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How we wired an AI agent to change DNS records on GoDaddy in under an hour, why that's the template for every other business system, and what actually becomes scarce when execution is free.

Brandon Dietz info@obsidianailabs.ca https://obsidianailabs.ca/blog/when-execution-isnt-in-your-way.html 2026-04-15T02:00:00-04:00 2026-04-15T02:00:00-04:00

A full inventory of a single evening's output when the friction layer is gone: 5 grant applications, a working inbox triage agent, a complete website rebuilt and deployed to a live droplet, four agent design docs, and a pile of supporting tools. No exaggeration, with the receipts.

Brandon Dietz info@obsidianailabs.ca https://obsidianailabs.ca/blog/install-pai-on-ubuntu.html 2026-04-15T01:50:00-04:00 2026-04-15T01:50:00-04:00

A practical, step-by-step install guide for Daniel Miessler's Personal AI Infrastructure on an Ubuntu desktop. Every command, every gotcha, what the pieces actually do, and how to know it worked. Written for people who want to actually run the thing, not just read about it.

Brandon Dietz info@obsidianailabs.ca https://obsidianailabs.ca/blog/what-exponential-actually-feels-like.html 2026-04-14T21:00:00-04:00 2026-04-14T21:00:00-04:00

I used to push harder every day trying to do more. Now I hit "what's next?" faster than I can answer it — and my daughter interrupted my dictation in a way that broke something open. What exponential thinking feels like when the old math stops working, and where the reclaimed time actually has to go.

Brandon Dietz info@obsidianailabs.ca https://obsidianailabs.ca/blog/why-implementation-is-king.html 2026-04-14T18:00:00-04:00 2026-04-14T23:00:00-04:00

78% of companies globally use AI but only 5.5% are getting real value. In Canada, only 12.2% of businesses use AI at all. The gap between knowing AI exists and AI running your business is the whole game, with real McKinsey, Statistics Canada, and CFIB numbers.

Brandon Dietz info@obsidianailabs.ca