) ___ Step 1: The folder. Create a folder on the computer: "Claude Cowork." 3 subfolders: ABOUT ME. OUTPUTS. TEMPLATES. To download mine, go here: http://how-to-ai.guide. Don't pay anything. It's free in the welcome email. ___ Step 2: The brain file. Open Cowork. Ask it to interview you. 20 questions. Don't type. Use Wispr .ai to be faster. Cowork compiles everything into about-me .md. Strictly keep it under 2,000 tokens. Copy the interview prompt here: http://claude-co.work ___ Step 3: The taste file. Create anti-ai-writing-style .md. Ban the words you hate. Mine bans 80+. Without this file, Claude writes like Claude. With it, Claude writes like you. Download the anti-ai file directly: http://how-to-ai.guide. It's free in the email, if you click on Notion link. ___ Step 4: The strategy file. Create my-company .md. Your targets & platforms. What you're saying no to. Not your deadlines. Under 1,000 tokens. Update it once a quarter. ___ Step 5: Global instructions. Go to Settings > Cowork > Edit Global Instructions. Now Cowork knows you before you say a word. Every. Single. Session. Paste one rule: Read every file in ABOUT ME/ before every task.___ Step 6: Save tokens. Don't send follow-ups. Restart your prompts. Message 30 costs 31x more than message 1. Start fresh every 20 messages. Use Sonnet for quick work. Save Opus for deep one. ___ Full setup breakdown: https://ruben.substack.com/p/claude-cowork-20

Secret codes for ChatGPT theyre all in the video, no need to comment :)

Anthropic dropped an entire free learning path for Claude AI and most people have no idea. 9 courses. Beginner to advanced. Zero paywall. 1. Claude 101: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-101 2. AI Fluency, Framework & Foundations: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/ai-fluency-framework-foundations 3. Intro to Claude Cowork: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/introduction-to-claude-cowork 4. Claude Cowork for Business Owners: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy9mLEnHHo4XJBQnetBU1jKhaToGBLq-i 5. Building with the Claude API: https://anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-with-the-anthropic-api 6. Ways to Make Money with Claude: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy9mLEnHHo4WZNqtq-fTeF62sgD6Z66yR 7. Claude Code (http://deeplearning.AI, 2hrs): https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/claude-code-a-highly-agentic-coding-assistant/ 8. Claude Code Essentials (freeCodeCamp, 6hrs): https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/claude-code-essentials/ 9. Learn Claude Code for Business Owners (YouTube playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy9mLEnHHo4VwGnVgZUxZskhrEd0QARuG Number 8 is a 6-hour bootcamp most people don't know exists. You don't need a $500 course. Pick 1, finish it this week, then move to the next.

Schedule 4 hours for deep work first thing in the morning. Then take a break and go for a run. Come back and take calls. And then escape to nature. This rhythm will change the trajectory of your life.

"My writing is only getting 75 views. This sucks." If I told you that tomorrow morning at 9am sharp you had to speak to a room of 75 people, you'd freak out.

I added one line to every prompt and the responses got dramatically better: "After you respond, tell me the one thing you held back because you weren't sure I wanted to hear it." AI self-censors more than you think. That one line gives it permission to be honest. The best feedback is the feedback that almost didn't make it into the response.

I don’t want much in life. I just want to work 3 hours per day, help thousands of people, have plenty of time for exploring hobbies, spend time outside, cook with my wife, exercise, travel whenever I want, avoid pointless meetings, and stop doing things I hate. That's it.

I don't write on Substack to teach anything. I write because I'm trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing. Every essay is just me working through my own mess in public. The fact that it sometimes helps other people is a beautiful accident.

Every hour spent building systems saves you 100 hours of work.