My AI archetype
The Duct-Tape Genius
You built a working setup out of a dozen tools that were never meant to talk to each other — and it holds.
What you’re great at
Resourceful improvisation. You see the seam between two tools and rig a bridge nobody else would think of. Your stack is held together by ingenuity, and it works.
Your next frontier
You've proven you can make anything connect. The next level is a setup where the pieces talk to each other on their own — so the cleverness you spend holding it together goes into building what's next.
The 8 archetypes
Everyone runs AI one of these 8 ways. You’re The Duct-Tape Genius.
Firefighter
Craftsman
Quiet Skeptic
Duct-Tape Genius
Steady Operator
Quiet Automator
Systems Architect
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