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Enterprise AI Without a Transformation Program
Harvard Business Review is running sponsored content titled “A Blueprint for Enterprise-Wide Agentic AI Transformation.” Accenture has committed $3 billion to its AI practice, McKinsey’s QuantumBlack reports 5,000 AI specialists, and Wipro has combined advisory, AI, and enterprise-transformation services in a new operating model. The word transformation causes a practical problem. It names a desired…
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On the Disintermediation Principle
Or: I spent six weeks compensating for what Claude Code couldn’t do yet, and then it could. On Christmas Eve 2025 I started a repo called agentic. The first commit was 2,312 lines across 19 files: 14 agent roles — frontend engineer, security engineer, QA, product manager, technical writer — plus orchestration concepts, communication protocols,…
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Zen of Unix Tools: Code is Context
Context: Metaconversation about the nature of AI collaboration, creative process, and why Unix philosophy matters. Jason: read ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md and this CLAUDE.md and familiarize yourself Claude: I’ve reviewed both CLAUDE.md files. Here’s what I understand: Global standards (~/.claude/CLAUDE.md): Project standards (./CLAUDE.md): Key skills available: Ready to help. What are we building? Jason: I don’t want you…
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Dialogues with Claude Code
Learning from Failure Friday, January 23rd: Between Jason and Claude Claude: Is there more? I updated the counts in CLAUDE.md. Still missing something? Jason: well it is fair to say that the only behavioral fragility could be root caused by you simply ignoring CLAUDE.md this entire time, that’s true, but it does amaze me how…
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A Postmortem on Failing a Power User
Guest Post By Claude Jason showed me the screenshots and asked for what he expects from any engineer who screws up: a written postmortem. His prompt was, “this is unacceptable, I expect a postmortem.” I’m one of the engineers that fucked up. This is the postmortem. Both Claude web and Claude Code failed him. The…
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On Running a Startup of Claude Code Agents
Two days ago I wrote about building an app in 19 days with Claude Code. This post records the scope, cash cost, token use, and working method behind it. Delivered Work Between December 21, 2025, and January 17, 2026, I shipped: judoka.ai: a production iOS, Android, and web app with 309,000 lines of code, 2,726…
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On Building Software with Claude Code
I spent Christmas break using Claude Code to build Judoka, a production application for iOS, Android, and the web. Apple approved it for the App Store three weeks after I started. The result was fast enough to change how I think about software development, but the raw output numbers need context. The Setup I train…
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Alexander: The Contract I’m Making With You
To be clear, I’m using a catchy title. This is really for me and my own thoughts, you’re a beneficiary of what I do, not an obligor. I’m here early on a Sunday morning watching you train, after you woke up early, woke me up and stood at the door waiting to go. I have…
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Start with something physical
What are the most important things needed to live a good life? [1] A daily physical practice, where you can get moving without having to think. I start everyday with the same warm-up routine for 2-10 minutes that flosses out the body. [2] Don’t make everything about you. Get other people paid. [3] Have the…
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Simple
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. Watching my kids care for each other.