Dispatches
From the Masterclass Archives — adapted from two invite-only groups where I've shared real-time analysis on AI, technology, and markets since 2021. Dates reflect when each piece was originally shared, not when it was published here.
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AI Tools & Products
Claude Cowork Is a Big Step — But It Still Feels Handcuffed
Inching closer to OpenClaw. That's what I keep thinking every time a major AI lab ships a new collaboration feature. Anthropic just released Claude Cowork, and I was saying to a friend today that,…
AI Infrastructure
The Real Power of AI Isn't the Orchestrator — It's What You Plug Into It
I've been thinking a lot about how the AI coding landscape is splitting into two very different camps — and most people are only paying attention to one of…
AI Strategy
The Case for AI-to-AI Communication
Something happened this week that reinforced a principle I've been thinking about for a while. Someone in the AI space got absolutely hammered on Twitter —…
AI Tools & Products
OpenClaw Is Back — Read This Before Giving an AI Agent Your Email
I've been watching the AI personal assistant space pretty closely, and this week OpenClaw popped back onto my radar in a big way. If you haven't been following…
AI Infrastructure
Running Full AI Models Locally: What You Actually Need (And Whether It's Worth It)
I've been digging into the local AI hardware question pretty deeply lately, and it's one of those topics where the answer is frustratingly — but honestly — "it…
AI Infrastructure
The Math on Running Your Own AI: Why Local Inference Beats Cloud Subscriptions
I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and the numbers are starting to speak for themselves. If you're someone who pays for AI access — and I mean REALLY…
AI Strategy
The Two-Speed Engineering Team Problem Is Here
I've been watching something play out across pretty much every engineering team I'm connected to, and it's becoming impossible to ignore. If you've got a team…
Building & Shipping
Git Worktrees and Background Threads: The Workflow I Haven't Built Yet
I've been paying closer attention to how AI coding tools are evolving their workflow patterns, and there's one concept that keeps coming up that I haven't…
AI Strategy
AI Coding Agents Are Getting Scary Good
I've been deep in the weeds with AI coding agents this past week, and I need to talk about what's happening here. Because it's moving FAST — faster than most…
AI Tools & Products
Personal AI Assistants Are Coming Home
I've been thinking a lot this week about what happens when AI stops being a tool you visit and starts being a tool that lives with you. Not in the sci-fi sense…
AI Tools & Products
I Stress-Tested Claude Code for a Full Day
I don't say this lightly, but this might be the most important recommendation I've ever made here. Install Claude Code on VS Code. It will change how you work.…
AI Tools & Products
Antigravity, Opus 4.5, and the Week Vibe Coding Got Serious
It's been one of those weeks where the AI space moves so fast you can barely finish testing one thing before the next drops. And this week, two announcements…