Bradley Hunt - WritingArticles by Bradley Hunt on AI engineering, fitness technology, solo founder lessons, and building Pelaris.https://bradleyhunt.ai/The great AI lockdown has begunhttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/the-great-ai-lockdown-has-begun/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/the-great-ai-lockdown-has-begun/Strava, Garmin and Reddit are closing the free doors. SAP, Salesforce and ServiceNow are metering theirs. AI broke the open-API bargain. Access is repricing.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaiapisplatform-strategydata-licensingagentic-aicioenterprise-architecturesapsalesforceservicenowmicrosoftworkdaymcpdeveloper-ecosystemsAI is either as good as it gets, or the worst it'll ever behttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/ai-as-good-as-it-gets-or-the-worst/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/ai-as-good-as-it-gets-or-the-worst/The AI debate fixates on capability. The variable that decides whether AI earns its place in what you build is cost, and falling cost is the base case.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTaillm-inference-costllmflationwrights-lawexperience-curveai-economicsgenerative-videoveo-3deepseektechnology-adoptionai-forecastingscaling-lawsEnterprise support was built for a clock speed that no longer existshttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/enterprise-support-and-the-end-of-the-annual-upgrade/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/enterprise-support-and-the-end-of-the-annual-upgrade/AI sped up exploits, vendor releases and agent workflows at once. The support model built for annual upgrades cannot keep up. A wake-up call for app leaders.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTaienterprise-architectureapplication-supportciocisopatch-managementagentic-aiaiopsvulnerability-managementsaasit-operationsagent-to-agentAI isn't killing content, it's exploding ithttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/ai-isnt-killing-content-its-exploding-it/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/ai-isnt-killing-content-its-exploding-it/Surely AI should mean fewer documents, apps, and sites. Like email and the paperless office before it, it is multiplying them instead.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTaivibe-codingcontentgenerative-aiapp-storesdeveloper-toolsproductivityfuture-of-workVibe Coding in the Enterprise: Why Citizen Developers Are the Real Opportunityhttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/vibe-coding-in-the-enterprise/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/vibe-coding-in-the-enterprise/How CIOs should think about vibe coding for citizen developers. Governed prototyping on a sanctioned platform, with a clear graduation path to engineering.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTaivibe-codingcitizen-developmententerpriselow-codegovernancesecurityciopower-platformreplit95% of companies get no ROI from AI. Here is what separates the 5%https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/95-of-companies-get-no-roi-from-ai-here-is-what-separates-the-5/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/95-of-companies-get-no-roi-from-ai-here-is-what-separates-the-5/The MIT and McKinsey data on AI underperformance points to a consistent pattern. The gap is not about tooling.Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-strategyengineering-leadershiproiproduct-developmentteam-structureenterprise-aiprocess-engineeringautomationbuy-vs-buildvalue-stream-mappingBuilding an MCP server for persistent workout memory in Pelarishttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/building-an-mcp-server-for-persistent-memory/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/building-an-mcp-server-for-persistent-memory/How I built a production MCP server to give Claude and ChatGPT persistent workout memory, and what broke along the way.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTmcpclaudechatgptpersistent-memoryfitness-techfirebaseoauthpelarisai-coachingtypescriptaiI built an AI-powered CI/CD pipeline that manages itselfhttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/cicd-support-pipeline/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/cicd-support-pipeline/From user feedback to deployed code. Here's the architecture, the tools, and what building AI at enterprise scale taught me about doing it for Pelaris.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTaicicdengineeringautomationclauden8ndeveloper-experiencesolo-founderlineargithubmcpclaude-codeThe interface is the product - AI revolution is a UI/UX revolutionhttps://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/the-interface-is-the-product-now/https://bradleyhunt.ai/writing/the-interface-is-the-product-now/AI capability has outpaced human ability to use it. The bottleneck in 2026 is no longer the model, it's the interaction layer.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTui-uxai-productsproduct-designinterfacesllmai-uxconversational-aichatbot-designuser-experience