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AI-built product security worries usually land on the wrong layer
Published: Sat, Sep 26 2026 @ 22:32:01

The same question comes round the table every few months
Published: Fri, Sep 25 2026 @ 10:13:21

App vs firmware is the most expensive decision in a connected product
Published: Wed, Sep 23 2026 @ 21:54:42

For a hardware company, the most expensive screen is the pairing screen
Published: Tue, Sep 22 2026 @ 2:30:45

Before hiring an AI consultancy, find the part that actually needs AI
Published: Sun, Sep 20 2026 @ 0:01:30

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

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

When a roof needs replacing, nobody thinks it is strange to call a second roofer
Published: Tue, Sep 15 2026 @ 19:02:59

Before your next technology investment, ask someone who gains nothing
Published: Mon, Sep 14 2026 @ 17:48:22

Technology due diligence should not happen after you have decided what you want
Published: Sun, Sep 13 2026 @ 16:33:44

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

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

You do not have a technology problem
Published: Wed, Sep 2 2026 @ 2:52:51

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

The most worrying sentence in a vendor demo: "Yes, we can customise that"
Published: Fri, Aug 28 2026 @ 21:54:21

In a SaaS agreement, the data exit clause matters more than liability
Published: Tue, Aug 25 2026 @ 18:10:28

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

Every CEO eventually sits in the sunk-cost meeting
Published: Sun, Aug 16 2026 @ 6:58:50

Your software project is six months late
Published: Sat, Aug 15 2026 @ 5:44:12

Your business probably does not need an app
Published: Sun, Aug 9 2026 @ 23:31:04

The $180,000 dispatch system and the question about month five
Published: Thu, Aug 6 2026 @ 19:47:12

I run paid ads across a portfolio of more than 40 apps
Published: Mon, Aug 3 2026 @ 16:03:19

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

Before spending $250k building software, spend a week trying to kill the idea
Published: Wed, Jul 29 2026 @ 9:50:11

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

Beautiful software architecture historically mattered because humans needed
Published: Fri, Jul 17 2026 @ 20:09:18

Universities are becoming very expensive places to buy time, friendships
Published: Wed, Jul 15 2026 @ 17:40:03

A custom domain can hide the builder from your customers
Published: Mon, Jul 13 2026 @ 15:10:47

Nobody hacked Hugging Face
Published: Fri, Jul 10 2026 @ 11:26:55

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

"We don't have anyone who knows how to do this." Neither did the companies
Published: Sat, Jul 4 2026 @ 3:59:09

Most AI pilots produce nothing measurable
Published: Fri, Jul 3 2026 @ 2:44:32

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

Everyone seems focused on when we’ll reach AGI
Published: Fri, Jun 26 2026 @ 19:16:46

Four months after I shipped SnackCheckApp.com
Published: Tue, Jun 23 2026 @ 15:32:54

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

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

Everyone seems to be reading this chart from Financial Times
Published: Tue, Jun 9 2026 @ 23:22:45

At #WWDC26, Apple finally delivered much of what it had promised two years
Published: Mon, Jun 8 2026 @ 22:08:07

I grew up in Italy
Published: Wed, May 27 2026 @ 7:12:37

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

Another INNOVIT - Italian Innovation and Culture Hub startup mentorship event
Published: Sun, May 10 2026 @ 22:49:12

Most people assume digital has already won
Published: Thu, Apr 30 2026 @ 8:54:00

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

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