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AI 2026-03-24

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.

8 min read
AI 2026-03-14

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.

8 min read
AI 2026-03-07

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.

9 min read
AI 2026-02-28

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.

8 min read
AI 2026-02-22

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.

6 min read
AI 2026-02-21

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.

7 min read
AI 2026-02-14

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.

8 min read
AI 2026-02-07

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.

8 min read
Playbook 2026-01-20

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.

6 min read
AI 2025-12-11

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.

7 min read
Personal 2025-11-23

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.

6 min read
Web Dev 2025-11-19

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.

6 min read