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Notes on building AI into a business.
Practical, honest reads on using AI to scale and grow. What actually works, what is just hype, and how to build real leverage into your marketing. Written from running it every day, not from theory.
- 10 Jul 2026
Fable 5, the Government Shutdown, and What Frontier AI Really Costs
Fable 5 launched benchmarking well above Opus 4.8, got pulled by the US government three days later, came back more restricted, and leaves Claude subscriptions on July 12. Here is what that actually costs, using my own June usage numbers.
Read the note → - 10 Jul 2026
GPT-5.6's Three Tiers, Explained (and When Each One Is Worth It)
GPT-5.6 ships as three separate models, Sol, Terra, and Luna, at three different prices. Here is what each one actually costs, where the benchmark gaps are real, and which one to default to.
Read the note → - 7 Jul 2026
The Second Brain Behind My AI Agent
An AI Agent is only as good as what it remembers. Here is the second brain I built for mine: a private, version-controlled memory of how my business runs, the idea I borrowed from Andrej Karpathy, and the ways I actually use it every day.
Read the note → - 11 Jun 2026
The Four Levels of AI Adoption
Most businesses use AI as a chatbox. A few build it into how they run. Here are the four levels of AI adoption, where most owners are stuck, and how to tell which one your business is on.
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