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Hype Audit

Would You Put Your Name on It?

Sep 3, 2026

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Would You Put Your Name on It?

AI can make work look finished before it is.

Tim Monzures
Tim Monzures

Craft Beat

What I Stopped Needing to Know

Aug 27, 2026

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4 min read

What I Stopped Needing to Know

What mix CDs taught me about prompt engineering’s shelf life.

Tim Monzures
Tim Monzures

Hype Audit

Ten Years to Senior

Aug 20, 2026

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4 min read

Ten Years to Senior

AI can make junior employees productive sooner. The experience still has to come from somewhere.

Tim Monzures
Tim Monzures

Solo & Shipping

Quieter, On Purpose

Aug 13, 2026

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3 min read

Quieter, On Purpose

Twenty-one alerts. Four actual problems. One phone that stopped buzzing.

Hype Audit

Faster, Cheaper, Zero.

Aug 6, 2026

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5 min read

Faster, Cheaper, Zero.

My benchmark showed a 70% gain. Then it scored zero.

Craft Beat

Software Dropped In. Agents Move In.

Jul 30, 2026

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2 min read

Software Dropped In. Agents Move In.

The model got cheap. The deployment got hard.

Hype Audit

Technically Open, Quietly Gone

Jul 23, 2026

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2 min read

Technically Open, Quietly Gone

Some decisions never get a no. They just quietly expire.

Solo & Shipping

The AI Should Notice First

Jul 16, 2026

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2 min read

The AI Should Notice First

The best software I've built doesn't wait to be asked.

Craft Beat

The Meter Is Running

Jul 9, 2026

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3 min read

The Meter Is Running

Every agent run leaves a bill. That might be a good thing.

Hype Audit

The Silences I Would Have Missed

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

The Silences I Would Have Missed

Last week was about missing the team. This week is about the product that remembered for me.

Solo & Shipping

You Really Need Teammates to Talk About This

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

You Really Need Teammates to Talk About This

The hardest part of solo founding isn't what they sold me.

Hype Audit

When AI Starts Thinking for You

Jun 18, 2026

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3 min read

When AI Starts Thinking for You

On cognitive surrender, smooth answers, and protecting the rough edges of your own judgment.

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