Dependency only becomes lock-in when you cannot switch
Stripe paid over 7 billion dollars for OpenRouter, a pass-through to models. That number says something about where power sits in the AI chain.
When your agent promises something that is not true, who pays for it?
Air Canada argued in court that its chatbot was a separate legal entity. That did not fly, and since 2 August there is a fine for staying quiet about it too.
The third question nobody asks about their AI dependencies
Where your data sits tells you little. Who owns it tells you more. The question that usually goes unasked is what happens when it disappears. I filled it in for my own stack.
Throw out the filing cabinet. Put AI at the center.
A Harvard case from the 90s explains why most companies see no gains from AI yet. Not by bolting it on the side, but by rebuilding your whole process around it.
Everyone codes now. The finance team included.
At Claude Code the product manager writes code, designers build prototypes in the app, and the finance team runs its projections in a terminal. The roles are merging.
Images Without the Cloud
The images on this site are made on my own laptop, offline. No data center, no bill per picture. Here is why that is suddenly possible, and why it matters.
How I Left WordPress Behind
No more plugins, no page builder, no login screen between me and publishing. I now build and run my sites entirely with Claude. Here is what changed.
Digital Sovereignty Isn't About Technology
After the Sovereignty & Government event, I understand better why this debate keeps stalling. It's not about bits and bytes.
Open Innovation Doesn't Happen on Its Own
Esther Gons told me how open innovation keeps stalling inside large organisations. I recognised every word of it.
Rules as Code: why legislation should be readable by computers
In March I attended the Rules as Code conference in The Hague. What I learned there cuts to the heart of how government works.