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 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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