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- Issue 13 · August 20263 min read
in one head.
The most expensive system in your company is the one that only exists in one person's head.
- Issue 12 · July 20263 min read
i was wrong.
Things I got wrong this month. A running confession, updated whenever I blow it.
- Issue 11 · July 20264 min read
the smeared cost.
The six-figure line item you'll never find, because it's spread across everyone's afternoons.
- Issue 10 · July 20263 min read
paint it on the wall.
The one number I'd put on the wall of any ops team, and the ones I'd take down.
- Issue 09 · July 20263 min read
my inbox.
My actual inbox setup, and why almost none of it is about email.
- Issue 08 · June 20263 min read
like an operator.
How to prompt for work that ships instead of prose that impresses.
- Issue 07 · June 20263 min read
week three.
Why most automations die quietly about three weeks after launch, and how to keep yours breathing.
- Issue 06 · June 20263 min read
open the hood.
What "a fleet of AI agents" actually means once you stop selling it and start running it.
- Issue 05 · June 20263 min read
what they stop doing.
Stop grading AI by what it can do. Grade it by what your team stops doing.
- Issue 04 · June 20264 min read
just hire someone.
"We'll just hire someone" is the most expensive sentence in operations. Here's the real bill.
- Issue 03 · May 20263 min read
the copy-paste.
The first thing I hunt for in any operation, and why it works like a treasure map.
- Issue 02 · May 20263 min read
the tuesday test.
If a system isn't worth running on a boring Tuesday, it isn't worth building.
- Issue 01 · May 20264 min read
a tuesday.
Why I named a whole company after the most ignored day of the week.