Most AI pilots are designed to be un‑killable
Essay · Aug 1, 2026 · 11 mo.[sample]
The average pilot I’ve watched die took eleven months to do it. Nobody wrote down what dead looks like.
2 min
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Note · Aug 19, 2026
The budget line that tells you whether an AI project is real
If nobody funded the boring part, nobody plans to run it.
1 min
Note · Aug 6, 2026
Nobody owns the pilot after the demo day
The demo has a cast. The month after it has nobody.
1 min
Note · Jul 28, 2026
What a vendor means when they say the model is improving
Usually: the price went down and the demo got shorter.
1 min
Essay · Jul 1, 2026 · $40K
What I got wrong running our AI taskforce
Three calls I’d take back, one I’d double, and the $40K we spent learning the difference.
1 min
| Date | Kind | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Note | The budget line that tells you whether an AI project is real |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Spark | Yoooo |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Note | Nobody owns the pilot after the demo day |
| Aug 1, 2026 | Essay | Most AI pilots are designed to be un‑killable |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Note | What a vendor means when they say the model is improving |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Essay | What I got wrong running our AI taskforce |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Essay | The cheapest AI decision is the one you don’t make yet |
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