Elena' s AI Blog

Will SaaS Survive?


SaaS isn't dying—it's evolving. AI is disrupting traditional workflows and pricing models, but innovative companies are adapting by becoming infrastructure layers, owning domain expertise, and focusing on outcomes rather than interfaces. Read more...

This week in AI


This week in AI saw groundbreaking releases from industry giants. OpenAI unveiled GPT-5 along with open-source GPT-OS-120b and 20b, making high-end AI accessible from laptops to phones. Google introduced DeepPolisher for genome error correction and Genie 3 for creating interactive virtual worlds. Alibaba launched GSPO powering Qwen3, plus Qwen-Image for free text-to-image generation. Anthropic rolled out Persona Vectors for consistent AI personalities. New mobile-ready AI models and coding assistants rounded out a week that made AI faster, more open, and more integrated into everyday tech. Read more...

Cursor AI for Python Development


Have you ever wondered if AI will make you a lazy programmer? In this post, I share my journey with Cursor AI after a month of extensive testing. Read more...

On AI Coding Assistants


After months of hands-on experience with AI coding assistants, I am excited to share with you my opinion on working with Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude AI. Read more...

GitHub Gists


Sharing code snippets via Slack or email can lead to formatting issues. GitHub Gists offers a solution for easily sharing or saving code or text for future use. In this post, I explain how to use Gists effectively. Read more...

Self-critical AI


In this post, I write about my little experiment on self-reflection while creating content that resembles my writing style using a few AI chatbots. I have started with Gemini and gave the same task to chatGPT and Claude. Did they pass my little misleading test? Let's see. Read more...

My little setback


In this post, I write about what's happening in my life and why I did not post these weeks. Read more...

AI Talk with Human Feel


In this post, I write about Text-to-speech, multilingual voice generation, and voice cloning with the great-quality voices in ElevenLabs. Read more...

Iberia’s Day-long Blackout


Yesterday, we had a total blackout in Portugal. Around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, the entire Iberian Peninsula went dark. For roughly twelve hours, almost 60 million people in Spain and Portugal—plus pockets of southwestern France—lost grid power, forcing airports, hospitals, and rail hubs onto emergency generators and confusing city centres. Read more...

Vibe coding with Generative AI


I've been getting into "vibe coding" recently, quickly prototyping some of my ideas, and working on my pet projects. I must confess that the AI-assisted coding is a very addictive activity, and must be taken with caution since it has some security implications and requires a careful prompts engineering. Read more...

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