Month: March 2026

  • How to Resurrect Abandoned Open-Source Projects Using Generative AI

    Build back better. No, not the infrastructure bill, but spiritually the same. Generative AI, especially coding tools, give us the ability to build back anything much better. To take ideas (with permission!) and extend them. What if you could take good ideas that have outdated implementations and – with permission – modernize them? What if…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Handling AI Coding File Conflicts?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain why version control acts as a crucial shield when using AI coding agents to prevent file conflicts. Here's what this means for you. You will protect your code from AI agents that accidentally overwrite or destroy your files. You'll also learn these concepts: the necessity of Git in agentic…

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  • The Essential AI Maintenance Habit: Why ‘What Can We Remove?’ Is the Most Important Question You’re Not Asking

    It is just as important to remove as it is to add. This is 10x true if you’re working with agentic AI on… well, anything, but ESPECIALLY code. Agentic AI loves to create. It loves to write. It has a tendency – like the humans it trained on – to do band-aid fixes on things,…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: How to Create Case Studies with AI?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to leverage AI to create persuasive commercial case studies. Here's what this means for you. You will learn to transform raw project successes into high-impact marketing stories. You'll also learn these concepts: defining a detailed ideal customer profile, identifying second-order benefits for buyers, and using voice transcripts to…

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  • V-Shaped Professionals: How AI Transforms You Into a One-Person Powerhouse

    Are you a V-shaped professional? For years, management consultants batted around the concept of the T-shaped professional, the T-shaped marketer. Surface-level knowledge for most things, really good at one thing. You might be an email marketing wizard, and have surface knowledge of organic search, direct mail, Google Ads, etc. but you couldn’t reasonably do those…

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  • Mind Readings: How to Create Dual Use Content

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to develop dual-use content that works for both humans and machines. Here's what this means for you. You can increase the utility of your marketing assets by designing them for efficient AI processing. You'll also learn these concepts: how people outsource executive function to AI, how to embed…

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  • Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How To Measure Whether AI Will Take Your Job (2026-03-15)

    _Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How To Measure Whether AI Will Take Your Job (2026-03-15) :: View in Browser_ The Big Plug 👉 I’ve got a new course! GEO 101 for Marketers. 👉 Just updated! The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm Guide, March 2026, now with new information straight from LinkedIn! Content Authenticity Statement 100% of this week’s…

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  • How Chinese AI Companies Are Secretly Winning the Race Against Western Tech

    A few people have asked my take on both Amodei and Shumer’s recent pieces, both of which are excellent reads: https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening TLDR: AI can do pretty much whatever you want it to and it’s self-improving generationally, and it imperils ALL knowledge work https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology TLDR: AI could be its own country and would be an existential…

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  • So What? Six Levels of AI Proficiency

    Summary In today's episode, I break down Trust Insights' six-level framework for measuring AI proficiency and explain why most companies are grading their teams against the wrong yardstick. Here's what this means for you. You stop comparing your staff to AI researchers and start mapping proficiency to the actual responsibilities of each role inside your…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Best AI for Finding Influencers?

    Summary In today's episode, I explain how to use various AI platforms to identify the perfect influencers for your marketing niche. Here's what this means for you. You can move beyond generic lists to find the actual voices driving conversation in your industry. You'll also learn these concepts: how deep research tools utilize customer profiles,…

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