Archive - Sideband

Nothing enforces your agent's rules

Skills ship rules. Nothing underneath checks whether agents follow them.

Feb 27 • Shawn Yeager

Agent skills work like The Matrix's upload scene. But better.

Feb 25 • Shawn Yeager

Nobody knows how to price for agents

The SaaS debate isn't proprietary AI vs. open. It's that neither path offers a pricing model that works.

Feb 23 • Shawn Yeager

SOUL.md and MEMORY.md are the new hearts and minds

Agent-driven discovery replaces ad-driven attention. Products need to be legible to SOUL.md and memorable to MEMORY.md—and you can't buy placement in…

Feb 15 • Shawn Yeager

AI changed what a product is

AI agents and open protocols broke the assumption that products have edges, with consequences for positioning, pricing, and competitive dynamics.

Feb 12 • Shawn Yeager

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