Hermes Agent

What it is, and how I use it.

Who gets paid when everyone can create?

Claude is marking its work, Twitch wants to train on its creators, YouTube is moving the monetization line, and Lovable made a $13.3 billion bet.

The internet spent decades fighting bots. Now it needs them.

AI agents are forcing courts, payment networks, countries, and markets to rewrite old assumptions.

Why do we only do it when we’re desperate?

The most important thing for closing out 2026.

How did Linear actually get this big?

The founders, product decisions, and distribution system behind a $1.25 billion issue tracker.

When AI learns to cheat on tests

The benchmark broke, open models caught up, and another AI product category is getting smoked.

What even is a job anymore?

When anyone can do the work, what will be paid for?

Eight years later

It's only been a few years with AI, but it feels like double.

The Incentives Always Win

First they're against it, then it's winning (for someone else), so they flip like pancakes. .

The "Prosumer"

How things change when one-person businesses are normal.

The work my ego hates

Nobody thinks they have an “ego” problem.

When AI costs more than the people it replaced

Is the industry changing?

Taking on billion-dollar companies in year one

beehiiv. Building faster, staying closer to users, and making customers part of the story

The Next Chapter of Liight Work

plus, beehiiv hits $30M in subscription revenue.

It's great to see you

On gratitude and culture

Same Hustle. New Game.

Admitting to so much cope.

Levels to the game

How the best use AI, and what it means for us.

OpenAI bought a podcast for more than $100M

And it was less than two years old.

What a time to be alive

The best to build in. Maybe the hardest to survive.

Executives are worried

Turns out they're not so safe after all

Rappers discover Claude

Ben Affleck sells his AI company to Netflix for $600M. Meta loses $80B. OpenAI cuts the AI (slop) video app.

Superpowers

Get yours yet?

Big decisions

Are you ready to make yours?

What's next?

After the companies, tools, and careers, it's about personal agency.

Busted

Will AI expose you at work?

Picking Winners

Are you sure you want to work there?

"You're Fired!" (or not?)

Here's how to keep your job

Welcome to Probation

How to crush your first 90 days at a new job.

"You're hired!"

This is how to make them say it.

35 years

Personal software is the next Rolex

There's an app for you, and you could make it in a few min.

It's that time again

Welcome back

Say hello, again

To everything you’re keeping in 2026

Plan your marketing like a CMO

Using AI in 2026

Giving thanks

Arming the rebels

beehiiv turns 4

Do you really need another side-project?

Tis the season, of the holiday side-hustle

The Stress of Wanting More

Seasons, not solutions.

I tried to buy a robot

Will we even need to work in the future? Is basic income the answer?