https://parthans.com/blog/ Writing from Partha Srinivasan en https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/store-chat-that-knows-when-to-call-me/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/store-chat-that-knows-when-to-call-me/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:06:00 GMT I added an AI assistant to my biker merch store. It answers from the store's own data, refuses to make things up, and hands anything that needs a decision to my phone. Here is how it is built and what I changed after the first day. Technology https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-wordpress-migration/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-wordpress-migration/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:04:00 GMT How the CMS imports a WordPress blog without breaking a single address, what an old archive is full of, and the evening I found 2,228 blank drafts. Technology https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-security/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-security/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:03:00 GMT The public blogs are plain files, so the admin is the only thing worth attacking. The layers in front of it, the checks behind it, and the Cloudflare setting that locked out everyone except me. Technology https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-publishing-through-git/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-publishing-through-git/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:01:00 GMT Pressing Publish turns into one git commit, pushed straight to GitHub, which my host deploys. Why git, why I stopped using GitHub's API, and the one folder the CMS may touch. Technology https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-architecture/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/28/cms-build-architecture/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The technical version of why I left WordPress. What the CMS is made of, why each piece is there, and how a written spec kept an AI-built project on track. Technology https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/23/two-minute-positioning-test/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/23/two-minute-positioning-test/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:01:00 GMT Put a competitor's name on your positioning line and read it aloud. If it still holds, the line is not yet saying anything only your firm can say. Business & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/18/system-for-weekly-video-posting/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/18/system-for-weekly-video-posting/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:07:00 GMT I record. Claude edits, checks its own work, and stops at a draft. How it works, what I refused to let it do, and what the first video taught me. AI & Work https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/14/independent-expertise-over-employment/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/14/independent-expertise-over-employment/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:42:00 GMT A survey of 1,200 CEOs across 21 countries finds 72% expect skills shortages to be a bigger growth barrier than access to capital. This changes the argument for independent work. Business & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/11/built-custom-cms-plain-html/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/10/11/built-custom-cms-plain-html/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 10:33:00 GMT A WordPress blog kept crashing over a simple task, so I built a custom CMS focused on plain HTML, robust security, and an AI-assisted editing workflow. Technology https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/29/youre-not-bad-at-prompting-youre-prompting-with-unexamined-assumptions/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/29/youre-not-bad-at-prompting-youre-prompting-with-unexamined-assumptions/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:40:00 GMT The assumptions you bring to a prompt matter more than the prompt itself. This paper argues that the gap between what AI tools can do and what most people get from them is not a capability gap or a formatting gap. It is a diagnostic gap, built from unexamined assumptions about audience, purpose, and what “good” actually means. It draws on research in human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, and decision science to make the case that the prompt engineering industry has, almost entirely, been selling solutions to the wrong problem. Seven sections. One uncomfortable question: what are y AI & Work https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/25/ld-just-got-a-seat-at-the-boardroom-table-most-leaders-arent-ready-for-what-comes-next/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/25/ld-just-got-a-seat-at-the-boardroom-table-most-leaders-arent-ready-for-what-comes-next/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 01:08:00 GMT Two numbers, side by side, tell you everything about where corporate L&D stands right now. Forty-nine percent of executives say AI & Work https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/21/i-keep-getting-asked-if-im-taking-some-time-off/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/21/i-keep-getting-asked-if-im-taking-some-time-off/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:26:00 GMT I keep hearing a version of the same question lately. A former colleague, over coffee: “So, taking a bit of Archive https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/19/the-machine-is-doing-it/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/09/19/the-machine-is-doing-it/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:21:00 GMT I’ve been using AI in my work for a while now. At some point I noticed something that bothered me AI & WorkArchive https://parthans.com/blog/2026/07/21/look-for-a-mentor-before-you-look-for-a-consultant/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/07/21/look-for-a-mentor-before-you-look-for-a-consultant/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:09:00 GMT One of the questions I get asked most often by young entrepreneurs is surprisingly simple. “Do you think I need Business & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2026/06/12/ai-is-not-your-best-friend-and-thats-okay/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/06/12/ai-is-not-your-best-friend-and-thats-okay/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:25:00 GMT Spend enough time online and you’ll see people talking about AI in one of two ways. Either it’s humanity’s greatest ArchiveBusiness & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2026/06/02/ai-didnt-make-me-better-at-prompting-it-made-me-better-at-thinking/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/06/02/ai-didnt-make-me-better-at-prompting-it-made-me-better-at-thinking/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:53:00 GMT Spend enough time around AI discussions and someone will eventually ask the question. “What’s the best prompt?” I understand why. ArchiveBusiness & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2026/05/25/the-first-ai-app-i-built-was-not-about-coding-it-was-about-clarity/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/05/25/the-first-ai-app-i-built-was-not-about-coding-it-was-about-clarity/ Mon, 25 May 2026 10:08:00 GMT Nearly two years ago, I built my first AI powered app. It still works today. Not as a gimmick. Not Business & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2026/05/20/how-ai-can-help-your-operations-if-you-stop-treating-it-like-a-mind-reader/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/05/20/how-ai-can-help-your-operations-if-you-stop-treating-it-like-a-mind-reader/ Wed, 20 May 2026 06:32:00 GMT In my last post, I wrote about a simple idea: AI is a tool in a rather large toolbox. That Business & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2026/05/15/ai-is-a-tool-in-my-rather-large-toolbox/ https://parthans.com/blog/2026/05/15/ai-is-a-tool-in-my-rather-large-toolbox/ Fri, 15 May 2026 09:20:00 GMT Yesterday, I was speaking with Aarti Krishnakumar (@talesfromaaroo on X) about how I use AI tools to conceptualize solutions, both Business & Growth https://parthans.com/blog/2025/06/11/the-high-cost-of-poor-communication-why-most-leaders-fail/ https://parthans.com/blog/2025/06/11/the-high-cost-of-poor-communication-why-most-leaders-fail/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:54:00 GMT Let’s be direct. Leadership is not about your title. It’s about your impact. Yet, businesses are hemorrhaging money—over $1.2 trillion annually in the U.S. alone, according to one study—because of a single, chronically misunderstood issue: ineffective communication. Business & Growth