# Signal Over Noise

> Practical AI for people running a business, not studying it. A publication by Jim Christian about using AI to actually run a business and build things, with the costs and dead-ends left in.

Signal Over Noise is written by Jim Christian from Valencia, Spain. It covers what happens when AI tools meet real work: what was tried, what broke, what it cost, and what he would do differently. Everything published on this site is free to read.

## Core pages

- [Latest](https://signalovernoise.at/posts/): Every issue, Field Note and Insight, newest first (187 posts)
- [Topics](https://signalovernoise.at/topics/): The five subjects the site covers, and what is in each
- [Guides](https://signalovernoise.at/guides/): 11 step-by-step how-to guides, grouped by difficulty
- [About](https://signalovernoise.at/about/): Who writes this and why
- [Newsletter](https://signalovernoise.at/newsletter/): What the newsletter is and how to subscribe
- [Search](https://signalovernoise.at/search/): Full-text search across posts, guides and glossary

## Topics

- [Security & Risk](https://signalovernoise.at/topics/security-and-risk/): What breaks, who is liable, and what an agent can reach once it is already inside
- [Agents & Tooling](https://signalovernoise.at/topics/agents-and-tooling/): Agents, MCP, and wiring AI into the systems you already run
- [Writing & Thinking](https://signalovernoise.at/topics/writing-and-thinking/): Prompting, writing, memory, and whether the model is telling you the truth
- [Building](https://signalovernoise.at/topics/building/): Making things with AI — coding, local models, and open weights
- [The Industry](https://signalovernoise.at/topics/the-industry/): The labs, the money, and what enterprises are actually doing

## Resources

- [Glossary](https://signalovernoise.at/resources/glossary/): 105 AI terms defined in plain language
- [MCP Servers](https://signalovernoise.at/resources/mcp-servers/): The Model Context Protocol servers Jim actually uses, grouped by job
- [Skills](https://signalovernoise.at/resources/skills/): Open-source Claude Code skills he has built and published

## Publishing rhythm

- Field Notes through the week: shorter pieces on whatever is in front of him
- The main issue on Fridays: one idea worked all the way through

## Newsletter

- Free: every Field Note and every Friday issue, in full. No paywall on the writing.
- Supporter (€7/month or €69/year): the same writing, ad-free. That is the whole difference.

Subscribe: https://signalovernoise.at/newsletter/

## Principles

1. Integration over capability — tools matter less than fitting your workflow
2. Test before recommending — everything is tested in real use
3. Fail transparently — the dead-ends get published too
4. No hype, no doom — honest assessments, with the numbers checked

## Elsewhere

- Jim Christian: https://jimchristian.net
- GitHub: https://github.com/aplaceforallmystuff