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- I Read Claude Code's Agent Tooling, Then Built the One That Actually Finishes the Job
A source-quoted teardown of what Claude Code's /loop actually does, why it cannot finish a multi-step task, and the open-source /autonom skill I built to close the gap. No story. The work.
24 June 2026 - Polymarket: A Very Expensive Dead End (And Why That's Fine)
A funny, brutally honest post-mortem: dozens of agents, about 10M tokens, zero working edge found, and why walking away was the win.
24 June 2026 - Salesforce just spent 3.6 billion dollars to buy a company that builds AI agents
Salesforce just spent 3.6 billion dollars to buy a company that builds AI agents.
17 June 2026 - Benchmark scores measure competence. They ignore economic value
饾棔饾棽饾椈饾棸饾椀饾椇饾棶饾椏饾椄 饾榾饾棸饾椉饾椏饾棽饾榾 饾椇饾棽饾棶饾榾饾槀饾椏饾棽 饾棸饾椉饾椇饾椊饾棽饾榿饾棽饾椈饾棸饾棽. 饾棫饾椀饾棽饾槅 饾椂饾棿饾椈饾椉饾椏饾棽 饾棽饾棸饾椉饾椈饾椉饾椇饾椂饾棸 饾槂饾棶饾椆饾槀饾棽.
7 June 2026 - Covert AI persuasion burns trust faster than it builds pipeline
饾棖饾椉饾槂饾棽饾椏饾榿 饾棓饾棞 饾椊饾棽饾椏饾榾饾槀饾棶饾榾饾椂饾椉饾椈 饾棷饾槀饾椏饾椈饾榾 饾榿饾椏饾槀饾榾饾榿 饾棾饾棶饾榾饾榿饾棽饾椏 饾榿饾椀饾棶饾椈 饾椂饾榿 饾棷饾槀饾椂饾椆饾棻饾榾 饾椊饾椂饾椊饾棽饾椆饾椂饾椈饾棽.
7 June 2026 - Profitability beats narrative when the gatekeepers enforce it
饾棧饾椏饾椉饾棾饾椂饾榿饾棶饾棷饾椂饾椆饾椂饾榿饾槅 饾棷饾棽饾棶饾榿饾榾 饾椈饾棶饾椏饾椏饾棶饾榿饾椂饾槂饾棽 饾槃饾椀饾棽饾椈 饾榿饾椀饾棽 饾棿饾棶饾榿饾棽饾椄饾棽饾棽饾椊饾棽饾椏饾榾 饾棽饾椈饾棾饾椉饾椏饾棸饾棽 饾椂饾榿.
7 June 2026 - Everyone worried about AI making things up asks the same question: how do you know it isn't? My
Everyone worried about AI making things up asks the same question: how do you know it isn't? My answer has nothing to do with finding a smar
4 June 2026 - 58% of your replies come from the first email. The other 42% should be ignored. This week prove
58% of your replies come from the first email. The other 42% should be ignored. This week proved that distribution matters more than benchma
3 June 2026 - Adoption is not the same as value
Adoption is not the same as value.
3 June 2026 - The hard part of AI was never the model. It was buying it
The hard part of AI was never the model. It was buying it.
3 June 2026 - When a technology becomes the operating system, it ceases to be a differentiator
When a technology becomes the operating system, it ceases to be a differentiator.
3 June 2026 - An Oxford professor with 35 years in AI and 450+ papers calls ChatGPT "a very powerful auto com
An Oxford professor with 35 years in AI and 450+ papers calls ChatGPT "a very powerful auto complete." Mike Wooldridge is the Ashall Profess
2 June 2026 - The cheapest seat at the table is the one that becomes the next decade's leadership
The cheapest seat at the table is the one that becomes the next decade's leadership.
1 June 2026 - 32% of the average work week goes to tasks that look like work but don't move the company forwa
32% of the average work week goes to tasks that look like work but don't move the company forward. That's 12.8 hours. Gone. Every week.
30 May 2026 - The AI gold rush is dead. The bodies are already piling up
The AI gold rush is dead. The bodies are already piling up.
30 May 2026 - A published paper ran the same harmful query through the same model twice. In one condition the
A published paper ran the same harmful query through the same model twice. In one condition the model believed it was being monitored for tr
29 May 2026 - The phone didn't get better. Email got worse
The phone didn't get better. Email got worse.
29 May 2026 - 1,037 children, tracked from age three to age 32. The trait that predicted adult health, wealth
1,037 children, tracked from age three to age 32. The trait that predicted adult health, wealth, and criminal record, independent of IQ and
28 May 2026 - 8 AM is the worst time to cold-call. The data is brutal
8 AM is the worst time to cold-call. The data is brutal.
28 May 2026 - A fifty-million-dollar company built its entire pitch around a metric no independent body will
A fifty-million-dollar company built its entire pitch around a metric no independent body will certify.
28 May 2026 - AI didn't make cold outreach faster. It made it worthless for everyone still using it to send m
AI didn't make cold outreach faster. It made it worthless for everyone still using it to send more.
28 May 2026 - Blocking the front door does not stop a motivated competitor. It just tells them where to build
Blocking the front door does not stop a motivated competitor. It just tells them where to build the side door.
28 May 2026 - Every time an LLM does what a lookup table could, you pay for it twice. In tokens and in flakin
Every time an LLM does what a lookup table could, you pay for it twice. In tokens and in flakiness.
28 May 2026 - Everyone argues about which AI is smartest. The fight that decides the winners is power and coo
Everyone argues about which AI is smartest. The fight that decides the winners is power and cooling.
28 May 2026 - Everyone's finding out AI costs more than the people it replaces
Everyone's finding out AI costs more than the people it replaces.
28 May 2026 - Everyone's racing to put AI in front of the customer. I think that's the wrong place for it
Everyone's racing to put AI in front of the customer. I think that's the wrong place for it.
28 May 2026 - Intensity makes a good story. Consistency makes quota
Intensity makes a good story. Consistency makes quota.
28 May 2026 - Most sales teams are automating the wrong things
Most sales teams are automating the wrong things.
28 May 2026 - Sixteen years ago, someone paid 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas
Sixteen years ago, someone paid 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas.
28 May 2026 - The deepest fortresses in tech have been walked across, repeatedly, by people who said no to jo
The deepest fortresses in tech have been walked across, repeatedly, by people who said no to joining and yes to competing. The question is n
28 May 2026 - The deepest moat in tech is also the biggest target
The deepest moat in tech is also the biggest target.
28 May 2026 - The discount you give to win the deal is the most expensive money your company will spend all q
The discount you give to win the deal is the most expensive money your company will spend all quarter.
28 May 2026 - The fast reply was never the win. It was the ticket in
The fast reply was never the win. It was the ticket in.
28 May 2026 - The most dangerous thing you can hear from your biggest account is "no thanks, we built our own
The most dangerous thing you can hear from your biggest account is "no thanks, we built our own."
28 May 2026 - The most underrated sales skill is staying upbeat when you have no reason to be
The most underrated sales skill is staying upbeat when you have no reason to be.
28 May 2026 - The most useful thing AI has done for some people this year is refuse to answer them
The most useful thing AI has done for some people this year is refuse to answer them.
28 May 2026 - The most well-funded buyer in the world is standing in line behind a bank's risk desk. That tel
The most well-funded buyer in the world is standing in line behind a bank's risk desk. That tells you everything about who actually shapes t
28 May 2026
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