SM / Stefaan Maene

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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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A cheerful white robot mechanic in an orange apron holds up a phone and a wrench next to a car tyre and a pile of torn invoices. Headline: Your software subscription just got very expensive. How do you build your own? Lovable logo.
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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?

A worried white robot at a laptop is buried under a tall pile of pink sticky notes. Headline: Asked AI the same thing 3 times? You're doing it wrong. How do you fix it? ChatGPT logo.
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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?

A tall black robot with a clipboard stands calmly in front of a chaotic crowd of small white robots tangled in cables. Headline: 17 AI agents. Zero control. How do you get control back? Claude logo.
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17 AI agents. Zero control.

How do you get control back?

A white butler robot in a bow tie holds an empty silver tray while its power plug lies unplugged by the wall and a calendar, envelope and folder float out of reach. Headline: I built my own Jarvis. It's useless. What's missing? Lovable logo.
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I built my own Jarvis. It's useless.

What's missing?

A small white robot sleeps curled up on a closed silver laptop with an unplugged cable beside it. Headline: The weakest link in my AI setup has a hinge. How do you fix it? Claude logo.
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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?

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