When a spreadsheet beats an automation
Not every repetitive task deserves a workflow. The volume, stakes and stability thresholds below which automating costs you more.
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Opinion
7 articles.
AI detectors do not work, and using them is a decision with consequences
We ran human and machine text through five detectors. False positives were common enough to make any policy built on them unfair.
An AI built my portfolio page and got three things wrong
What a generated one-page site got right at speed, and the three judgements no generator can make for you. Notes from a fortnight of use.
We audited our AI subscriptions and cancelled most of them
Eleven AI subscriptions, three months of usage data, and the awkward finding that four tools did almost all of the work.
The AI tool graveyard: what we adopted and then buried
Sixteen tools we adopted and abandoned, sorted by cause of death. The patterns are repeatable enough to use as a buying filter.
AI logo generators are mostly a tax on not knowing a designer
We generated forty logos across four tools. The output problem is not aesthetic quality, it is everything that happens after you pick one.
When no-code hits its ceiling, and what it costs to notice late
Every no-code project has a ceiling. The four warning signs that you have reached yours, and the least painful way down from it.