--- title: How Grumbles Helps | daily.dev description: A blogger reflects on a year of using an AI assistant, nicknamed Grumbles, to help run his blog. He details where the AI helps (copy editing, research,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-grumbles-helps-ul0ilpxft twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Grumbles Helps | daily.dev og:description: A blogger reflects on a year of using an AI assistant, nicknamed Grumbles, to help run his blog. He details where the AI helps (copy editing, research,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-grumbles-helps-ul0ilpxft og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uL0IlpXFt.png og:image:alt: How Grumbles Helps og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Grumbles Helps **[Rands in Repose](https://daily.dev/sources/randsinrepose)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A blogger reflects on a year of using an AI assistant, nicknamed Grumbles, to help run his blog. He details where the AI helps (copy editing, research, templates/CSS, blog features, bug fixes, publishing mechanics, analytics) versus where it doesn't (original writing, typefaces, images). He references Anthropic's recent move to watermark Claude-generated text and images as validation of a broader desire for transparency about AI involvement in creative work, and encourages readers to disclose their own AI usage via a footer link. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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