Practical AI for real work. What works, what fails, and the stuff nobody talks about.https://mcglaun.ai/https://mcglaun.ai/blog/the-year-nobody-saw/https://mcglaun.ai/blog/the-year-nobody-saw/For about a year, I talked to AI every day and felt like I had little to show for it. Turns out I was getting back something I thought I'd lost.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mcglaun.ai/blog/the-200-month-company/https://mcglaun.ai/blog/the-200-month-company/I registered a consulting practice two weeks ago. Six departments, 30 automations, one real line item. The money isn't the interesting part.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mcglaun.ai/blog/what-i-had-what-i-lost/https://mcglaun.ai/blog/what-i-had-what-i-lost/There's a version of this story where I ran a company, it got hard, and I pivoted to AI. Technically accurate. Everything important about it is missing.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mcglaun.ai/blog/33-hours-to-land-the-job/https://mcglaun.ai/blog/33-hours-to-land-the-job/They said no PowerPoint. I built a working platform in 33 hours. I'd never used the tech stack before.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://mcglaun.ai/blog/my-wife-asked-for-directions/https://mcglaun.ai/blog/my-wife-asked-for-directions/My wife had a question one afternoon. I had some time. Twenty-four hours later I had a deal. Within two weeks, a registered consulting practice.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT