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What I build.What it taught me.

Every post ends with an answer you can use on Monday. Plus the 2031 series: where I think companies are going.

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Your software subscription just got very expensive.

How do you build your own?

A small retro robot paints at an easel next to an old desktop computer, surrounded by framed dreamy landscapes. Headline: 4 years of AI. One lesson I wish I'd known on day one. What is it? Midjourney and ChatGPT logos.

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4 years of AI. One lesson I wish I'd known on day one.

What is it?

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Asked AI the same thing 3 times? You're doing it wrong.

How do you fix it?

A determined white robot feeds a mountain of spreadsheet printouts into a black shredder, with one glowing tablet beside it. Headline: Your company runs on spreadsheets nobody trusts. How do you kill them? Google and Lovable logos.

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Your company runs on spreadsheets nobody trusts.

How do you kill them?

A cheeky white robot walks away carrying a moving box full of chat bubbles, leaving a glowing pink speech bubble behind. Headline: I almost quit ChatGPT. What do I do instead? ChatGPT and Claude logos.

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I almost quit ChatGPT.

What do I do instead?

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17 AI agents. Zero control.

How do you get control back?

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I built my own Jarvis. It's useless.

What's missing?

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The weakest link in my AI setup has a hinge.

How do you fix it?

A confident robot in a tie presents a glossy rising bar chart while hiding crossed-out cards behind its back. Headline: My AI was wrong 6 out of 9 times. How do you catch it?

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My AI was wrong 6 out of 9 times.

How do you catch it?

A white robot pulls down a crumbling tower of app windows, keeping one glowing panel in its hand

2031 seriesPart 1 of 6 · 1 min read

The visible software layer will shrink.

So what takes its place?

An exhausted robot slumped over a desk buried in printed slides, laptops and sticky notes

2031 seriesPart 2 of 6 · 1 min read

Four people. Three weekends. One unexamined assumption.

Sound like your last board decision?

A relaxed robot at a tidy desk with one screen, coffee and a plant, a green approve button glowing

2031 seriesPart 3 of 6 · 1 min read

One person. One afternoon. Every assumption visible.

What actually changed?

A cutaway glass building: people on top, servers below, a glowing middle floor where a robot routes cables and holds a decision cube

2031 seriesPart 4 of 6 · 1 min read

Nobody sells it to the person who actually needs it.

So who is it for?

A small robot runs along a glowing loop track with four stations around a growing pile of gold cubes

2031 seriesPart 5 of 6 · 1 min read

Models get cheaper. Judgment compounds.

Why can't a vendor copy it?

A robot walks a winding road past four milestone posts toward a glowing city

2031 seriesPart 6 of 6 · 1 min read

Each phase must earn the next.

What does the road to 2031 look like?

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