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Steven Wangler
Thoughts, posts and projects here do not necessarily reflect those of BDO USA, P.C. and their work.


No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
For the last couple of years, AI coding tools have felt like an unusually good deal. For a relatively small monthly cost, developers could use powerful models, large context windows, coding agents, code review tools, and high-reasoning workflows. Even the more expensive models often felt cheap compared to the value they could produce. That pricing model shaped behavior. When the cost difference was small enough to ignore, the rational move was obvious: use the best model, tur
May 56 min read


If You Work in AI, You Need to Know Your Moat
This is you with your nice, proprietary moat Cold Open It’s 7:13 a.m. when your phone buzzes : “Vendor demo at 9. Claims 40‑hour savings...
Jun 21, 20254 min read


Microsoft Ignite (2024): day 2 - everything is ai
Day 2 at Ignite and I’m already tired lol (probably all of the carbs and late night Crumbl cookies - no free ads). Today I had a pretty...
Nov 21, 20245 min read


Are you eating your dog food?
Dogfooding is all about leading by example - are you doing it?
Nov 10, 20243 min read
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