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I write here when something is worth saying about cert prep beyond the basics. Each article goes deep on one idea — what AI cert prep actually is, how adaptive testing changes a study plan, why certain prep mistakes cost weeks of work.

If you're new to all of this, start with a free CAT evaluation on ClaudeLab — five minutes, twenty-five questions, you see exactly where you stand on your target cert. The articles below give you the why behind the how.

Latest​

AI cert prep in 2026 — what it is, what works, what doesn't​

An honest 2026 guide to AI cert prep — the four categories of AI tools, what general-purpose chatbots can and cannot do for exam prep, and what adaptive AI tutoring actually looks like. The pillar piece — start here if you want the full picture.

What I'm writing next​

I publish on a daily cadence. Topics in the queue:

  • The math behind a 4-week roadmap, and why a 12-week one looks structurally different
  • General-purpose chatbots vs an adaptive tutor — a side-by-side test on the AWS SAA-C03
  • Why your cert mock score is lying to you
  • Spaced repetition for cert prep — what it really means once you have a roadmap
  • The five readiness conditions, in plain English
  • The two-lane rule — why "free play" doesn't move your milestone progress
  • How ARIA decides today's task

If you want a topic prioritized, start a roadmap and tell me what you're studying — the active cert in your account influences which articles I write next.

Where to start in the docs​

If you arrived here from a search and want the product overview before reading articles:

Why these articles exist​

Most cert prep content is written to rank, not to help. I try to do the opposite. Each piece is something I would have wanted to read before sitting an exam — specific, honest, and short enough to finish before your coffee gets cold. Read them, push back, email me what's missing.