Articles by Mehdi Zare, CFA
Grok Bot vs OpenClaw
Hosted Grok versus self-hosted OpenClaw for beginners who want to automate work. Both sides, no pick — start free, upgrade when a wall shows up.
August 30, 2026
Grok 4.6 costs, limits, and evals vs the models I actually pay for
Grok Build is the coding-agent product. Grok 4.6 is the model that powers it. Official evals, API costs, and limits — copied from xAI, not rounded.
August 30, 2026
Grok Bot vs Claude Desktop
A both-sides compare of conversational Grok and Claude Desktop for beginners who want to automate work. No pick, no eval table.
August 30, 2026
Claude Desktop for Beginners
Install Claude Desktop, start a first chat, add a novice MCP connection, and keep secrets out of the prompt. Not Claude Code.
August 30, 2026
How I Actually Use Grok Bot
I use conversational Grok as a thinking, research-preparation, and drafting tool—not as an authority. Here is the six-step workflow I actually follow, including how I verify claims and protect sensitive data.
August 27, 2026
How AI Works: From Data to Decisions — A Developer's Introduction to AI Systems
A developer's guide to how AI works end to end: defining the decision, preparing data, training or selecting a model, running inference, applying deterministic product controls, and monitoring real outcomes in production.
August 24, 2026
Why Most AI Projects Die Before Production (And It's Not a Tech Problem)
The most-cited AI failure stat is made up, but the real numbers are worse, and the reason is almost never the technology.
February 25, 2026