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Five Subscribers From Nowhere
Better attribution gave me an answer I didn't want. Without an agent checking the web server logs, I wouldn't have found it until the spam reports arrived.
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I Don't Use Wispr Flow. I Understand Why People Pay for It.
As AI makes capable software easier to build, choosing among good options becomes work. A familiar product can be worth a small premium when it gives you a reasonable place to stop looking.
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The Economics of Software for One
AI lowers the cost of implementation. Building for yourself lowers the cost of figuring out what to build and makes software for a market of one practical.
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The Workflow Breakthrough I Had to Delete
Companies are building workflows around what today’s AI can’t do. As the technology improves, those workarounds can preserve unnecessary labor and keep better models working like the ones they replaced. A notification hook I depended on showed me how useful scaffolding becomes a constraint.
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Give AI an instruction manual for your family calendar
Create a family logistics file, connect it to your calendars, and use AI to propose coverage and make the assignments after you approve them.
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I'm Going to Have to Say Goodbye to Granola
After years with Granola, I'm assembling a replacement around my own workflow. That personal decision reflects a larger shift in software as AI makes bespoke tools practical and changes what makes a software business defensible.
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Your AI Initiative Can Work and Still Fail
AI can produce useful agendas, summaries, and dashboards without improving a single decision or outcome. Design the operating loop that connects information to ownership and action, tailor it to the team, and expand the automation as trust grows.
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Cutting Headcount Is Not an AI Strategy
AI can cut company costs. That's useful, but it's the thinnest application of the technology. Strategy begins when leaders redesign products, workflows, and decisions around what AI now makes possible.
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You Don't Need an Agent. You Need a Librarian.
I run my consulting pipeline, content calendar, family logistics, workouts, and sourdough experiments from a folder of text files. The useful part is not an autonomous agent. It is a system that keeps the journal.
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AI is bigger than vibe coding
Coding tools are the best AI interfaces we have. Their overlooked value isn't just building software, but handling messy work at the moment of need.