AI-Built Software Still Needs Real Engineering

AI has made it easier than ever to get software to a first version. That is not a small thing. A founder with an idea, persistence, and the right tools can now build something that would have taken a much larger team not that long ago. Internal tools, mobile apps, dashboards, automation workflows, prototypes, and […]

AI Should Ask Why More Often

One of the most useful questions in business technology is also one of the simplest: Why? My son is almost four, so I hear that question a lot right now. No matter what we are doing, he wants to know why. Sometimes it is funny. Sometimes it is exhausting. Sometimes it forces me to explain […]

AI Needs an Operating Rhythm

Most conversations about artificial intelligence begin with capability. Can it write content? Can it summarize documents? Can it analyze data? Can it automate a process that currently requires human effort? Those questions are important, but they are also relatively easy to answer. Modern AI systems are increasingly capable, and each new generation of tools seems […]

I Have a Business Problem. Where Does AI Fit?

Most businesses do not start with an AI problem. They start with a business problem. Something takes too long. Something breaks too often. Something depends on one person remembering every hidden step. Something lives across spreadsheets, inboxes, old software, shared drives, tribal knowledge, and a few “just ask Jake” moments that somehow became part of […]