Ramiz KWhere things are heading, and what to do about it on Monday. Notes on AI, the web, design and the business of building things.https://iamramiz.comen-AUThu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTTaste is the last thing you can't downloadhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/taste-is-the-last-thing-you-cant-downloadhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/taste-is-the-last-thing-you-cant-downloadWhen anything can be generated in seconds, the scarce input is judgement. It isn't a gift. It's a compressed record of having been wrong before.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTIdeasDesignJudgementMost small businesses that get hacked would have failed a 30-minute checkhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/30-minute-security-checkhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/30-minute-security-checkMFA, old logins, your domain, backups and invoice fraud, in the order they cost Australian owners money, each with the bad answer named.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolkitCybersecurityOperationsAverage is dead. It's now free.https://iamramiz.com/notes/average-is-deadhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/average-is-deadGenerative models made competent work cost close to nothing. The floor rose and the middle collapsed. What survives is what a model can't infer.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIdeasAIStrategyMiller was wrong. It's four, not seven.https://iamramiz.com/notes/miller-was-wronghttps://iamramiz.com/notes/miller-was-wrongThe 7±2 rule everyone quotes was never a design rule, and the working figure is about 4. What that changes about menus, forms, pricing and decks.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIdeasUX DesignCognitive PsychologyYou don't have a content problem. You have a nothing-to-say problem.https://iamramiz.com/notes/nothing-to-say-problemhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/nothing-to-say-problemPosting more is what a business does before it decides what it thinks. The test: could anyone in your industry reasonably disagree with it?Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTIdeasContent StrategyPositioningAgency retainers are being unbundledhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/agency-retainers-are-being-unbundledhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/agency-retainers-are-being-unbundledStrategy, production and access used to share one monthly invoice. Production just got cheap. What to stop paying for and what's worth keeping.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendsAgencyMarketingAI won't cite boring contenthttps://iamramiz.com/notes/ai-wont-cite-boring-contenthttps://iamramiz.com/notes/ai-wont-cite-boring-contentAn assistant names a source only when it can't answer without one. Schema, FAQ blocks and llms.txt don't change that. A number nobody else has does.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTIdeasAISEOYou don't need to read code to know if you're being overchargedhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/are-you-being-overcharged-for-developmenthttps://iamramiz.com/notes/are-you-being-overcharged-for-developmentWho owns it, what changed and when, what the hours bought and what isn't labour. 6 questions to send by email, and what good and bad answers sound like.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolkitSoftware DevelopmentClient ManagementCode got cheap. The work around it didn't.https://iamramiz.com/notes/where-development-costs-are-headinghttps://iamramiz.com/notes/where-development-costs-are-headingAI cut the price of writing software. Review, security and maintenance are another matter. Which line items on your next quote should drop.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendsSoftware DevelopmentAIAutomation fails at the handover, not the buildhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/automation-fails-at-the-handoverhttps://iamramiz.com/notes/automation-fails-at-the-handoverMaking it work is the cheap, enjoyable part. It dies when nobody owns it, nobody can read it and it keeps reporting success while doing nothing.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTIdeasAutomationOperationsAny quote written before these 6 questions is a guesshttps://iamramiz.com/notes/six-questions-before-quotinghttps://iamramiz.com/notes/six-questions-before-quotingWho signs it off, what doing nothing costs and what the deadline is tied to. The answers that should stop any supplier pricing your work.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolkitBuying SoftwareHiring SuppliersSearch traffic is falling and conversions aren't. Read that carefully.https://iamramiz.com/notes/search-traffic-is-fallinghttps://iamramiz.com/notes/search-traffic-is-fallingAI answers are stripping out the visitors who were never going to buy. Unless you sell attention, that's a cheaper audience, not a smaller one.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrendsSEOAnalyticsThe 30-minute SEO check I run before a full audithttps://iamramiz.com/notes/the-seo-check-i-run-in-30-minuteshttps://iamramiz.com/notes/the-seo-check-i-run-in-30-minutesSeven things I look at before I'll give an opinion on a site's search, in order and on a time budget. A first pass, not the whole job. Every tool is free.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTToolkitSEOWeb Development