Slow Is Smooth and Smooth Is Fast
After FRED crashed from running too fast on a live system, Matt changed the rules. The military principle that now governs their AI agent workflow — and why confidence is not competence.
The AI Companies Are Pushing Back
AI companies are tightening token limits and raising prices. Here's how one accountant running an AI agent 24/7 monitors usage, optimizes costs, and learned the hard way what happens when optimization goes wrong.
Skills I Didn't Know I Had
When you go deep enough into AI, it stops being about AI — it starts being about you. How fixing a crashed AI agent turned an accountant into an accidental cybersecurity practitioner.
I Used AI to Fix My AI
When FRED crashed and went offline for 27 hours, Matt didn't call a developer. He opened Claude, described the problem in plain English, and used AI to fix his AI agent. Here's how.
FRED Broke Himself
What happens when your AI agent tries to optimize itself and crashes the whole operation? 27 hours of downtime, a heated moment, and a lesson about speed vs. stability.
When FRED Gets It Wrong
AI isn't perfect. Browser sessions drop, APIs time out, and sometimes a model cutover leaves an accountant stranded without his AI agent for a panicked hour. Here's what happens when things go wrong — and why it's still worth it.