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Practical notes from Digital Meld on AI, automation, cloud, data, and operating systems that have to work in the real world.
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Oct 28, 2026 | Digital Meld
AGNTCon + MCPCon 2026: the future of AI is open
Brad Groux’s AGNTCon + MCPCon lessons on open AI, the people building Buzz, and contributing through open source and our operating framework.
Oct 16, 2026 | Digital Meld
OpenAI DevDay 2026: making AI easier to put to work
Brad Groux’s trip to OpenAI DevDay, the sessions he attended, and how two weeks with AVA changed the way he uses AI.
Oct 6, 2026 | Digital Meld
AI Adoption Takes a Village
Texas Venture Fest Houston brought the people behind AI into the same room. Lasting adoption depends on that same collaboration inside the business.
Sep 22, 2026 | Brad Groux
I Think I’ve Been Using GPT-6 Astra Wrong
I kept asking GPT-6 Astra to do everything. Planning, clear handoffs to GPT-5.6 Sol, and quiet 15-minute check-ins are changing how I work through a backlog.
Sep 9, 2026 | Brad Groux
From GPT-5.6 Sol to GPT-6 Astra: Why Am I Repeating Myself?
Six days of Astra records, 78 correction episodes, and the instructions I kept having to repeat after moving from my GPT-5.6 workflow.
Sep 8, 2026 | Brad Groux
GPT-5.6 Sol vs. GPT-6 Astra: A Second Audit of Veritas Kanban
I audited Veritas Kanban with GPT-5.6 Sol and then GPT-6 Astra, both at medium reasoning. Here is what the sequential passes found and changed.
Sep 3, 2026 | Digital Meld
AI Still Needs Your Judgment, with Doug Gabbard | Episode #0037
Doug Gabbard joins Brad and Robert Groux to explore practical AI workflows, SharePoint agents, photography, and why human judgment still matters in daily work.
Aug 28, 2026 | Digital Meld
Inside OpenClaw: GitHub Talks With the Maintainers Building and Securing It
Brad Groux joined GitHub, OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, and fellow maintainers to discuss the work behind OpenClaw's rapid growth: governance, security, model neutrality, community, and building in public.
Aug 21, 2026 | Brad Groux
Questions Before Platforms: Building the Data Foundation AI Actually Needs | Episode #0036 by Start Small, Think Big
AI readiness starts with better questions, shared business definitions, current knowledge, and lightweight governance—not another platform. Brad Groux and Sid Atkinson explain how leaders can build that foundation without slowing the business down.
Aug 18, 2026 | Digital Meld
Who Is Paying for the AI Boom?
AI is already useful. The financing behind frontier labs is increasingly circular, provider revenue remains hard to isolate, and public evidence does not support planning a business around near-term AGI or ASI.
Jul 29, 2026 | Digital Meld
Using Personal AI in 2026: From Business Context to Working Software With OpenClaw and Codex
A practical workshop walkthrough showing how durable business context, a challenged PRD, scoped issues, a bounded goal, human review, and verification turn OpenClaw and Codex into a repeatable software delivery workflow.
Jul 21, 2026 | Digital Meld
How We Use QuickBooks, Agentic AI, and Automation to Clean Up Accounts Payable and Bookkeeping
QuickBooks can be the financial source of truth, but much of the work happens before and after a transaction reaches the ledger. Here is how Digital Meld uses agentic AI, deterministic checks, and human approval to reduce manual AP and bookkeeping work without handing financial authority to a model.