I changed my mind about the AI noise

The boring AI tools win in the end. Flashy demos fade. The tool that quietly does the repetitive thing every day is the one still open in month three. Boring is a feature.

I'm not claiming this is true for everyone. It's true for me, and the version I'd tell a friend is shorter than the marketing version.

The pushback I get is always the same, and it's usually right at the edges, not the center. The center holds: the boring practice beats the clever one most days.

If you take one thing from this, let it be the unglamorous part. The flashy bit is what gets demos; the plain bit is what gets used.