Guides from client work
Step-by-step guides written from my own client work and checked against the official documentation. Each one says when it was last reviewed, and what I sell when it matters.
11 min
The three bills behind a WhatsApp AI chatbot: the build, Meta's message fees after the 1 October 2026 change, with US, UK and EU rates, and AI model usage, worked through for one month.
Shahid Malla
Oct 28, 2026
12 min
A 2026 checklist for an AI-ready website: crawler access, the Search Console and Cloudflare AI settings that changed in August and September 2026, pages AI can read, forms agents can use, and how to measure it.
Shahid Malla
Oct 27, 2026
11 min
A RAG chatbot looks up your own documents before it answers. I explain each step in plain words, when fine-tuning or a long prompt fits better, why RAG answers go wrong, and what to ask about data and cost.
Shahid Malla
Oct 25, 2026
12 min
What OpenAI, Perplexity, Microsoft and Anthropic say a site needs to be found and cited by their AI search, which popular tactics are myths, a technical checklist and how to measure AI referral traffic.
Shahid Malla
Oct 23, 2026
11 min
Most site owners choose between a hosted AI chatbot tool on a monthly plan and a custom bot trained on their own content. I compare four real tools' plans and limits, the costs of each route, and how to judge answers.
Shahid Malla
Oct 20, 2026
11 min
The difference between AI-assisted development and vibe coding is not the model. It is whether anyone reads, tests and owns the code. Definitions, verified risks, a review checklist and a rescue plan.
Shahid Malla
Oct 18, 2026
10 min
A step-by-step plan to start a business with AI: which models are crowded, the easiest start with a white-label chatbot, accounts in your name, EU AI Act basics, pricing, and winning clients with demo videos and ads.
Shahid Malla
Oct 16, 2026
8 min
A dated, hands-on comparison of Claude Code and Codex for founders and teams: surfaces, CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md, extensions, parallel tasks, sign-in and billing, GitHub review, and which to pick for your situation.
Shahid Malla
Oct 15, 2026
9 min
How I run Claude Code, with Codex as a second agent, on paid client projects: the spec, the rules files, plan mode, worktrees, hooks, reviews, MCP limits, staging and the handover your team keeps.
Shahid Malla
Oct 15, 2026
8 min
Build hours by cost driver, monthly token bills worked out with Anthropic and OpenAI prices read on 15 October 2026, the costs people forget, a quote checklist and when not to build.
Shahid Malla
Oct 15, 2026
8 min
A practical build guide for WooCommerce, Shopify, WHMCS and custom sites: where the assistant's knowledge comes from, how it calls your API, how payment hand-off works, and how to test, measure and cap costs.
Shahid Malla
Oct 13, 2026
8 min
A chatbot answers from your content and an agent calls tools that change things. How tool calls work per the provider docs, the workflow option between them, how each is billed, and a decision table.
Shahid Malla
Oct 9, 2026
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