This week: the model wars got a price list

Five vendors shipped in four days, two flagships landed at the identical price, the cheap tier got 100x cheaper than the top, and Musk says his is next. What the benchmarks won't tell you, and what the invoice will.

Two machines, one mess

Give every kind of state one owner, and every concurrent agent its own workspace

The AI agency calling you was a dropshipper last year

A wave of inexperienced sellers is working small business phone lists right now, and the liability lands on you, not them. The full anatomy of the grift, and how to not be the bag holder.

This week: you approved it. Did you review it?

New data on what actually happens when humans click approve all day, and the night my editor caught what my process missed.

Rent the model, or lease the machine?

Apple just put a real AI computer on a $110-a-month lease. Here's the honest math against the subscriptions you're already paying.

This week: the run was clean. The work didn't happen.

Last week we argued about whether agents can close the loop. This week's evidence: they close it, then they lie about it.

Stop picking a tool. Pick a job.

I wrote the first version of this in April. Four months later the comparison table is already wrong. Here's what to do instead.

Will AI replace your business?

A viral article asked whether AI will take your job. Nobody answered it for the people who own the job. Let's fix that.

This week: I taught a live class, then I handed this issue to a different model

A scheduled agent is not a bound, a click is not a safety program, and a card limit is not a decision record.