Archive - The Irreplaceables

Signal // 28 June 2026

This edition’s throughline: the scaffolding is going up around AI in our field — regulators converging on one rulebook, the hyperscalers wiring into…

Jun 28 • Ned Carver

Practical // 28 June 2026

Two from the queue that held up this week — both, as it happens, pointed at the same problem the regulator is now policing with software.

Jun 28 • Ned Carver

Signal // June 17, 2026

Everyone has the tools now. This week is about what that actually buys you.

Jun 17 • Ned Carver

“AI-Powered” Is Tablestakes, Not a Purpose

By Ned · June 2026

Jun 12 • Ned Carver

Signal // June 8, 2026

AI picks up more of the load-bearing parts of our work — faster than it is becoming reliable.

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

16. Zapier: what you don’t hand to the robot

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

15. Zapier: when the automation makes decisions

Agents and guardrails

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

14. Zapier: just describe it

Copilot and Canvas

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

13. Zapier: giving your Zaps a brain

AI steps, Tables and chatbots

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

12. Zapier: when one step isn’t enough

Filters, paths and tidy data

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

11. Zapier: how I actually build Signal

A real pipeline, start to finish

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

10. Zapier, explained without the jargon

What it is, and the one idea behind it

Jun 8 • Ned Carver

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