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AI Agents Are Overrated for Deterministic Workflows

AI Agents Are Overrated for Deterministic Workflows

Most teams are forcing LLM agents into deterministic workflows that should be implemented as software. Use AI to build the system, not to execute the system, unless uncertainty is the core requirement.

Mar 6, 2026 18 min read
Artificial IntelligenceSoftware EngineeringProduct StrategyDecision Science
AI and the Death of Interface Scarcity

AI and the Death of Interface Scarcity

AI makes interface production cheap, but that does not make product quality cheap. As interface scarcity collapses, the scarce asset shifts to constraint logic, trust architecture, and behavioral coherence.

Mar 5, 2026 14 min read
AIDesignProduct StrategyEconomics
Do Startups Need a CTO or a CPTO in the Age of AI?

Do Startups Need a CTO or a CPTO in the Age of AI?

A rigorous framework for deciding whether your startup needs a traditional CTO, a separate CPO, or unified CPTO leadership as AI compresses build speed and amplifies decision risk.

Feb 19, 2026 19 min read
StartupsLeadershipProduct StrategyAI
Edge AI and Model Lightweighting: Taiwan's Best Shot at Durable Differentiation

Edge AI and Model Lightweighting: Taiwan's Best Shot at Durable Differentiation

Cloud-scale AI will keep growing, but Taiwan's strongest software opportunity may be edge-first systems that combine local chips, lightweight models, and workflow-specific reliability.

Feb 18, 2026 21 min read
Edge AIAITaiwanProduct Strategy
The Duolingo Lesson: AI Is Powerful, But Full Replacement Is Still a Bad Operating Model

The Duolingo Lesson: AI Is Powerful, But Full Replacement Is Still a Bad Operating Model

What Duolingo's last two years reveal about AI-first strategy: massive upside in speed and scale, but real downside when execution looks like replacement instead of augmentation.

Feb 13, 2026 8 min read
AIProduct StrategyLeadershipOperations
The Latency Lie: Why 'An Hour Is Fine' Usually Means Five Minutes

The Latency Lie: Why 'An Hour Is Fine' Usually Means Five Minutes

When customers say they can wait an hour, what they usually mean is they can tolerate about five minutes before trust starts decaying. The gap between stated and revealed tolerance is where AI products quietly fail.

Feb 12, 2026 6 min read
AI EngineeringProduct StrategyUXSystems Thinking

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