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Who would have known so much information is publicly available?
Published: Thu, Sep 24 2026 @ 16:04:02

The size of the invoice is the wrong measure of a decision
Published: Thu, Sep 17 2026 @ 21:32:15

The best recommendation I can give is sometimes "don't build anything"
Published: Sat, Sep 12 2026 @ 15:19:07

"Our competitor is doing it" is the worst justification for a tech investment
Published: Fri, Sep 11 2026 @ 14:04:29

A $5,000 technology decision can deserve more scrutiny than a $500,000 one
Published: Thu, Sep 10 2026 @ 12:49:52

A CEO sent me a technology proposal
Published: Wed, Sep 9 2026 @ 11:35:14

Don’t make the intelligence safe enough to trust
Published: Mon, Sep 7 2026 @ 9:05:59

A popular website with no app is usually not an opportunity
Published: Sun, Sep 6 2026 @ 7:51:21

The person recommending the technology should not be the only one valuing it
Published: Fri, Sep 4 2026 @ 5:22:06

Competent executives make surprisingly bad technology purchases
Published: Thu, Sep 3 2026 @ 4:07:29

The contract clauses that create the most lock-in get the least scrutiny
Published: Mon, Aug 31 2026 @ 0:23:36

The best model is becoming a surprisingly bad default
Published: Sat, Aug 22 2026 @ 14:26:35

Your CTO says the architecture needs to be rebuilt
Published: Thu, Aug 20 2026 @ 11:57:20

A CEO I advise canceled the company's hosting account
Published: Wed, Aug 19 2026 @ 10:42:42

An ad group of mine was set to exact match
Published: Tue, Aug 11 2026 @ 0:45:42

The dangerous AI project is the one that works
Published: Sun, Aug 2 2026 @ 14:48:41

"We need an AI strategy" is usually the wrong first sentence
Published: Sat, Aug 1 2026 @ 13:34:04

The last moment a replacement decision is still cheap to change
Published: Thu, Jul 30 2026 @ 11:04:49

The most useful question before approving a software project
Published: Mon, Jul 27 2026 @ 7:20:56

Share of new apps with "AI" in the name, by year: 0.1% through 2016
Published: Sat, Jul 25 2026 @ 4:51:41

The biggest App Store developers are the ones you've never heard of
Published: Fri, Jul 24 2026 @ 3:37:03

I pulled every live app on the US App Store into a database this week
Published: Thu, Jul 23 2026 @ 2:22:26

AI changes the backlog
Published: Sun, Jul 19 2026 @ 22:38:33

The best AI for your business probably won’t be the smartest one
Published: Tue, Jul 14 2026 @ 16:25:25

I brought in Codex as an adversarial critic of my thinking with Claude
Published: Wed, Jul 8 2026 @ 8:57:40

"What if I get a $4,000 bill?" This is the most solvable fear on the list
Published: Thu, Jul 2 2026 @ 1:29:54

"I don't trust it to be right." You shouldn't
Published: Wed, Jul 1 2026 @ 0:15:17

Newer AI models cost more per token but often still cheaper to use
Published: Thu, Jun 25 2026 @ 18:02:09

How to make AI "know everything" about your business
Published: Sun, Jun 21 2026 @ 13:03:38

Companies are struggling to innovate because nobody has priced the cost
Published: Sat, Jun 20 2026 @ 11:49:01

This might seem like a joke, but is it really
Published: Fri, Jun 19 2026 @ 10:34:23

X (formerly Twitter) started asking Claude for money
Published: Fri, Jun 12 2026 @ 1:52:00

I spend a lot of time helping business owners think through AI strategy
Published: Thu, Jun 11 2026 @ 0:37:23

Domain expertise has always been the real moat because it is the only advantage
Published: Mon, May 25 2026 @ 4:43:21

A 2014 study shows walking significantly boosts creative thinking
Published: Fri, May 22 2026 @ 0:59:29

Most of my work happens in abstraction
Published: Wed, May 20 2026 @ 23:44:51

Wow, this piece brought back so many memories
Published: Mon, May 18 2026 @ 21:15:36

