Your inventory numbers don't match. Again.
Four systems, four inventory counts, zero agreement. Why your warehouse manager's Excel is the only thing that's accurate, and what an operational layer looks like.
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The lights-out.ai podcast.
Short episodes on AI-driven development, e-commerce automation, and why the economics of building software have changed. Each episode combines two or three written articles into a conversation. Available on Spotify.
E-commerce operations
14 SaaS tools. Nobody sees the full picture.
You spend hundreds of thousands on SaaS monthly. Each tool works. The gap between them costs more than you think.
Wrong market, wrong price, wrong description
Your PIM handles the standard case. The problem is exceptions. How quality scoring and AI-generated content cut copywriter time by 80%.
Your VC money is leaking through workarounds
Every workaround has four cost layers. Most companies only see the first one. How operational debt eats your margin quietly.
Returns and the hidden margin killer
A return takes a customer 90 seconds. Inside your company, it crosses five systems and three people. The real cost is 3-5x what you think.
Nobody wants another dashboard
Dashboards measure. They don't act. The difference between reporting what happened and showing what to do next.
AI & software economics
AI coding: the reality beyond the hype
Disposable software, intelligent spreadsheets, and what AI coding actually looks like for senior engineers. Three perspectives on the same shift: code is getting cheaper, but judgment is getting more expensive.
The market is getting AI wrong
Stock markets are selling off software companies as if AI makes them obsolete. Meanwhile, personal AI agents are getting the keys to everything. Both stories reveal the same blind spot.
The bottleneck has moved
Your IT processes are optimized for a scarcity that no longer exists. And AI is splitting the market into two races: drag racing and Le Mans. The middle ground is disappearing.
Career and recruitment in the AI era
The U-curve is reshaping who gets hired. A go-kart versus a GT3 race car shows what leverage actually feels like. Two workshops that changed how companies think about talent and career paths.
Lights out: when the factory runs without people
In manufacturing, "lights out" means the factory runs 24/7 with no one there. That concept is now moving into e-commerce back offices. How AI agents take over invoicing, procurement, and returns at a fraction of today's cost.
About the podcast
Each episode combines two or three written articles into a single conversation. The format is generated using NotebookLM and published on Spotify. Episodes run 18 to 23 minutes.
The podcast covers the same ground as our written insights, but in a format you can listen to while commuting, walking, or doing the dishes.
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