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We let AI write our churn emails. Cancellations went up. Here's the post-mortem
A SaaS founder friend let me run an experiment: AI-drafted win-back emails against their human ones. The AI versions performed worse in a way that taught us both something.
I put a local AI model on my five-year-old laptop. It's slower than the cloud and I keep using it
No internet, no subscription, no data leaving the house. The responses take a breath longer and I've stopped caring — here's where local actually fits.
AI-native spreadsheets are quietly the most useful thing shipped this year
Not chatbots bolted onto cells — actual spreadsheets where the AI understands what the columns mean. I moved my whole freelance bookkeeping into one and I'm not going back.
I tracked every AI time-saving claim I made for a month. The real number was two hours a week
Not the 20 hours the ads promise. I logged every task where AI actually replaced work for four weeks. The honest accounting is more useful than the hype, and it compounds differently.
I Ran My Entire Work Week on a Single Chatbot. Here's What Broke.
I deleted every other AI tab for five days. The chatbot survived. My habits didn't.
Shipping 100 AI Articles Taught Me More About Writing Than Any Course
After a hundred pieces, the lesson wasn't about AI. It was about how little of 'good writing' is the words themselves.
Use AI for the Task You Hate Most, Not the One That Impresses People
Everyone points AI at the flashy work. The relief shows up when you point it at the chore you've been avoiding for weeks.
I Benchmarked Free vs Paid Chatbots. The Paid One Lost More Than You'd Think.
I expected the paid tier to crush the free one. On my actual tasks, the gap was smaller than the bill.
Why Every AI Sounds the Same (and How to Make Yours Not)
The bland voice isn't the model's fault. It's the prompt's. Here's how to get personality back.
I Deleted My AI Therapy App For Good, and My Anxiety Dropped
It felt supportive at 2am. It was also memorizing my lowest moments with no duty of care. That trade wasn't worth it.