AICodexComputer Use
When AI Left the Screen and Fixed My Freezer
I used Codex with Computer Use and Bambu Studio to turn measurements, photos, and a few failed fits into a freezer repair and a custom iPhone stand.
•6 min read
Writing
Essays from inside the work: product judgment, enterprise AI, platform economics, and what building real systems changes about the argument.
AIEnterprise AIPlatform Economics
The Minimum Viable AI Tool
The mature AI skill is no longer reaching for the strongest model. It is routing each job to the smallest tool that can finish it without creating cleanup debt.
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AISolo BuildingHardware
How to Actually Decide What Mac to Buy for AI Work
Stop asking which machine wins. Start with what breaks first in your workflow. A practical hardware framework built from what failed on my M3 Air.
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AIProduct ManagementAgents
Every Product Needs a Repo Now
Long-running AI tasks work best when they have a durable work environment. Coding has repos. Product management mostly has scattered context. That gap is the next AI bottleneck.
•8 min read
AIAgentsEnterprise AI
Your Agent Needs a Librarian
Once agents write into your workflow, the question isn't which model you picked. It's who owns the context the agent is reading from, and whether your team has staffed for it.
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AIAgentsEnterprise AI
The Agent Won't Ask Why
Humans build context over months and learn when to act versus when to ask. Agents predict forward on whatever they're given. That gap is the product operations problem of 2026.
•4 min read
AIAnthropicOpenAI
Not Another Peloton
Anthropic does not have enough compute. That part is real. The harder question is whether buying far ahead of consumer demand would have been discipline, or another Peloton.
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AIProduct StrategyVibe Coding
Apple's Vibe-Coding Ban Misses the Actual AI App Store Opportunity
When software creation gets cheap, trust and discovery become the moat. Apple should be building that layer, not blocking it.
•5 min read
AIStartupsProduct Strategy
Who Survives in the Age of AI?
If Perplexity-style harness companies are in trouble, what actually works? The answer isn't building everything apps — it's building solutions to problems people don't know they have yet.
•7 min read
AIPerplexityStartups
Perplexity Built an Amazing Product. It Won't Survive.
I've paid for Perplexity alongside ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for years. The harness is best-in-class. But when your moat is something the major labs can build themselves, you're one product cycle away from being a feature.
•7 min read
AIPlatform EconomicsSolo Building
The $2,500 Mac Mini Won't Save You From the Cloud
Local inference is a real tool. But treating a one-time hardware purchase as a decade-long hedge against cloud AI subscriptions is bad math and worse strategy.
•6 min read
AIProduct ManagementVibe Coding
Prompt → Code ≠ Product
Everyone can generate code now. The lasting value isn't in the prompt. It's in the years of domain knowledge that tell you what to build.
•5 min read
AIProduct StrategyAnthropic
How Claude got Sticky
Why Anthropic's product focus on compounding knowledge-work workflows may be its biggest strategic advantage.
•3 min read
AIPlatformsStrategy
Claude vs OpenAI: This Isn't About a Bot. It's About Control.
The ClawdBot/OpenClaw moment highlights two competing platform strategies: enterprise control versus ecosystem gravity.
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AICultureThought Leadership
The Goalposts Keep Moving: From 'The Models Don't Work' to 'The Users Are the Problem'
AI skepticism has shifted from questioning capability to questioning character. When predictions fail, identity becomes the battleground.
•3 min read
AIClaude CodeVibe Coding
Building This Site: AI Strategy in Practice
How I used Claude Code, Cursor, and modern AI tools to build a personal site that demonstrates the very principles it preaches.
•2 min read
AIAgentic WorkflowsDocumentation
From Tribal Knowledge to Agent-Ready: Process Maps + Knowledge Stores
Most teams' documentation isn't ready for agentic AI. Here's how to go from patchy tribal knowledge to RAG-first content that makes your agents actually useful.
•7 min read
PhilosophyAIConsciousness
The Immortal Prison
What if consciousness transfer isn't the gift of immortality we imagine — but an inescapable trap? A philosophical exploration of identity, copies, and digital existence.
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StartupsAIEntrepreneurship
The Solopreneur Trap: Why 'Obvious' Startup Ideas Don't Survive Unit Economics
YouTube videos and podcasts keep promoting 'brilliant' startup ideas that fall apart once you run the math. Here's how to pressure-test before you bet the house.
•7 min read