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July 8, 2026 · William VanBuskirk

The data from your machines usually stops at a dashboard

Most shops can already get machine data off the floor. It tends to land in a dashboard and stay there. myai reads that same signal into the operator's mirror, where an agent can reason about it and act.

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June 15, 2026 · William VanBuskirk

Replacing your ERP may not fix the spreadsheet next to it

Replacing the ERP will not fix the way work actually gets done. The real process often lives in the spreadsheets, macros, emails, and handoffs around the system of record.

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May 4, 2026 · William VanBuskirk

Most AI stacks are built backwards. Start with the agent, not the data.

The default enterprise AI sequence (data, CRUD, dashboard, agent-on-top) is the wrong shape for agents. The reframe is the audience: the agent isn't the last reader of your data, it's the first.

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May 4, 2026 · William VanBuskirk

Use cases are not enough to make agents work

Use cases are helpful, but they are only one slice of the work. Agents create more value when they are designed around the people, process, handoffs, and feedback loops that make the business run.

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April 27, 2026 · William VanBuskirk

Sparse but Deep: why most RAG is noise

Last week we ran the same question through two retrieval shapes: Codex over a week of commits, myai over the artifact graph. Same input, very different outputs. Here's why we summarize before we search, and why it matters more the longer your agent runs.

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April 26, 2026 · William VanBuskirk

myai is the context. Your agent is the hands.

Why we deliberately don't try to be a catch-all MCP connector. What becomes possible when myai handles your context and your agent of choice does the rest.

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April 13, 2026 · Mark Freedman & William VanBuskirk

Your agent instructions are describing, not prescribing

Almost all agent documentation (system prompts, CLAUDE.md files, cursor rules) describes the world. The document your agent needs is the one it can't derive from the code: your intent.

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April 9, 2026 · William VanBuskirk

Why Your AI Agent Needs Dimensions, Not Just Skills

Most AI tools organize knowledge in a big bucket. But no one's actual job looks like that. Jobs are multi-dimensional, and your agent architecture should be too.

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