Insights
Before you spend on AI, read this.
Short articles for business owners: which parts of your work plain software can run, when AI is worth paying for, and where a person should stay in charge. Written by Shrish Manglik from the work the studio does every day.
Articles
Published writing.
I Spent More Than $50,000 of My Own Money on AI. Here Is What Actually Works.
The full personal essay belongs on shrishmanglik.com; this studio note points to that one canonical account.
· 6 min read
What a Workflow Diagnostic actually finds
For an owner who suspects a chunk of the week is repeat work, and wants to know which parts software could take over.
· 5 min read
AI employees are theatre. Build the operating layer instead.
For anyone being pitched an "AI employee": the four questions to ask before you pay for one.
· 6 min read
Deterministic over generative: the economics of software that runs at ~$0 per request
For an owner weighing AI costs: why most of the work can run as plain software that costs almost nothing per use.
· 6 min read
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