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Practical insights on AI automation for small businesses, lessons from building in public, and what we're learning along the way.

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Pilots, Not Passengers

The decisions that look technical — like what an agent should remember — are often leadership decisions in disguise. Co-design is the first lever a leader controls when a team builds agents.

June 14, 20266 min read
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Your Team Is Building Agents. Is It Automation or Augmentation?

Every agent your team ships is a signal to the people whose work it touches: is this here to help me, or to replace me? A leadership lens on the augmentation-vs-automation fork, grounded in a small local-AI build.

May 24, 20266 min read
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OpenClaw's Real Problem Isn't Security — It's Timing

OpenClaw proved persistent AI agents are what people want. But Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft are building the managed layer on top of that insight. The security problems made headlines — the competitive pressure is the bigger story.

April 1, 20265 min read
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Welcome to the Technology Playground Blog

We're launching our blog to share what we're learning as we build AI-powered tools for small businesses — the wins, the mistakes, and everything in between.

March 31, 20262 min read
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What AI-Generated Code Is Quietly Costing Developers Who Can't Evaluate It

AI is writing roughly half of all new code. The developers who can't evaluate what it produces aren't more productive — they're more exposed. Here's what that actually costs.

March 31, 20268 min read