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The Lobster That Broke the Internet (And What It Tells Us About the Future of Computing) + my harm reduction guide if you're planning to run it
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Executive Briefing: Trust as Infrastructure—The Bottleneck Nobody Is Building For
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20 hours of news in 10 minutes: The week AI stopped being a thing companies talk about + 5 stories that prove it
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The real reason Amazon cut 30,000 people + what the balance sheet actually shows
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Cold applications have a <2% response rate now + the warm path system that replaces them (includes a guide and prompts!)
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My honest take on what AI is structurally better at than your best architects (and where it still falls short)
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I built an 11-tab financial model in 10 minutes + the prompting guide that makes it repeatable
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My honest field notes on scaling agents past the demo phase + 6 rules from teams running hundreds
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5 AI Stories, 1 Pattern—xAI, Apple, Davos: Who's Locking In Positions (and Who's Too Late)
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The identity shift that unlocked real throughput and how to make it stick (plus an in-depth builders guide for 2026)
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Why High Agency is a Non-Negotiable in 2026 (especially if you're entry level) + 10 Prompts to Build Your Own Ladder
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The Specification Gap: Why Your AI Produces Impressive-Looking Output With Fundamental Problems + The Prompt Kit To Help You Fix It
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Disposable software works for Cursor, but probably won't work for you. + The reliability playbook for everyone else
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50 people ignored my tool recommendations + here's why their systems still worked (Second Brain follow-up)
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The 5 AI stories worth your time this week + grab the prompt that turns news into a 14-day experiment
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Why it's time to escape the application pile + the exact site I shipped (no code required!)
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Grab the prompt kit I use when work feels inefficient but busy + specific experiments for each bottleneck
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My honest field notes on the specificity principle + why vague requests get vague results (and the prompts that fix it)
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