More depth. Less noise with a focus on AI fluency. Thats what drew me to your content. Thats what keeps me subscribed. To be honest- I couldn’t keep cadence with your posting schedule so less of, and more in depth is exactly what I relish. Thanks Nate! Hopefully this opens you up for a bit more QT with the family.
Nate, thank you for your continued efforts to provide clear, usable information while keeping the noise down to a minimum. Your free posts have been great, but your paid subscription has been well worth the cost of admission.
I’m an IT Director working across CIO/CSO-type responsibilities, and I’ve used your prompts as building blocks for real operating artifacts: source inventories, AI governance checklists, reusable Codex skills, project-room methods, and internal workflows for evaluating agents and automation.
The value for me has been much bigger than “prompt templates.” It’s a practical operating lens: build the room first, separate truth from output, map controls before autonomy, and turn repeated lessons into reusable systems.
For anyone wondering whether the paid tier is worth it: if you’re doing serious AI work inside an organization, yes. The material gives you leverage you can actually use.
I get the point why you're doing this, Nate. And maybe I'm in the minority but... I make use of everything you say every day. I build a lot of stuff with almost everything you talk about. Plus, my beard gets motivated just seeing your bearded face and hearing your exuberant voice each day. And you're a pleasant chap to hang around. But I get it. I see where you're going with this. I'll miss the constant presence but I'll cope. Now I'll go pat my tears with a hanky.
hahahaha I'm glad my beard is motivating. I'll still be posting everyday across TikTok and X, and posting videos on YouTube (not daily but at a different frequency that Substack). I'm not going anywhere!
Hi Nate, thanks for this 🔥 especially for addressing the "loss of amazing insights" in the messages. *** One request 🙏 please keep that career advice on the paid subscriber side, and business-value advice on executive subscriber side. *** The builders are on both paid tiers, and one group is searching for the other group! 😎
I’m starting to feel like this is a bit of a bait and switch. I subscribed to get the detail behind the content. You promised “A build you can take with you”, but now that seems to be an locked behind another subscription to “Zero to AI”
I think this will help your readers as well. I’m deeply focused on the projects I’m building, so I’ve had less time to keep up with every new development.
"Keeping up is not the same as building fluency" that line alone earned the cadence change IMO. The build-it-on-your-own-machine pieces are what I'm here for. Looking forward to it! Thanks, Nate.
Nate, I'm glad to see it. your most valuable posts, to me at least, were the ones that taught me more about the fundamentals using knowledge and competency few others have right now.
Really looking forward to the practical content, the more detailed hands-on with useful/beneficial artifacts for tangible proof the better. Also looking forward to to Slack, lots of potential for what can come from the convo and community
Every morning without fail your AI posts hits around 6:00 am PST. With all the changes that happened in AI on a daily basis and having a young child at home! I literally do not know how you get it done. This is a welcome change for everyone I think. Thanks for all you do.
This is much better. Ive been having trouble keeping up sometimes!
Exactly right. This is highly beneficial for readers simply because it helps focus the firehose.
More depth. Less noise with a focus on AI fluency. Thats what drew me to your content. Thats what keeps me subscribed. To be honest- I couldn’t keep cadence with your posting schedule so less of, and more in depth is exactly what I relish. Thanks Nate! Hopefully this opens you up for a bit more QT with the family.
Nate, thank you for your continued efforts to provide clear, usable information while keeping the noise down to a minimum. Your free posts have been great, but your paid subscription has been well worth the cost of admission.
I’m an IT Director working across CIO/CSO-type responsibilities, and I’ve used your prompts as building blocks for real operating artifacts: source inventories, AI governance checklists, reusable Codex skills, project-room methods, and internal workflows for evaluating agents and automation.
The value for me has been much bigger than “prompt templates.” It’s a practical operating lens: build the room first, separate truth from output, map controls before autonomy, and turn repeated lessons into reusable systems.
For anyone wondering whether the paid tier is worth it: if you’re doing serious AI work inside an organization, yes. The material gives you leverage you can actually use.
Sounds like a good idea - it's been exhausting trying to keep up with you!
I get the point why you're doing this, Nate. And maybe I'm in the minority but... I make use of everything you say every day. I build a lot of stuff with almost everything you talk about. Plus, my beard gets motivated just seeing your bearded face and hearing your exuberant voice each day. And you're a pleasant chap to hang around. But I get it. I see where you're going with this. I'll miss the constant presence but I'll cope. Now I'll go pat my tears with a hanky.
hahahaha I'm glad my beard is motivating. I'll still be posting everyday across TikTok and X, and posting videos on YouTube (not daily but at a different frequency that Substack). I'm not going anywhere!
Hi Nate, thanks for this 🔥 especially for addressing the "loss of amazing insights" in the messages. *** One request 🙏 please keep that career advice on the paid subscriber side, and business-value advice on executive subscriber side. *** The builders are on both paid tiers, and one group is searching for the other group! 😎
Yes! The difference between tiers will get even more distinct in this new phase so everyone knows where to find what matters to them.
This update is the one that pushed me to subscribe. I’m already drowning in AI news content. Thanks for the distillation.
I’m starting to feel like this is a bit of a bait and switch. I subscribed to get the detail behind the content. You promised “A build you can take with you”, but now that seems to be an locked behind another subscription to “Zero to AI”
I think I speak for others when i say: we follow and support you because of the depth.
I think this will help your readers as well. I’m deeply focused on the projects I’m building, so I’ve had less time to keep up with every new development.
yes that's what I'm aiming for, my whole goal really is for my content to be helpful
"Keeping up is not the same as building fluency" that line alone earned the cadence change IMO. The build-it-on-your-own-machine pieces are what I'm here for. Looking forward to it! Thanks, Nate.
Very good move!
i’m ok with this. i watch so much of your content but i can’t keep up. i’ll enjoy the quality and build projects over qty.
Nate, I'm glad to see it. your most valuable posts, to me at least, were the ones that taught me more about the fundamentals using knowledge and competency few others have right now.
Really looking forward to the practical content, the more detailed hands-on with useful/beneficial artifacts for tangible proof the better. Also looking forward to to Slack, lots of potential for what can come from the convo and community
Thanks and I like the directional change. Building fluency and measuring fluency is the game. Lets play.
Every morning without fail your AI posts hits around 6:00 am PST. With all the changes that happened in AI on a daily basis and having a young child at home! I literally do not know how you get it done. This is a welcome change for everyone I think. Thanks for all you do.