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Writing

Thoughts on AI, building products, and growing without venture capital.

AI

AI Is an Amplifier. It Makes Good Thinkers Great. It Makes Poor Thinkers Fail Faster.

I gave two people the same task. Same AI tool, same access, same brief. One finished in 30 minutes, output went straight to production. The other spent 2 hours, result was unusable. Both told me 'I used AI.'

Strategy

SaaS Is Dead. I Buried It in 15 Days. Here's the Proof.

Last month I looked at the invoice from Intercom and something inside me said enough. $132/seat/month. We were paying nearly $100K a year for generic tools that didn't know us.

AI

AI Literacy Is the Most Critical Skill of 2026

The printing press democratized information but literacy took centuries. AI democratized power. We don't have centuries this time.