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  <title>Obsidian AI Labs — Field Notes</title>
  <subtitle>Posts on building personal AI infrastructure and implementing agents for real businesses.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-04-15T01:40:00-04:00</updated>
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  <author>
    <name>Brandon Dietz</name>
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    <title>What exponential actually feels like</title>
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    <published>2026-04-14T21:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-04-14T21:00:00-04:00</updated>
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    <category term="exponential-thinking"/>
    <category term="workflow"/>
    <category term="pai"/>
    <category term="family"/>
    <category term="time"/>
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    <summary type="text">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.</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Brandon Dietz</name>
      <email>info@obsidianailabs.ca</email>
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  <entry>
    <title>Why implementation is king</title>
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    <published>2026-04-14T18:00:00-04:00</published>
    <updated>2026-04-14T23:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <category term="thesis"/>
    <category term="implementation"/>
    <category term="ai-adoption"/>
    <category term="mckinsey"/>
    <category term="canadian-stats"/>
    <category term="smb"/>
    <category term="agents"/>
    <summary type="text">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.</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Brandon Dietz</name>
      <email>info@obsidianailabs.ca</email>
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