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A Theory of Lossless Innovation

To go forth and innovate while not losing the core business or loyalty of the current customer base is the challenge of our new era.

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AI is full of Hot Air.

From hallucinations to probabilistic creativity, to the need to fulfill its trained duty. AI Models can just make things up. Sometimes amazingly, sometimes catastrophically.

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AI is first a Trojan Horse

A Taste of using AI effectively can be magical, but afterwards is a massive amount of reconfiguration and technology adoption.

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Are Code Generators really the Death of SaaS?

At what point is building everything you can dream of cheaper than paying subscriptions?

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Old-school, textbook approaches are the secret to mastering the future of AI — sometimes, progress means going back to proven basics.

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Building your own PC is the gateway to running powerful AI models locally, unlocking performance beyond cloud costs.

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Can Organizations Know what their People have Known?

Decades of data and experience are valuable, but how to bring them into the age of AI?

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Consistent Go-to-Market

A disciplined, step-by-step approach is the key to derisking new product launches.

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Embrace Pirates or See Mutiny

Organizations that embrace their renegade employees can spark innovation—or risk a mutiny.

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From Qualitative Love To Quantitative Love

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Evolutions In Managing Large Codebases

While Vibe Coding is causing challenges as Software Developers use AI Code Assistants, AI is also showing to give engineering managers superpowers at managing large codebases.

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From Rags to Riches

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From Software Engineering To Managing Large Codebases

AI is already supporting individual engineers with particular tasks. How can it support large organizations with many teams and millions of lines of code?

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Non-Developers will become Prototypers.

Vibe Coding gives more accessing to getting something working.

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Load up on CARBS

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On Data Gathering

Effective data gathering is the foundation for building intelligent, reliable AI systems.

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Open source has become the ultimate catalyst for rapid innovation and zero-to-one breakthroughs.

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Opinionated engineering delivers clarity and speed—but can also spark debate.

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When to Partner with a Startup? When it's time for them to Scale Up

Timing is critical, because startups are not prepared to partner and scale ups will choose partners quickly.

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Software Development with Code Generators

Code generators are reshaping software development—speeding up delivery while raising new challenges.

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Someone's Gotta Keep Up with It

Keeping up with rapid tech change is a relentless challenge, but it’s the key to staying relevant.

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Technology wants to be Emergent

Emergent technology evolves unpredictably—shaping and reshaping our world in surprising ways.

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Tectonic Shifts and Business Configuration

Tectonic shifts in technology force businesses to reconfigure or risk being left behind.

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The AI Model Wars

Mindbending sums of money and leadership panics all over the technolgoy world has set a frenzy of activity in the AI Model Wars.

Near-Future-Anticipation

The Geography of Innovation

Innovation may be global, but it still clusters in a few creative hotspots.

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Untitled Essay

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The New New Founder Stack

The founder’s toolkit is evolving faster than ever—what’s essential today may be obsolete tomorrow.

The New Software Development Playbook

AI has changed how to develop software, and in many surprising ways.

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The Power of Challenges

Challenges ignite innovation—people rally around a cause, and breakthroughs follow.

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The Resurgence of the Terminal

The terminal is making a comeback — simplicity and power are winning over flashy GUIs.

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Timeline of Milestones in Technology

Technology’s history is a timeline of breakthroughs—each milestone reshapes what’s possible.

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Tiny Teams with Tiny Ideas

Small teams with focused ideas can spark outsized change.

We Need Better Charts

We have the opportunity to make data visualization as easy as the AI chatbot. Let's do it!

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Web Security is about Preventing Naivety

Web security isn’t just about code—it’s about anticipating naivety at every layer.

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Why Everyone needs to become a Linux User

Linux isn’t just for pros—everyone can benefit from its power, freedom, and flexibility.

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Why User Research Repositories

User Research Repositories are an upfront investment for enormous gains over time.

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Why Text Manipulation Is Now Mission Critical

AI models speak in text, JSON, and Markdown. Manipulation of these formats has become essential for productivity, automation, and insight.

Counterintuitive Approaches

Win The Market On Getting Started

The new way to get traction and win the market is to make it easy to get started.

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August 17, 2025

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