11 November 2026 · Build Notes
I just had another aha moment.
In one day of talking, Claude Fable 5.2 and Blender turned my 2011 architecture project into a gallery you can walk through. What it got wrong.
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5 November 2026 · Build Notes
Why I stopped using Canva.
Canva cut 1,271 jobs in November 2026. I had already stopped using it. Four reasons, one flyer made three ways, and the question for any business AI can copy.
29 October 2026 · Build Notes
What people are actually worried about with AI.
From over 100 conversations about AI with businesses big and small, the six worries that came up most, ranked, and the news that made the top ones come true.
21 October 2026 · Build Notes
How I doubled my newsletter with AI, and your vote on engineers
AI helped me send 292 LinkedIn messages and 63 people joined, about 1 in 5. The lift came from the human side. Plus the vote on whether engineers are redundant.
7 October 2026 · Build Notes
Is understanding code turning into a mechanism for trivia?
AI now writes most new code at Google. My take: review what software does, not how it is written, and hire builders, before engineers go the way of architects.
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Jason Q. LuSydney
Product at Google, TikTok, Are Media and Zookal. Architect, then AGSM MBA. I work with a small team of developers and product people when a build needs more hands.