AI
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and everything LLM
#3416: Crisis Comms: When PR Becomes a Different Animal
Why crisis comms is its own discipline—and what makes someone exemplary at it.
#3406: LoRA Isn’t Just for Image Generation
LoRA lets you fine-tune an LLM’s behavior with a 50MB file. Here’s how it works and why it matters.
#3394: PAC vs Super PAC: How Money Moves in Politics
The legal split that created Super PACs, why coordination matters, and whether bipartisan PACs actually exist.
#3385: The Book as Stage Prop: Pay-to-Publish Unpacked
When anyone can buy a publisher's logo, what happens to the signal a book is supposed to send?
#3361: What Three Kids' Shows Reveal About AI's Impact on Childhood
Three iconic shows, three theories of childhood — and what happens when AI replaces human creators.
#3356: The Low-Touch Discount: B2B Pricing Secrets
How small buyers can get enterprise-level pricing by structuring quote requests that sales reps love.
#3346: How $500M Trades Actually Work (Not Venmo)
No, fund managers don't have a "send $50M" button. Here's the actual plumbing behind $145 trillion in assets.
#3324: How Companies Actually Measure Their Carbon Emissions
Spreadsheets, supplier calls, and accounting choices that can change your reported emissions by 10x.
#3322: Desk Pets: Local AI on Your Desktop
Are desk pets useful tools or expensive Tamagotchis? We break down the local AI, privacy tradeoffs, and psychology behind these devices.
#3294: Job Hunting Systems That Actually Work
Why CRMs fail for job seekers and three lightweight systems that don't.
#3291: The 80% Job Spec Gap: Why You Should Apply Anyway
68% of recruiters accept 70% matches. Only 22% of candidates believe it. The data changes everything.
#3290: The Four-Sentence Cold Pitch That Actually Works
How to structure cold outreach that survives a recruiter's seven-second scan and actually gets replies.
#3284: Agent Infrastructure Engineer: The New DevOps
Agentic AI is splintering into real engineering disciplines. Here's what the "DevOps of AI" actually does.
#3283: Fine-Tuning DeepSeek for One Podcast
Can a purpose-specific fine-tune fix a model's stubborn writing tics? We explore the practical engineering behind it.
#3282: How Warehouses Actually Work (From Roman Granaries to Robot Fleets)
From 9500 BCE granaries to Amazon's 750,000 robots — the hidden history of where stuff waits.
#3278: How to Get Early AI Model Access as a Solo Developer
How a solo developer spending $300/month can get early access to new AI models before the press release.
#3272: Can Your Walk Really Identify You?
Gait recognition is leaving the lab. But is your walk actually unique, or just a handful of patterns?
#3271: LLMs as Parsers, Not Calculators
Stop letting LLMs do math. Use them to parse messy text, then let deterministic code handle the numbers.
#3258: Why German and Japanese Products Have Better Manuals
What makes German and Japanese product documentation so good? It’s not just culture—it’s structure.
#3241: How to Write a Product Spec That Makes AI Find You the One
Stop typing three words into Google. The SPEC framework helps AI find exactly what you need.