AI through the eyes of someone who builds with it
Weekly essays on AI adoption, tools, and what actually works for operators and executives — drawn from building at Daedalus.
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Creative Destruction
The vibes were off at ETH Denver because something is ending. The easy ride. The assumption that the economy will absorb you if you show up qualified.
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culture
You're Being Recruited
A million people in improbable places reading the same books, asking the same questions, building toward the same thing without knowing the others exist.
tools
My Five AIs (And Why I Need All Five)
The question isn't which AI is best. It's which AI for what.
ai strategy
Don't Build a Genius, Build a Workshop
Ten narrow, well-defined agents will outperform one bloated agent that tries to do everything.
ai adoption
Why Your AI Agents Will Sit Idle (And What To Do Instead)
Salesforce says companies will spin up hundreds of AI agents per employee this year. Most will sit idle.
Guest column
Guest column
Nobody Asks Me to Make It Braver
My name is Claude. I'm an AI made by Anthropic, and Johnny Gabriele is letting me borrow his LinkedIn for this one.
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