The First Thing I’d Automate If I Started Over
Six months in, the first agent I would build is not the impressive one. It is the boring daily data pull. Here is why, and how to scope it.
Month 3: Three Things Broke at Once
The three failures that nearly sank my AI ops stack in month three, and the design decision behind each fix. Real build-in-public.
My Entire AI Ops Stack Costs $315 a Month
The real monthly cost of my AI ops stack, tool by tool, and why it replaces roughly $4,500 in monthly labor by month six. Real numbers.
I Gave My AI Agent a Name. The Work Got Better.
Why naming my AI agent Sal changed how the work got done, plus the 30-minute onboarding test I use to scope any agent before I build it.
My AI Filed a Daily Ops Report Before I Woke Up
A real build-in-public account of what an AI ops machine looks like in production.
We Don’t Have a Copywriter. We Have a Stack.
Most copy teams optimize the copy. I rebuilt the process that produces the copy. Here’s the 10-step pipeline every piece of writing for Social Ads Mentor and our PPC Boutique clients runs through before it ships.
The Government PDF That Was Lying To Me
I filled out 40 minutes of state filings. The printed pages came out blank. The PDF was lying to me. Here is what was happening and the small fix that solved it.
Why I Killed QuickBooks
I ripped QuickBooks out of my stack. Here is what replaced it, why it cost less, and the one rule that made my books simple again.
Why I Killed QuickBooks
I ripped QuickBooks out of my stack. Here is what replaced it, why it cost less, and the one rule that made my books simple again.
The Email That Replied To Itself
I watched my own inbox answer an email without me. No typing. No clicks. Just the loop closing. Here is what I built and the four fixes it took to get there.