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John Cena JRE #2423: No Shortcuts, Just Say Yes
John Cena on JRE #2423: lessons in radical accountability, learning Mandarin, the Taiwan apology, and why seizing 30% of your opportunities is enough.
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When Your Best Hire Asks for a Compute Budget
Notes from an interview with Perplexity's Dmitry Shevelenko — why every knowledge worker is becoming an executive, what Perplexity learned watching CEOs out-adopt their own employees, and why agentic checkout is overhyped.
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Stop Treating AI as a Tool — It's a Digital Employee That Needs Onboarding
Notes from the Crossroads podcast on Forward-Deployed Engineers (FDEs), why most enterprise AI projects fail, and the shift from selling slide decks to shipping working agents.