When my kids were young, I used to read them a Goofy book. Goofy was in a race. His line, over and over: slow and steady, steady and slow, that's the way we always go. Donald had the flashy new car. He kept taking shortcuts. Goofy just kept driving. Same lesson as Aesop's tortoise and the hare. Two thousand years old and we apparently keep needing to hear it. I think about that a lot lately. Every few weeks there is a new reveal. First it was prompts. Then agents. Then loops.

By Mariane McLucas | modulemakers.com What context files can do, and the one thing they can't There's a post circulating on X that teaches you how to duplicate your brain in Claude. Ruben Hassid calls it exactly that. A hundred questions across seven categories, voice-to-text dictation, three markdown files loaded into Claude Cowork. The goal is to make AI output sound just like you. It will work. And it will leave you with a problem you didn't know you were creating. What th

Starbucks launched an AI-powered inventory system in September 2025. Nine months later they pulled it from every North American store and sent employees back to counting by hand. The system was supposed to be the future. Employees would scan shelves with mobile devices. The AI would identify and count milk varieties, syrups, and supplies automatically. The company's own CTO called it a revolution in how Starbucks managed its supply chain. The promotional video they published

You just got your training module back from an AI tool. The quiz is done. Ten questions, all formatted perfectly. You're ahead of schedule and under budget. Then you actually read the questions. "Which core principle states 'Never compromise safety for convenience'?" A. Safety First ✅ B. Empathy & Patience C. Clarity & Communication D. Efficiency The answer is literally in the question. An 8-year-old could pass this quiz without taking the training. 🤦‍♀️ Welcome to the AI qu