GPT Can Build Security Tools Now, and That Changes Everything
Simon Willison just showed us something remarkable: GPT-5.5 built a working CSP security tool. This isn't another AI demo, it's proof that...
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Practical thinking on AI, automation, and building software that actually works for small businesses.
Enterprise AI Scaling: What Small Businesses Can Actually Learn
OpenAI published their enterprise scaling playbook. Most of it's useless for SMEs, but buried in the corporate speak are three gems worth
Why Small Businesses Lose Great Leaders to Bad Maternity Policies
Most small businesses are terrible at handling maternity leave for leaders. They panic, make poor decisions, and often lose...
OpenAI's Codex Finally Gets Persistent Goals: Why This Changes Everything for Small Dev Teams
OpenAI just added goal persistence to Codex CLI. No more babysitting your AI coding assistant through every single step.
Finally, AI reasoning that doesn't bankrupt small businesses
JD.com's new RLSD technique proves you don't need Google's budget to build smart AI agents. This changes everything for SMEs.
Why Monarch Butterfly Decline Should Worry Every Small Business Owner
The Western Monarch butterfly population has crashed by 95% since the 1980s. For small businesses, this environmental collapse...
AI Newsletter Fatigue: When Tech Writers Jump the Shark
Simon Willison's latest newsletter promises pelicans on bikes and raccoons with ham radios. This is what happens when AI content gets...
Firefox Fixed 271 Vulnerabilities Using AI, Here's What That Means for Your Business
Mozilla just proved AI can find hundreds of security flaws humans missed. If you're still treating AI as a novelty, you're missing
Google Sheets just got more powerful with SQL queries
Simon Willison just showed how to run SQL queries directly in Google Sheets using Datasette. This changes everything for small b...
Software Releases: The Messy Reality Behind Version Numbers
Simon Willison just fixed a nasty collection of breakages in Datasette's latest alpha. This is exactly why small businesses...
Zig's Dependency Injection Shows How to Make Developer Tools Actually Useful
While everyone argues about AI frameworks, Zig quietly shipped something brilliant: dependency injection that actually solves real problems.
Your AI Agents Are Sharing Login Details With Untrusted Code. Here's Why That's Terrifying
Four security chiefs just agreed on something scary: AI agents behave like teenagers with access to your company's crown jewels.
Why Most SME AI Projects Fail Before They Start
The problem is never the technology. It is almost always the brief. Most small businesses start their AI journey by asking "what can AI do?" instead of...
The Real Cost of Manual Workflows
Your team is not slow. Your processes are. We recently mapped out a client's invoice handling and found 23 manual steps for something that should take...
Small Businesses Don't Need Big Software
Enterprise software is designed for enterprise problems. If you have 15 employees and a Sage licence, you do not need Salesforce. You need something that...