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Before You Replace Your Manual Testers, Read This
How development managers should think about the mix of AI and manual testing.
Apr 20
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Understanding Semantic Data Layers
BLUF: Most organizations aren’t losing the data game because they lack data.
Apr 10
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The Velocity Trap
Why agentic AI will break organizations that can't answer one question: how much change can our customers actually receive right now?
Mar 31
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The Case Against Perpetual Transformation.
For my entire professional career, we have been in a state of transformation. At some point, you have to exercise the muscles you built and get serious…
Mar 25
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The Product Model is Alive
From mountain prototypes to intelligent call centers: how the most enduring logic of product development is finally meeting the technology it always…
Mar 20
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From SDLC to ADLC.
Your SDLC Doesn't Know What to Do With AI. It's Costing You $ & %.
Mar 14
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Who's Left to Buy Your Product?
BLUF: Enterprise leaders are making AI efficiency decisions optimized for the wrong time horizon.
Mar 8
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Augmenting Your Dev Org with Agentic Teams
I thought I was fast.
Feb 3
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Savor Your Engagement Season
The engagement season is the sweetest phase of a relationship, full of euphoric joy and butterflies. Savor every moment instead of rushing into wedding…
Dec 14, 2025
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Men: Chase Adrenaline - Save Your Marriage
Affairs aren’t about her. They’re about the man you used to be. Save your marriage — chase adrenaline instead.
Dec 6, 2025
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What I Read in 2025.
My 2025 reading list: Trump’s Art of the Deal, Kamala’s 107 Days, AI doomer classics, dad-hack pamphlets, and ~800 readings of Brown Bear (not counting…
Dec 2, 2025
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It's all about time, man.
79 hotel nights in 10 months. 30% of my son Ford's life missed while building partnerships. Time is the only resource you can't make more of. After 20…
Nov 30, 2025
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