Guide 📚 The Guide Library — every Data-Forums guide in one place (21 & growing)

One thread to bookmark. Every full-length guide we've published, grouped by what you're trying to do. New guides get added here as they drop — you'll spot them around the forum by the Guide pill and a pin.

🤖 AI, Prompts & Agents

• 📚 Learn AI automation in 30 days — the free-only roadmap (2026) — start here if you're new; zero paid tools required
  
• 🧠 25 ChatGPT prompts that save you an hour a day — the original copy-paste pack
  
• ⚙️ Prompt engineering part 2 — 7 techniques that separate pros from copy-pasters — level up after the pack
  
• 🧠 Prompt mega-pack vol. 2 — 25 more copy-paste prompts — the sequel, harder-hitting
  
• 📝 Prompt mega-pack vol. 3 — 25 prompts for data work (cleaning, SQL, dashboards) — the data crowd edition
  
• 🆚 ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini (2026): which AI for which job — stop guessing, match tool to task
  
• 🗺️ The 2026 AI tools map — what to use for each job (free vs paid) — the whole landscape on one page
  
• 🧠 Claude Projects deep-dive — one AI that actually knows your work (2026) — stop re-explaining yourself to the chatbot
  
• 🤖 Build your first AI agent this weekend (zero code required) — agents without the hype or the code
  
• 📄 Talk to your PDFs — build a private AI that has read your documents — the no-jargon RAG build, free tools
  
• 🎛️ Prompt mega-pack vol. 4 — 25 prompts for automation & agents — the builder edition
  
• 🖥️ Run AI on your own PC — the zero-cost local-LLM starter — free, offline, private
  

⚙️ Automation & Money-Making

• ⚡ 10 copy-paste Zapier / Make automations that pay for themselves in week one — build one tonight
  
• 🪄 n8n self-hosted — unlimited automations for free (30-min Docker setup) — escape the task limits forever
  
• 📋 Case study: cut 22 hrs/week of busywork down to 4 (stack + costs) — what a finished system looks like
  
• 💰 How freelancers charge $500–$2,000 for AI automation setups (3 workflows to steal) — the packaging + pricing playbook
  
• 💸 7 AI side hustles ranked by effort vs payoff (2026 reality check) — honest ranking, no lambos
  
• 💸 Your first AI side-hustle — the weekend launch playbook — the exact 2-day plan to a first gig
  

💼 Data Careers & Skills

• 🗄️ Learn SQL in one weekend — the free plan that actually sticks (2026) — six clauses + joins to your first analysis
  
• 🎯 Data & AI interview prep 2026: the real questions — with answers — the exact rounds + a 7-day plan
  
• 💼 The data analyst portfolio that gets you hired — 5 free-data projects (2026) — proof of work beats certificates
  
• 🗃️ Where to find free datasets & clean them — beginner's field guide — the raw material for those projects
  
• ⛓️ On-chain data for beginners: read the blockchain like a pro (2026) — wallets, flows, and hidden signals
  

💹 Markets & Trading

• 📊 Your first 30 days in the Indian stock market — the zero-BS guide — demat to first order, safely
  
• 📈 Algo trading basics: what bots actually do (and why most of them lose) — read this before paying for any bot
  

🔐 Security Essentials

• 🔐 The cybersecurity starter path: secure your digital life in one weekend — the full baseline
  
• 🔑 Passwords, passkeys & 2FA — the 30-minute setup that blocks 99% of account hacks — do this one first, honestly
  
• 🚨 Your data just leaked — the 60-minute breach response playbook — save it before you need it
  

🎮 Gaming Zone

• 🎮 The no-BS budget gaming setup guide (2026) — where to spend, where to save
  
• 🏆 From casual to competitive: the no-BS esports starter path (2026) — ranked grind to real brackets
  

📌 How to use this library

• New here? The 30-day roadmap + the prompts pack are the best first two reads
  
• Every guide is written to be finished in one sitting and USED the same day — no 40-minute fluff
  
• Want a guide we haven't written? Reply below with the topic — most requests become guides within a wave or two
  

Just added (Wave 10 — Aug 16): prompt mega-pack vol. 4 (automation & agents) · run AI on your own PC (local-LLM starter) · your first AI side-hustle weekend playbook.

More coming: WhatsApp-business automation, AI resume clinic… Reply with what you want next. 👇