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We've Never Been More Connected
On real rooms, real people, and what gets lost when everything scales. A note from Tunisia. Job openings at PIRATE and an invitation to Cologne to…
Mar 31
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Error-Detection Layer
AI changes what you need to know. It doesn't change why you need to know it.
Mar 23
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Riding a Dead Horse
“How do you know when it’s time to let go?” Simple question. Not easy to answer. The trap is hope without direction - waiting for something to change…
Mar 19
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Unexamined Builder
On the difference between introspection and rumination - and why it matters who's in the room with you.
Mar 16
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Technically Fine. Completely Forgettable.
When the tools remove all friction, how do you know if the work still means something?
Mar 16
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Codified and the Foggy
Agents work brilliantly where knowledge is already written down. Most of the interesting work isn't.
Mar 13
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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AI Removes the Cover
The question isn't whether AI helps your company. It's who inside it actually benefits - and who quietly absorbs the cost.
Mar 9
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Not Which Jobs. Which Tasks.
People are asking which jobs AI will take. It's the wrong question. Here's a better framework.
Mar 7
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Nobody Assigned This to You
The difference between hustle culture and high agency - and why it matters now.
Mar 4
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Build Something Agents Want
"Build something users want" was the rule for 20 years. The user just changed.
Feb 25
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Side Door Became the Front Door
The next graveyard of great software won't be filled with bad products - just ones built for a user who stopped showing up.
Feb 23
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Moats Are Moving
AI didn't kill defensibility. It just moved it somewhere harder to fake.
Feb 18
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Almost at the Speed I Think
The gap between what I'm imagining and what I'm holding has shrunk significantly. That changes everything.
Feb 13
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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The Backlog Was Always There
For years, companies wanted software they couldn't afford to build. That backlog is about to open. Not everyone gets to work on it.
Feb 9
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Manuel Koelman 🏴☠️
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Building successful, human-centered businesses. Insights on entrepreneurship, leadership, AI, and building companies that remain human in a technological world from a multi-business entrepreneur.
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