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Coding and design keep getting cheaper
Published: Sun, May 17 2026 @ 13:31:12

I’ve been in mobile since 2010
Published: Sat, May 16 2026 @ 5:46:48

AI adoption fails when learning stays trapped inside individual workflows
Published: Thu, May 14 2026 @ 22:02:24

Agentic code is free like a baby goat
Published: Wed, May 13 2026 @ 14:18:00

The next platform shift will not be won where users click
Published: Tue, May 12 2026 @ 6:33:36

Freezing junior engineering hiring is not a cost move
Published: Sat, May 9 2026 @ 15:04:48

AI is being discussed as if the economy is mostly software, content
Published: Mon, May 4 2026 @ 8:07:12

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

Engineering teams that went heaviest on AI coding tools are now the ones
Published: Thu, Apr 23 2026 @ 18:12:00

Agile fails when it optimizes the speed of building instead of the speed
Published: Wed, Apr 22 2026 @ 10:27:36

If your strategy requires you to fight for every deal
Published: Sun, Apr 19 2026 @ 18:58:48

Most “disruption” is just a better interface on top of the same system
Published: Sat, Apr 18 2026 @ 11:14:24

People often ask if you still need to be in San Francisco to build something
Published: Wed, Apr 15 2026 @ 19:45:36

I built a Python script that generates App Store screenshots in 1s
Published: Mon, Apr 13 2026 @ 4:16:48

If your ARPU did not go up by at least 50%
Published: Sat, Apr 11 2026 @ 20:32:24

AI boosted coding and now is moving to GTM
Published: Fri, Apr 10 2026 @ 12:48:00

The AI job everyone is talking about does not exist
Published: Fri, Apr 3 2026 @ 22:06:00

I keep seeing the same mistake from vibecoders
Published: Thu, Apr 2 2026 @ 14:21:36

One of the stranger patterns in AI adoption is emotional, not technical
Published: Sun, Mar 29 2026 @ 15:08:24

Anthropic just changed how AI coding tools will be used
Published: Thu, Mar 26 2026 @ 23:39:36

Most leaders are mispricing AI
Published: Tue, Mar 24 2026 @ 8:10:48

Stripe is launching the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) open standard
Published: Thu, Mar 19 2026 @ 1:13:12

Racing used to punish mediocrity
Published: Tue, Mar 17 2026 @ 17:28:48

AI in Engineering, Leadership, and Sales
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:25

Drone Delivery Is Easy. Getting Picked by AI Is Hard.
Published: Mon, Jan 12 2026 @ 10:16:24

Stop Wasting $100K on Dev Shops Without Strategy
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:27

Why You Should Use Plan Mode Before Writing AI Code
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:24

Why Forward-Deployed Engineers Are the New Operating System
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:37

Why Early-Stage Founders Don't Need a Full-Time CTO
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:34

AI in Engineering, Pricing, and Data
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:27

AI in Automation, Engineering, and Education
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:25

AI in Engineering, Hiring, and Data
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:31

I have an old Cordova app for iOS I wanted to convert to native
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:30

This year reinforced something I have seen over and over across products
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:29

The 10x productivity claim with AI Is still mis
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:26

If I see one more person calling Generative AI a tool
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:25

AI in Product, Engineering, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:56

AI, Engineering, and Startups
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:45

AI in Operations, Growth, and Engineering
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:42

AI in Engineering, Delivery, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:39

AI in Growth, Engineering, and Leadership
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:38

AI and Hiring
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:37

Big tech just missed the real story: satellites
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:35

AI and Enterprise
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:34

AI in Automation, Product, and Growth
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:31

Google just yeeted Antigravity into orbit
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:24

There's a prevailing belief that AI, especially large language models
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:35

Engineering and Sales with AI
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:34

The arrogance test
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:33

AI in Engineering, Startups, and Education
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:32

When Charles Schwab launched discount brokerage in the 1970s
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:29

AI in Operations, Product, and Engineering
Published: Sat, Oct 18 2025 @ 11:16:28

AI, Operations, and Startups
Published: Sat, Oct 18 2025 @ 11:16:26

AI in Strategy, Engineering, and Hiring
Published: Sat, Oct 18 2025 @ 11:16:24

ChatGPT remembers everything about
Published: Thu, Sep 18 2025 @ 11:16:29

Engineering and Digital Transformation with AI
Published: Thu, Sep 18 2025 @ 11:16:24

💥 LAST MINUTE Workshop for Founders
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:38

Most founders don't run out of ideas
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:37

Most dev teams obsess over "doing it right
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:35

AI, Strategy, and Engineering
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:34

Customer Support and Engineering with AI
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:32

It's not the code that kills your vision, it's the unclear decisions
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:30

AI doesn't raise the ceiling, it raises the floor
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:28

AI won't crush your industry
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:27

AI can generate code faster than ever, but if you're not steering
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:24

The company known for baby photos (Meta) could end up more valuable than Apple
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:28

AI in Customer Support, Strategy, and Engineering
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:27

Now is the time to (re)build
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:26

Your favorite AI unicorn just tripped over its own numbers
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:27

I'm increasingly hearing about these frustrations from Startup Founders who
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:25

Are you betting your business on tools that might mislead you?
Published: Wed, May 21 2025 @ 11:16:24