The Archive
Deep dives into AI, sales engineering, and personal growth.
Your Next Customer Is a Bot
Stripe, Visa, and Google Just Built Payment Rails for AI Agents
In one week, Stripe launched a machine payments protocol, Visa shipped a CLI for agent payments, Moonpay open-sourced a wallet standard, and Google's commerce protocol landed over 100 enterprise supporters. AI agents just got their own financial infrastructure. If you sell things, that matters.
The Agent Infrastructure Race
Everyone Shipped Agent Plumbing This Week. The Model Wars Are Over.
In one week, NVIDIA open-sourced a 120B agentic model, Stanford released a local-first agent framework, Anthropic renamed their SDK, and Meta delayed their next frontier model. The frontier models are converging. The fight is about everything around them now.
Three AIs Walk Into a Codebase
How I Use a Coding Agent, a Review Bot, and a Personal Assistant for Human-in-the-Loop Development
I build features by talking to one AI, get them reviewed by a second AI, and coordinate everything through a third. The human in the loop isn't writing code. He's making decisions.
The AI Stack Is Now a Political Dependency
Why Model-Agnostic AI Architecture Is Now a Business Requirement
Anthropic got blacklisted by executive order. If your product runs on Claude, your entire stack just became a federal liability overnight. Here's what model-agnostic architecture actually looks like.
Your Job Just Leveled Up
How AI Is Changing Software Development Roles — From Writing Code to Directing Systems
Your team is scared AI will replace them. They're not wrong to worry, but the real shift isn't replacement. It's a layer of abstraction. Developers are becoming managers of systems, not writers of code.
The Spec Is the Product
How to Write Specs for AI Coding Agents That Ship on the First Try
I built 18 extensions by talking to a coding agent. The ones with specs shipped clean. The ones without specs shipped twice. Here's the framework I use now.
Introducing Aivena: A Vibe Coded AI Assistant
How I Built a Personal AI Assistant Using Vibe Coding and Open Source Extensions
I vibe coded a personal AI assistant that remembers everything, manages my contacts, tracks my calendar, chats with me on Telegram, and runs background jobs. Every extension, every feature — built by talking to the agent.
OpenClaw for Sales: Your 24/7 Assistant That Needs a Badge and a Background Check
Using Autonomous AI Agents for Enterprise Sales — Opportunities, Costs, and Security Risks
OpenClaw gives every sales exec a tireless personal assistant. But like any new hire with access to your systems, you need to onboard it carefully. Here's how to make it work — and how to keep it from becoming a liability.
Managers Win With Agentic AI - Here's the 3‑Week Plan
A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing Agentic AI in Your Team's Workflow
A practical, outcome‑first 3‑week plan for managers to turn agentic AI into measurable business impact - without the hype.
How to Use AI Without It Sounding Like AI
Practical Tips for Editing AI-Generated Content to Sound Authentic
AI-generated content has a smell. Here's how to use tools like Copilot to speed up your work while still sounding like yourself.
Meet Espen Nilsen: From Arctic Norway to Enterprise Sales Leadership
How Technical Depth and Business Education Shape Modern Sales Leadership
An introduction to my journey from IT infrastructure in Tromsø to leading enterprise sales at Lenovo, while building AI systems and exploring the intersection of technical expertise and business strategy.
Building This Blog with 11ty and Claude Code
How to Build and Deploy a Static Blog in One Evening Using an AI Coding Agent
How I went from idea to deployed blog in a few hours using Claude Code, 11ty, and GitHub Pages. Plus lessons learned and what's coming next.