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You cannot model a software build on the vendor's estimate
Published: Mon, Sep 21 2026 @ 1:16:07

Your IT person is the wrong one to ask about a $200,000 build
Published: Wed, Sep 16 2026 @ 20:17:37

Software projects look green right until they fail
Published: Tue, Aug 18 2026 @ 9:28:05

Build versus buy is an incomplete question
Published: Fri, Aug 7 2026 @ 21:01:49

Your vendor says you need a custom solution
Published: Tue, Jul 28 2026 @ 8:35:33

Years of internal operational mess are about to have a market value
Published: Mon, Jul 20 2026 @ 23:53:10

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

Your company may own a valuable data asset that has never appeared on your
Published: Mon, Jul 6 2026 @ 6:28:24

Everyone's talking about agents
Published: Sun, Jul 5 2026 @ 5:13:47

"I can't put customer data into an AI tool." Correct
Published: Mon, Jun 29 2026 @ 23:00:39

Every customer issue should make the company slightly harder to surprise next
Published: Sun, Jun 28 2026 @ 21:46:01

The website stopped being the scarce asset
Published: Wed, Jun 17 2026 @ 8:05:08

People are confusing "can build" with "should own"
Published: Sun, Jun 14 2026 @ 4:21:15

The next defensible advantage may come from process data, not customer data
Published: Fri, Jun 5 2026 @ 18:24:15

Most people still think of Shopify as a website builder
Published: Tue, May 19 2026 @ 22:30:14

AI cost conversations usually start at the model and end at pricing
Published: Fri, May 8 2026 @ 7:20:24

Moats are retention tools sold as growth strategy
Published: Wed, Apr 29 2026 @ 1:09:36

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

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

Everyone is talking about “AI agents replacing ecommerce.”
Published: Wed, Apr 1 2026 @ 6:37:12

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

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

"Agents" without an orchestrator are just new tools with a chat UI.
Published: Fri, Mar 13 2026 @ 3:00:00

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

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

Really Apple?
Published: Sat, Feb 28 2026 @ 2:00:00

The theory that we'll vibe code everything is 'flat wrong'.
Published: Tue, Feb 24 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 commoditize the part of software your CFO obsesses over.
Published: Sat, Feb 14 2026 @ 23:00:00

The internet did not kill publishing. It broke the unit of value.
Published: Sat, Feb 14 2026 @ 2:00:00

AI makes writing and analysis cheap.
Published: Fri, Feb 13 2026 @ 2:00:00

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

AI did not kill software engineering. It moved the mistakes upstream.
Published: Wed, Feb 11 2026 @ 2:00:00

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

A strong architect is paid to say "no" earlier than everyone else.
Published: Fri, Feb 6 2026 @ 2:00:00

One old Cordova app (first launched on Aug 4, 2011).
Published: Thu, Feb 5 2026 @ 2:00:00

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

How a 10% Credit Card APR Cap Could Raise Your Growth Costs
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:26

GEO: The New Frontier Beyond SEO and AEO
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:24

Most Pricing Problems Are Discovery Problems
Published: Sat, Jan 10 2026 @ 10:16:25

Why Most GenAI Rollouts Fail
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:33

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

AI, Customer, and Pricing
Published: Fri, Dec 26 2025 @ 10:16:24

Growth and Pricing with AI
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:51

AI, Growth, and Delivery
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:48

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

Customer, Growth, and Strategy
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:41

Burger King spent like a League Two club and got a Champions League return
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:29

Key Strategies for Profit Maximization
Published: Fri, Jul 7 2023 @ 6:33:25