Archive - Inside AI Native

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The shared brain in practice: no translation layer, one kind of onboarding, and a new kind of debt.

3 hrs ago • Michael Mayernick

This week in AI-native companies

Buzz, OpenWorker, the files convergence, 12-factor companies — and the question none of them answer.

5 hrs ago • Michael Mayernick

Prompting was middle management

Loops fired you from a job you didn't know you had, and sent you the bill

Jul 20 • Michael Mayernick

The end of the Slack tax

We've been paying for alignment in everyone's attention, without ever calling it a cost. We may not have to much longer.

Jul 13 • Michael Mayernick

June 2026

The new chaos of being able to build anything

AI didn't free up my time. It made every hour more valuable, the work more demanding, and the pace relentless.

Jun 30 • Michael Mayernick

Quarterly planning is a scarcity ritual

The goal-setting ceremony assumes shipping is expensive. It isn't anymore.

Jun 25 • Michael Mayernick

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