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

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

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

One careless download can cascade across companies
Published: Fri, May 1 2026 @ 16:38:24

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

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

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

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

Apple will finally have their own niche hyper-performant secure models
Published: Thu, Apr 9 2026 @ 5:03:36

The highest paid AI roles will belong to the people who can make
Published: Tue, Apr 7 2026 @ 21:19:12

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

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

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

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

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

When a company tells me “AI is helping people grieve, learn, get care
Published: Sat, Mar 28 2026 @ 7:24:00

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

Most AI risk conversations are framed like this:
Published: Wed, Mar 25 2026 @ 15:55:12

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

Most AI conversations inside companies start with: “We need to be faster.”
Published: Mon, Mar 23 2026 @ 0:26:24

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

Most operators say they want teams that “understand the system.”
Published: Mon, Mar 16 2026 @ 9:44:24

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

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

AI does move fast.
Published: Fri, Mar 13 2026 @ 1:00:00

There is a quiet grief a lot of builders are carrying right now.
Published: Fri, Mar 13 2026 @ 0:00:00

Was listening to Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia (Product School) and Tim
Published: Thu, Mar 12 2026 @ 23:00:00

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

AI is going to create job categories that sound fake until you need one tomorrow
Published: Sun, Mar 8 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

Most organizations are thinking about AI backwards.
Published: Fri, Mar 6 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

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

Most clients don't ask for clarity.
Published: Fri, Feb 27 2026 @ 2:00:00

The theory that we'll vibe code everything is 'flat wrong'.
Published: Tue, Feb 24 2026 @ 2:00:00

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

AI didn't just speed up my work.
Published: Fri, Feb 20 2026 @ 2:00:00

Coding with AI doesn't reduce rigor
Published: Fri, Feb 20 2026 @ 1:00:00

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

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

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

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

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

PMF is no longer something you "achieve"
Published: Tue, Feb 3 2026 @ 1:00:00

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

Customer Support: Growth Lever or Labor Sponge?
Published: Thu, Jan 15 2026 @ 14:16:24

How Companies Will Hire Based on AI Usage
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:28

Understanding VC Investment Stages: From Seed to Dominance
Published: Wed, Jan 14 2026 @ 10:16:27

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

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

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

Why Education No Longer Guarantees Employment
Published: Tue, Jan 13 2026 @ 10:16:24

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

Why Agentic Checkout Will Break Your Business Rules
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:28

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

The Ugliest Process Is Usually Keeping You Alive
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:26

AI Output Quality Mirrors Your Operating Discipline
Published: Sun, Jan 11 2026 @ 10:16:25

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

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

AI in Customer Support, Ecommerce, and Leadership
Published: Sat, Jan 10 2026 @ 10:16:24

Most product ideas fail at the feasibility layer, not the idea layer
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:38

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

Your AI Strategy Will Break With the Next Model Release
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:36

Why Remote Work Fails for Sense-Making
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:35

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

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

Enterprise and Data with AI
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:32

AI in Product, Delivery, and Data
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:31

AI, Customer, and Hiring
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:30

AI in Customer Support, Product, and Leadership
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:29

AI and Customer Support
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:28

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

AI, Product, and Delivery
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:26

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

Strategy and Enterprise with AI
Published: Fri, Jan 9 2026 @ 10:16:24

mobile apps do not
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:32

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

AI in Automation, Ecommerce, and Delivery
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:28

AI code assistants do not make your team faster
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:27

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

Customer Support and Strategy with AI
Published: Fri, Jan 2 2026 @ 10:16:24

Customer Support and Enterprise with AI
Published: Fri, Dec 26 2025 @ 10:16:27

One of my first apps is finally changing hands
Published: Fri, Dec 26 2025 @ 10:16:26

Most “privacy-first” products still know your real identity
Published: Fri, Dec 26 2025 @ 10:16:25

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

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

Most people get competition wrong
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:55

AI and Strategy
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:54

Operations and Data with AI
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:52

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

AI, Customer, and Enterprise
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:50

AI, Customer, and Delivery
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:49

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

Rethinking AI (8)
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:47

Customer Support and Automation with AI
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:46

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

The loud debates about AI safety tend to focus on sci-fi ris
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:44

corporate transformations
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:43

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

AI and Growth
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:41

Fast cheap good. Pick two?
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:40

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

The bar for “good enough” is
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:36

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 Product, Sales, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:33

AI in Product, Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:32

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

Automation and Growth with AI
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:30

AI in Automation, Strategy, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:29

AI in Customer Support, Education, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:28

AI in Strategy, Product, and Data
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:27

How far along are you with AI in your business - Post 1
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:26

How far along are you with AI in your business - Post 2
Published: Wed, Dec 17 2025 @ 10:16:25

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

AI in Strategy, Product, and Startups
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:31

If your advisor only knows your industry
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:30

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

Strategy and Data with AI
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:28

AI and Leadership
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:27

AI in Strategy, Leadership, and Startups
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:26

Something smells fishy
Published: Mon, Nov 17 2025 @ 10:16:24

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

AI in Automation, Strategy, and Product
Published: Thu, Sep 18 2025 @ 11:16:28

AI in Strategy, Product, and Ecommerce
Published: Thu, Sep 18 2025 @ 11:16:27

AI and Education
Published: Thu, Sep 18 2025 @ 11:16:25

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

Want to go viral on LinkedIn right now?
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:40

💥 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

"Let's just get the requirements right the first time." That's how millions
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:36

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

The truth? Nobody really knows.
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:33

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

ChatGPT has become such a suck-up
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:31

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

AI in Product, Sales, and Delivery
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:29

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 in Automation, Hiring, and Education
Published: Tue, Aug 19 2025 @ 11:16:26

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

Startups and Data with AI
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:29

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

Beauty is the outcome of coherence, proportion,
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:25

AI in Product, Ecommerce, and Data
Published: Sun, Jul 20 2025 @ 11:16:24

Rethinking AI (21)
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:30

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

AI in Strategy, Startups, and Data
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:28

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

Would you leave the lights off when customers walk in?
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:26

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

The hashtag#EU just dropped a preview of its 2025–26 Startup & Scaleup Strategy
Published: Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 11:16:24

Sales and Data with AI
Published: Wed, May 21 2025 @ 11:16:26

Are you still caught up in the hype of AI replacing employees?
Published: Wed, May 21 2025 @ 11:16:25