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July 26, 2026TJ Magno7 min read
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The End of Tokenmaxxing
Meta, Uber, and Shopify all tried unlimited flagship-model access. All three got the same expensive lesson: more tokens isn't more value.
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July 2, 2026TJ Magno9 min read
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The Messy Middle: Data on AI and Jobs
44% of workers now say AI does more harm than good. 52% don't feel any need to develop new skills because of it. The data on AI and jobs is genuinely mixed, and where you land depends less on the technology and more on what you decide to do about it.
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June 10, 2026TJ Magno8 min read
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Anyone Can Build Anything
Sure, anyone can build anything now. But the afternoon prototype is the only easy part. Securing it, maintaining it, and fixing the edge cases is the real job, and it competes with everything else on your plate.
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May 29, 2026TJ Magno9 min read
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The True Cost of Doing Things Manually
A day at the Small Business Expo made one thing clear: the room had the AI question backwards. The real cost of doing things manually isn't the lost hours, it's the margin of error quietly inviting and compounding missed opportunities.
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