Thoughts

Things I'm thinking about.

Field notes from the bench — AI automation, prompt-driven workflows, vendor strategy, and the gotchas you only find by actually shipping it.

May 19, 2026 AI Automation Vendor Strategy

Automating with AI — what is the hold-up?

Vendors, not models, are becoming the biggest blocker to real AI automation. Here's a 5-step progression I'm using to push a popular SFTP product from fully manual to nearly fully agentic — and exactly where it stalls today.