For decades we've shipped frozen interfaces where every pixel was decided
Published: Wed, May 6 2026 @ 23:36:00

Vibe-coded apps usually deliver on the big features but they bleed out
Published: Sun, May 3 2026 @ 0:22:48

Anthropic has figured out that fear sells
Published: Sun, Apr 26 2026 @ 9:40:48

In AI work, volume is not vanity
Published: Sat, Apr 25 2026 @ 1:56:24

The BNP Paribas Indian Wells tennis tournament is my favorite and I attend
Published: Fri, Apr 17 2026 @ 3:30:00

I get the math, but the part I’d pressure test is the framing
Published: Tue, Apr 14 2026 @ 12:01:12

Life with Claude
Published: Mon, Apr 6 2026 @ 13:34:48

White House Unveils National AI Policy Framework
Published: Mon, Mar 30 2026 @ 22:52:48

From a conversation with Gokul Rajaram
Published: Sat, Mar 21 2026 @ 16:42:00

Apple is cooking
Published: Fri, Mar 20 2026 @ 8:57:36

Most developers focus on the U.S. and Europe.
Published: Sun, Mar 15 2026 @ 2:00:00

Serial founders talk about "batting average" like the goal is to never strike
Published: Sat, Mar 14 2026 @ 8:00:00

Everyone tells the ATM story wrong.
Published: Thu, Mar 12 2026 @ 22:00:00

With AI agents, complexity stops being a tax and starts becoming a moat
Published: Thu, Mar 12 2026 @ 3:00:00

The early labor signal from AI is not layoffs.
Published: Sun, Mar 8 2026 @ 0:00:00

Most SaaS is designed to be chosen by a person who is slightly unsure.
Published: Sat, Mar 7 2026 @ 18:00:00

AI Is Commoditizing Intelligence.
Published: Sat, Mar 7 2026 @ 2:00:00

AI isn't making "development" more valuable.
Published: Sun, Mar 1 2026 @ 2:00:00

The #SaaSpocalypse is a great narrative because it takes a real shift and turns
Published: Sun, Mar 1 2026 @ 1:00:00

"Digital transformation" is not disruption.
Published: Mon, Feb 23 2026 @ 2:00:00

AI isn't replacing workers.
Published: Thu, Feb 19 2026 @ 2:00:00

Sometimes the reason the category is crowded is the same reason it will not
Published: Wed, Feb 18 2026 @ 2:00:00

AI will replace the parts of consulting that look like consulting.
Published: Sun, Feb 15 2026 @ 2:00:00

Your data moat gets weaker the moment interpretation gets cheap.
Published: Sun, Feb 15 2026 @ 1:00:00

The biggest impact of LLMs is not replacing software.
Published: Sun, Feb 15 2026 @ 0:00:00

AI will commoditize the part of software your CFO obsesses over.
Published: Sat, Feb 14 2026 @ 23:00:00

Tokens are not the bottleneck. Humans are.
Published: Thu, Feb 12 2026 @ 2:00:00

Law is just the first industry to break (thanks to Harvey and Legora).
Published: Tue, Feb 10 2026 @ 2:00:00

Most SaaS companies won't die because of competition
Published: Tue, Feb 10 2026 @ 1:00:00

AI is not blocked by intelligence. It's blocked by org charts.
Published: Tue, Feb 10 2026 @ 0:00:00

AI makes products look simpler while making them harder to run.
Published: Tue, Feb 3 2026 @ 2:00:00

Data advantage is no longer about owning data.
Published: Tue, Feb 3 2026 @ 0:00:00

The real scarcity is judgment, not execution.
Published: Mon, Feb 2 2026 @ 23:00:00

Is there a way to block all trash posts with “comment xxx to get full yyy”?
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:53

The 80% agent is better than the 100% agent.
Published: Sat, Oct 18 2025 @ 11:16:27

I’ve been in italy the whole month and I’m used to “small” two-lane freeways
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:25

Why a Fractional CTO Might Be Exactly What Your Business Needs
Published: Sun, Nov 24 2024 @ 10:49:45

Apple App Store changed the business world forever
Published: Sat, Jul 13 2013 @ 11:36:49