AI in Practice — A Complete Field Guide
From ChatGPT to Claude Code, from content production to Vibe Coding — Vista walks you through the real-world AI skills that matter most.
This guide is a distilled, actionable handbook for professionals who want to build AI-native workflows. No hype, no vendor bias — just the patterns that actually save time and unlock new work.
Latest Articles
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Visual power in the AI era: three basic skills to make images visible at a glance
What is truly scarce in the era of AI drawing is not tools, but visual judgment. The three basic skills - removing clutter, retaining space, and establishing a unique focus - determine whether your image can be seen and remembered, and also determine whether your Prompt can allow AI to produce commercially usable material.
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The era of "empathy marketing" is coming: when brands become consumers' AI personal consultants
An LLM knowledge base post by Andrej Karpathy foreshadows a new marketing situation in 2026: consumers have their own AI coaches, and the traditional loudspeaker becomes ineffective. For brands to be invited into these private estates, they no longer rely on precise placement, but on frequency matching of "vibe" - this battle for time sovereignty will rewrite the relationship between brands and users.
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Use Vibe Coding to build a personal website from scratch: writers can also launch their own digital facade on weekends
When I was working on this website, I realized that what had stuck me for so many years was not technology, but mentality. Vibe Coding in the AI era has changed this thing - you don't need to learn grammar, you just need to learn to explain the picture in your mind clearly. This article shares my own experience along the way, as a reference for fellow writers who also cannot write programs but want a website that truly belongs to them.
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Read "Hao Hui Reading" from the perspective of the book club host: Turn the books you have read into a part of your life
I have known Hao Hsu-lieh for several years. He is gentle, elegant and bookish. After reading his book "Hao Hui Reading", I sincerely recommend it from the perspective of a person who has organized reading clubs for many years - "Four-One Reading Method" (a story about a book, a sentence about a book, a story about me, a sentence about me) solves the most difficult thing about reading: how to make knowledge really stay and become your point of view, your judgment, and your wisdom in life.
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Re-read "Sun Yun-suan Biography": The man who used the spirit of an engineer to lift Taiwan up
When the first edition of "Sun Yun-suan Biography" was released in 1989, I immediately bought a copy and read it at home. Re-reading it more than thirty years later, I am still moved by Mr. Sun’s engineering spirit. In this era where the AI wave is sweeping everything, we actually need this kind of pragmatism, focus, and the spirit of solving problems for the country more than ever.
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Accurate data narrative: Make reports sell for money, the most scarce business translation power in the AI era
Originally published in Economic Daily. Today, as AI and automation tools become more and more powerful, people who can write SQL and pull data are no longer rare. What is scarce are people who can tell business stories with data. This article breaks down the three core capabilities and three implementation actions of accurate data storytelling (Data Storytelling), so that reports no longer lie on the dashboard sleeping, but become business logic that persuades senior executives and customers...
Frequently Asked Questions
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Which AI tool should a beginner start with?
Start with ChatGPT. Its interface is intuitive and it handles most tasks well. Once you are comfortable with prompting, branch into Claude for long-form analysis and Perplexity for research. Build your toolkit one tool at a time based on the problems you actually face.
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Will AI writing strip away my personal voice?
Not if you use it as a collaborator rather than a replacement. Let AI draft outlines and first passes, then rewrite with your own perspective and judgment. Your voice lives in the editing, not the raw output.
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What is Vibe Coding? Do I need to know how to code?
Vibe Coding is building software by describing what you want in plain language and letting AI generate the code. You do not need a programming background — you need clarity about the problem and the patience to iterate. Non-developers are shipping real products with this approach every week.
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How should a company start adopting AI?
Audit repetitive, rule-bound tasks first — customer replies, report summaries, data cleanup. Pilot AI on low-risk, high-upside workflows. Build confidence with small wins before rolling out to more complex use cases. Start narrow, learn fast.
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