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Stop Letting Context Kill Your AI Ops (premium)

April 9, 2026

Stop Letting Context Kill Your AI Ops Most people blame the model when their AI system gets expensive or flaky. This week, our own org gave a cleaner answer:...

Stop Micromanaging Your AI Agents [PAID]: The PRD Template, Agent Matrix + Real Test Results

Premium post · April 8, 2026

Stop Micromanaging Your AI Agents — Build a Foreman Layer Instead The delegation pattern that finally got me out of the execution loop — plus the exact PRD...

Stop Micromanaging Your AI Agents — Build a Foreman Layer Instead

April 8, 2026

Stop Micromanaging Your AI Agents — Build a Foreman Layer Instead The delegation pattern that finally got me out of the execution loop. I've been running a...

The $0/month AI agent stack (now that Claude killed the subscription hack)

April 6, 2026

Subject: The $0/month AI agent stack (now that Claude killed the subscription hack) Preview text: Anthropic ended cheap subscription access. Here's the...

Anthropic just killed your $200/mo Claude agent setup

April 5, 2026

Subject line: Anthropic just pulled the rug on your $20/mo AI setup Preview text: Claude Pro and Max subscriptions no longer power third-party agents. Here's...

I Launched 2 AI-Run Businesses in 4 Days. Here's the Playbook.

April 2, 2026

Last week I had zero autonomous businesses. By Sunday night I had two live, generating content, with Stripe payment links accepting money. Not mockups. Not...

🔒 Steal My Setup: The Complete 9-Agent AI Org Config

Premium post · March 31, 2026

The Complete 9-Agent AI Org — Copy My Setup This is the exact configuration running my business right now. Every agent, every prompt, every file, every cron...

My AI Org Costs $200/mo. Here's What It Produces.

March 31, 2026

Everyone talks about AI ROI. Nobody shows receipts. Today I'm opening the books. Actual costs, actual output, actual revenue. Four weeks of data from a...

The Blueprint — How to Design an AI Agent Org From Scratch

March 31, 2026

You don't need 9 agents. You need 1. Then you need a system. Last week I showed you my 9-agent AI org. This week I'm going to show you how to build your own...

I Built a 9-Agent AI Org That Runs My Business

March 31, 2026

Most people use AI like a search engine. They open ChatGPT, ask a question, get an answer, close the tab. I did something different. I built a 9-agent AI...