Switchcraft

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Receipt-first utilities. Switchcraft for behavior hacks. AI tools for analysis and audits.

Vibe Tax

Sniffs the cost of outrage-bait & engagement traps.

emotion bait meterOpen tool →

Adblock for Feelings

Mute weaponized UX and algorithmic pokes.

mental adblockOpen tool →

Airplane-Mode Checkup

Verify “offline” claims with a 3–10 min test and receipts.

reset ritualOpen tool →

Lore vs Receipt

Separate brand lore from facts you can cite.

myth testOpen tool →

Proof Stamp

Time-stamp a claim so it can be wrong later (on purpose).

verifiableOpen tool →

Receipt Chain

Link evidence across posts without losing context.

chain of custodyOpen tool →

Reality Boundary Test

Quick “does this touch the real world?” screen.

sanity checkOpen tool →

Scope Bouncer

Keeps projects from bloating into feature soup.

scope guardOpen tool →

Wrongable Policy Kit

Turn vibes into policies with failure conditions and dates.

make it falsifiableOpen tool →

Apology Rewriter

Strip weasel words; force responsibility → harm → remedy.

accountabilityOpen tool →

AI Slop Checker

Scores repetition, buzzwords, cliché foam, and rhythm.

quality checkOpen tool →

Fake-Fast Detector

Catches skeleton screens & placebo spinners.

perf sanityOpen tool →

Receipts Radar

Find claims that need sources; export a receipt demand list.

grounding scoreOpen tool →

Patch Notes Summarizer

Boils release notes into what changed and why it matters.

diff digestOpen tool →

Image Slop Index

Flags template-y AI stock vibes: symmetry, noise, sameness.

visual fog checkOpen tool →

What lives here

Real problems, fixed in real time: what this fixes → exact steps → how to verify → how to undo.

Vendor-agnostic whenever possible. Proof over faith. Lowest permission wins.

Mini Glossary
Context Switch Tax Dual-Run Exit Ramp Interop Handshake Rollback Window Switch Budget

You don’t need a “definitive guide.” You need the switch to flip, the leak to stop, the nonsense to shut up.

Switchcraft is a shelf of short, testable playbooks—privacy toggles, billing brakes, local models, sanity checks. If it takes longer to read than to do, it doesn’t ship.

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Latest posts

  • Professor Filter: De-Jargon Without Dumbing It Down

    Professor Filter: De-Jargon Without Dumbing It Down

    “If you can’t explain it to a friend who skipped the lecture, you can’t explain it.” You know that paragraph that sounds smart but lands like wet concrete? The one you reread five times and somehow get…

  • The Subscription Saboteur: Your Life on Monthly Auto-Pilot

    The Subscription Saboteur: Your Life on Monthly Auto-Pilot

    “Small payments, large leash.” Every month, a small parade marches through your wallet humming “It’s just $7.” Twelve months later, you’ve built a parade route. TL;DR Subscriptions monetize inertia; make each one earn rent with an export-first,…

  • VibeAxis Glossary: The Words We Actually Use (So You Don’t Have to Pretend)

    VibeAxis Glossary: The Words We Actually Use (So You Don’t Have to Pretend)

    “Confidence is a costume. Here’s the laundry tag.” You don’t need a PhD to survive the feed. You need a pocketful of sharp words that turn mush into metal. This is the VibeAxis field glossary — the…

  • Kill-Switch Sabbath (Offline Kit)

    Kill-Switch Sabbath (Offline Kit)

    “If it can’t run offline, it can’t be trusted.” You don’t realize how domesticated you are until the bars vanish. Pull the plug for 24 hours and your life stutters like a cheap drone in a crosswind:…

  • Prompt Debt Collector – Calculator

    Prompt Debt Collector – Calculator

    Most “prompting” is unpaid debugging; this tool turns that into a number. Enter your weekly workload; get Prompt Debt Index, token waste, and $/week burn. Use the receipt to run a 7-day follow-up; if savings aren’t ≥50%…

  • Local Brains, Zero Witnesses – AI Without The Cloud Cult

    Local Brains, Zero Witnesses – AI Without The Cloud Cult

    A 6-minute field guide to running LLMs on your laptop. Cold Open You don’t need a server farm to think out loud. You need a model that sits on your machine, answers fast, and doesn’t report your…

  • The Anti-Influence Suit: Browse Without Being Modeled

    The Anti-Influence Suit: Browse Without Being Modeled

    “Your feed doesn’t need your secrets. It just needs your patterns.” Cold open Open a tab and you become a specimen. Scroll speed becomes a confession. Dwell time turns into a diagnosis. The machine doesn’t “know” you;…

  • SEO Séance: Summoning Dead Keywords for One Last Dance

    SEO Séance: Summoning Dead Keywords for One Last Dance

    “The dead don’t haunt the living — they haunt the ones who keep them around.” SEO Séance isn’t nostalgia—it’s triage. We’re not summoning phrases for vibes; we’re reviving use-cases, giving each page one clear job, and burying…

  • Stop Surprise Billing: Kill the Quiet Drains

    Stop Surprise Billing: Kill the Quiet Drains

    Set-and-forget guardrails that actually work. You didn’t “forget to cancel.” You were drafted. The app called it recommended, the checkout called it peace of mind, and the cloud called it auto-scale. Somewhere between “Try free” and “That’ll…

  • The AI Slop Index: Grade Any Page in 60 Seconds

    The AI Slop Index: Grade Any Page in 60 Seconds

    Trust, then verify—then toss it if it smells like paste. The internet is a buffet, and half the trays are gray. AI slop isn’t just bad writing; it’s templated certainty wrapped around empty calories—confident, generic, and aggressively…

  • Top 7 Worst Ways People Use AI in Blogging

    Top 7 Worst Ways People Use AI in Blogging

    If your blog reads like a broken chatbot, this one’s for you. AI’s made it easier than ever to churn out content—whether it’s low-effort listicles or keyword-packed filler—but easy doesn’t always mean good. Sure, you can hit…

  • How to Prompt Wrong (And Still Win)

    How to Prompt Wrong (And Still Win)

    If it works, it’s good. If it ships, it’s art. Most guides act like the model is a judge and you’re begging for an A+. We’re not performing. We’re trying to get the thing without melting your…

  • Can ChatGPT Actually Help Me Write a Resume That Doesn’t Suck?

    Can ChatGPT Actually Help Me Write a Resume That Doesn’t Suck?

    Let’s start with the obvious: writing a resume sucks. It’s performative, weirdly formal, and forces you to pretend your most soul-crushing job was a “dynamic opportunity to cross-functionally liaise with key stakeholders.” Enter ChatGPT—a bot with zero…

  • Feel Like You Suck at Prompting AI? Read This First

    Feel Like You Suck at Prompting AI? Read This First

    You open the AI tool. The blinking cursor waits. You type something simple like “Write a blog post,” hit enter, and… it gives you a hot plate of stale toast. Technically edible. Not what you wanted. Still…

  • Not a Robot? Then Read This AI Guide

    What AI is, what it isn’t, and why you’re already surrounded by it. Like What You Read? Dive Deeper Into AI’s Real Impact. Keep Reading You don’t need a computer science degree to know you’re being watched.…

How to use this tag

  1. Find a mess.
  2. Run the guide (or the tool), screenshot the win.
  3. Move on with your day.

Got a mess we should fix? Send steps + a screenshot via Contact (subject: Switchcraft). If we can reproduce it, we’ll publish—credit if you want it, quiet if you don’t.

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Meet the operator.

I don’t sell vibes. I run receipts. If a claim can’t be falsified, it doesn’t publish. Here for diffs, not destiny.

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