On July 20, 1969, the world watched as Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon. But behind that singular, iconic moment stood a room full of significant people in Houston, Texas, wearing headsets, staring at consoles covered in indicator lights, and managing a web of information so complex
Once you start working with an AI agent across the platforms and tools of your daily work — spreadsheets, webpages, databases, documents in a way that feels smooth— it starts to feel surprisingly close to being a conductor. The agent is your ensemble. And the task you're trying to
There's a moment that happens every day now, usually around my third or fourth agent conversation, where if I really stop and think about, I feel like interacting with AI is like being a switchboard operators from the 1940's. I don't always build the
Most of us know how agents can speed up our work, be connected to multiple platforms to perform multiple tasks at one time, and greatly reduce the time that is tasks to perform almost any analytical task. The real distinguishing factor is knowing what agentic platform, what model, and what
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For anyone like me who's ever wondered what happens after you type a URL and hit Enter or click something in an app or on a webpage. Let's Set the Scene You order a burrito on a food delivery app. You tap, you wait, a stranger
I recently watched Kathryn Bigelow’s 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty. One scene in particular stood out to me. Few moments carry the psychological weight of a late-film interrogation scene involving the driven CIA analyst Maya (Jessica Chastain). After years of relentless pursuit, the U.S. intelligence community has
There's something deeply fascinating about hearing the stories of tech in the 70s and 80s. It was the wild west. There were no rules, no limitations, no established playbooks. Nobody was doing it for the stock options or the LinkedIn flex. People were just doing what they loved
Growing up, computers were treated like adult tools—serious, off-limits, and not for kids. I wasn’t allowed an email address until I was 16. Same with a computer. Social media had to wait until 17. The only reason I finally got access was because I started college at
Since June 2023, right when ChatGPT first dropped, I’ve been prompting AI non-stop to learn anything and everything I can about the tech world. Unfortunately, I grew up in a house where computer were seen as adult toys and email address, social media accounts, and live chat were
You've seen it before. A big new feature ships. The development team is exhausted but proud. Marketing sends out a blog post. And then… Support is flooded with tickets they weren't prepared for. Sales doesn't know the feature exists, let alone how to pitch
Every product company faces the same temptation: the backlog never empties. Customers ask for more. Competitors ship something shiny, again. Internal teams generate ideas. The result is a long list of potential features, each of which could theoretically improve the product. Yet adding features is not the same as building