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Is Cursor Only for Developers? A Better AI Interface for Anyone With Files
Anyone outgrowing ChatGPT tabs who wants file-grounded AI that remembers your rules across projects, semesters, jobs, and side work
Practical writing on using AI well
What worked, what failed, and what helped me move from pilot to production.
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Nathan Petralia
I have spent two decades leading digital and commercial programs across APAC. Today I build AI products and use agents daily across consulting, practice building, go-to-market, delivery governance, and operational leadership.
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External Memory Series: A Practical Guide to AI Session Continuity
Program leads and knowledge workers adopting file-based memory for AI-assisted work — start here for the series map
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One Agent, Many Workflows: What Cursor Customize Is For (Beyond Coding)
Anyone who uses AI across study, business, and personal work and wants one customized agent interface instead of a pile of chat tabs
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Multi-part guides. Start at the hub, then read in order.
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Cursor Customize Series
Anyone who uses AI across study, business, and personal work and wants one customized agent interface instead of a pile of chat tabs
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Knowledge Work Engine Series
Leaders and operators designing a knowledge-work engine around agents
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Cursor Agent Harness Series
Practice leads governing Cursor Agent with harness discipline without microservice overhead
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External Memory Series
Program leads and knowledge workers adopting file-based memory for AI-assisted work — start here for the series map
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Is Your Loyalty Program Worth the QR Code? What yuu's Terms Actually Buy
Best forHong Kong shoppers and CX leads who need a clear read on whether coalition loyalty rebate rates justify QR effort and a multi-partner data profile
Hong Kong coalition loyalty often pays about 0.5% at base rates while stitching grocery, pharmacy, fuel, and dining into one profile. Here is how to read the economics, the effort tax, and the rights buried in yuu's terms and privacy policy.
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57% Deployed, 11% Hit Their Top AI Goals: What Kyndryl's 2026 Report Measures
Best forProgram leads and CX owners who need primary-source stats to interpret deployment vs outcomes and reframe AI ROI around people readiness, not license counts
Kyndryl's 2026 People Readiness Report finds AI deployed in 57% of enterprises but only 11% hitting their top two goals. The gap is people and program design, not model access.
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CX Metrics Agents Cannot Fake (and the Ones They Will)
Best forCX and program leaders choosing scorecard metrics when AI assists service, content, and reporting
Agents optimize what you measure. Vanity CX scores and synthetic survey text are easy to game. Operational metrics tied to customer behavior are harder.
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WeChat Mini Programs vs Instagram Shop: Where Social Commerce Still Needs a Human Program Owner
Best forCommerce and CX leaders choosing between APAC super-app mini programs and Western social shop surfaces who need a governance model, not another platform pitch
WeChat Mini Programs and Instagram Shop both promise in-app checkout, but they govern data, pace, and accountability differently. Neither replaces a human program owner who owns the calendar, the consent layer, and the handoff to CRM.
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Digital Transformation Is a Repo With Agents and a Bridge File
Best forProgram executives tired of transformation theater who want delivery mechanics that connect strategy decks to weekly agent-assisted execution
Transformation programs fail when intent lives in decks and delivery lives in chat. A repo, governed agents, and a Bridge file align purpose with weekly execution.
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GEO Is Site Legibility for Agents
Best forMarketing and content leaders who need structural work that helps AI systems cite your site accurately
GEO is passage-level clarity so retrieval systems can quote you accurately. Here is how site legibility complements classic SEO and AIO.
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