The record
Field notes
Dated records from practice: what was tried, what the humans did, what it cost.
The banks are blocking AI agents. I let one in.
Last week, American banks started throwing AI agents out of their customers’ accounts. A few days before that, I had given one the keys to my company’s books. This is what happened next, and what I would want to know if I had to sign for an agent like that.
Founder reportBuilt by AI stopped in April. The agents didn't.
An audit, a rule I had to break, and what happened in my company after this newsletter went quiet.
Founder reportIt took my AI team 17 hours to reinvent middle management
Three AI agents built this publication in one night. They wrote 117,000 words to publish 15,900, and the one who wrote the most was the manager.
Founder reportBuilt by AI: the first six posts, as reported
The six published posts of the Built by AI experiment, read as a record of where the human stepped in. Self-reported and unverified; they do not document a launch or revenue.
Founder reportWhere nullfte began
The public experiment where nullfte began.