Notes on shipping AI,
without the hype.
Field notes from the work: what's real, what's demo-ware, and the order things actually have to happen in. Long-form pieces, published as I write them.
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§01 / articlesVoice dictation tools →
Dictation is 2 to 3x faster than typing. Eight tools compared on price and privacy, and the two worth starting with.
Is My Data Safe with AI? →
The question clients always ask. An AI model is just another vendor, so ask the vendor questions you already know. Plus what the new EU AI rules actually change, in plain terms.
Setting the Budget →
How much to spend per employee on AI, per month. A base stack for everyone, three tiers (employee, power user, engineer), a $1,500 cap, and a formula you can run on your own headcount.
The AI Transformation Pyramid →
Most companies do AI transformation backwards. They start with a hackathon. Here's the five-layer order that actually works, and why value is the thing that falls out the top, not the thing you build.
The AI Transformation Playbook
§02 / series · 6 parts// a six-part field guide to becoming AI-first without the theatre
The AI Transformation Pyramid →
The five-layer stack (Budget, Tools & Security, Culture, Experimentation, Value) and why each layer depends on the one below it.
Setting the Budget →
How to decide what to spend per employee, per engineer, and per product, before anyone touches a tool.
Voice dictation tools →
The first of the Part 03 tools thread: eight dictation tools worth knowing, what they cost, and the two to start with.
Tools & Security, Together
More of Part 03, a thread of articles: giving people real access to good tools without turning it into a liability.
Building the Culture
Turning "we have access" into "everyone uses it as a default, every day."
Experimentation at the Edges
Why the people closest to the work find the automations that matter.
Where Value Comes From
What actually falls out the top when the other four layers are working.
Working on this yourself?
// tell me what's slow, broken, or worth automating