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Stop Asking “Which AI Is Best at Coding?”
You’re Debating at the Wrong Level Every week I see it online, In Slack threads, group chats, from friends who “are into AI.” "Claude is better at coding.” “No, Codex is.” “No, this weird open-source model beats both.” And the debate just… spins. Benchmarks…Anecdotes…“I built a React app with it.”...“It refactored my Python better.” Here’s the uncomfortable truth. That entire conversation is happening at the wrong level. This Is a Toolbox, Not a Marriage You do not marry an

Rich Washburn
Feb 163 min read
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The Fossil Fuel Mindset: How Ego, Meetings, and Fear Kill Modern Work
There are days when I leave a session feeling like we just cracked a new code for what’s possible. And then there are days like this . Yesterday was Alchemy at AI Speed —eight and a half hours of pure momentum. One client, one mission, one day. A full platform, born from nothing, live by dinner. That’s what it looks like when the spark hits oxygen. Today? Today was the opposite. Five months (actually five years ) into a project that should’ve taken five days . A team of smart

Rich Washburn
Nov 13, 20254 min read
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Meetings Are Dead. Execution Is the New Conversation.
Why I don’t meet — I build. If you’re looking to “schedule a meeting,” stop. I don’t do meetings. I do. And I don’t mean that like a tagline — I mean it literally. If I have an hour free, I’m not spending it talking about  doing something I could just… do. That’s not impatience; that’s what focus looks like in the age of AI. The work I do doesn’t start with discussion. It starts with motion. Meetings were invented for people who didn’t have the tools to execute in real time.

Rich Washburn
Nov 13, 20253 min read
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Process Mapping in the Age of AI: Why Skipping It Now Is Inexcusable
Let’s be honest—process mapping used to suck. It was the equivalent of eating your vegetables before you could touch the steak. Necessary? Sure. Fun? Not remotely. Whether it was defining database structures before writing a single line of code, or sketching out user journeys before building an app, process mapping always felt like the preamble to the “real” work. But here’s the thing: it was always the most important part. If you've ever written a business plan, mapped out a

Rich Washburn
Oct 27, 20253 min read
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Ever Wish You Could Dump a Plunger Full of IQ Into an Employee’s Neck?
Now You Can—Just Not the Live Ones. This isn’t just a cool feature—it’s the fix we’ve all  been waiting for. Yes, OpenAI added the...

Rich Washburn
Jun 12, 20252 min read
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AI Ain’t Beta Anymore: O3 Lets You Be the Intern in Your Own Workflow
There’s a moment—if you’ve been in tech long enough—when a tool stops being “cool” and starts being critical . That moment just hit, four...

Rich Washburn
Apr 18, 20252 min read
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MANUS AI: China’s AGI Contender That’s Forcing OpenAI to Look Over Its Shoulder
Let’s get right to it: Manus AI  is the latest agent out of China that’s stirring up serious noise in the AI world. Launched in March...

Rich Washburn
Mar 21, 20254 min read
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