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- Cloudflare Collapsed 2,500 API Endpoints Into 2 MCP Tools. Token Economics Matter.
Cloudflare's Code Mode demonstrates that MCP server design isn't about exposing more tools—it's about exposing fewer, smarter ones.
- OpenClaw's Demand Surge: When Infrastructure Collapses, You're Seeing Real Need
MyClaw.ai collapsed under demand. 10,000+ paid signups in days. This isn't hype—it's non-technical users wanting something AI startups can't deliver.
- Everyone's Sharing 'Something Big Is Happening.' Here's What They Leave Out.
Matt Shumer's viral AI post follows a familiar template. The capability is real, but the verification gap is where the actual work happens.
- Claude in Excel Is the Quiet Revolution
Anthropic isn't building a better chatbot. They're embedding AI where work actually happens.
- SoN Vol 2, Issue 3: The Metric Mandate
The most common answer to “What’s the goal of this AI project?” is depressingly consistent: “To improve efficiency.” …and that’s not a goal. That’s a…
- The 'Selfware' Panic Is Missing the Point
Claude Code is spooking SaaS investors. But the actual disruption isn't where they're looking.
- SoN Vol 2, Issue 2: The Art of Breaking Things Down
Last week I introduced the idea of "programming your gaps" — the mental shift from asking "how do I prompt better?" to "what friction in my life can…
- SoN 31: The AI Productivity Treadmill
Claude Opus 4.5 dropped last week, and I haven’t stopped building since. I’ve connected half a dozen MCP servers to my workflow, written migration…
- SoN 30: Four Questions That Fix Your Prompts
Most prompts fail before you hit enter. Not because of the AI model nor because of token limits or temperature settings. They fail because you…
- SoN 24: The AI Stack Audit
It’s October, which for many means budget planning season, and if you’re like most people running AI tools, you’re staring at a subscription list…
- SoN 23: One Year of Writing About AI
One Year of Writing About AI, Five Months of Actually Filtering It A year ago, I started writing “The Download”—a newsletter about tech,…
- SoN 22: How to Write AI Instructions That Actually Work
Dear Reader, (Psst, this is a long one - so if you can't get through the whole read at once, that's cool - but make sure you scroll down to the end…
- SoN 21: The AI Capability Trap
MIT researchers have identified a troubling paradox in enterprise AI adoption. While AI capabilities improved 280-fold in cost efficiency since 2022,…
- The 95% AI Failure Rate Nobody's Talking About (And What to Do About It)
Dear Reader, Air Canada recently learned an expensive lesson about AI implementation. Their customer service chatbot provided incorrect information…
- How AI Changed My Build vs. Buy Process
AI has fundamentally changed what's possible for small businesses and individual operators.
- Why I Moved My Newsletter to Wednesdays (And You Should Optimize Your Timing Too)
Data-driven timing optimization beats guesswork every time.
- GPT-5 Reality Check: Why Your Framework Matters More Than the Latest Model
Dear Reader, Well it’s been a week since release and everyone’s still talking about ChatGPT-5. Most can’t access it, and those who can have mixed…
- From "Pick One AI" to "Pick Three" - What Changed My Mind
Back in April, I told you the AI tool landscape was a mess and gave you a simple framework: pick one core assistant, add research tools, maybe some…
- Your AI Assistant Is a Yes-Man (And Why That's Dangerous)
I came across this meme on social media this week: “The dumbest person you know is being told ‘You’re absolutely right!’ by ChatGPT.” Source:…
- How to Spot AI Generated Text
AI should make you more efficient at being yourself, not more efficient at being generic.