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Nick Garver
Nick Garver

Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect. I help enterprise customers build and scale on Azure. Writing about AI automation, Microsoft tools, and what actually works in the field.

AI saved me nine hours a week. Checking its work cost me four.

Sep 3, 2026

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3 min read

AI saved me nine hours a week. Checking its work cost me four.

Everybody measures the hours AI saves. Nobody times the hours spent checking it.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
I audited my own AI stack. A third of it wasn't paying rent.

Sep 1, 2026

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3 min read

I audited my own AI stack. A third of it wasn't paying rent.

Sixty automations, one uncomfortable question: when did this output last change a decision?

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
I stopped asking AI what to do

Aug 13, 2026

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3 min read

I stopped asking AI what to do

I wanted a shortcut. I kept getting a fact-checking project.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
Most AI agents are just cron jobs with good PR

Jul 16, 2026

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4 min read

Most AI agents are just cron jobs with good PR

How to tell a real agent from a script in a nice jacket.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
5 things my AI finishes before I wake up

Jul 10, 2026

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3 min read

5 things my AI finishes before I wake up

Five automations that get my day ready while I sleep. I still do the work.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
The Innovation Tax Nobody Budgeted For

Jul 2, 2026

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1 min read

The Innovation Tax Nobody Budgeted For

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
Enterprise AI spend hit $8.4B last year. Most of it had no plan behind it.

Jun 26, 2026

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3 min read

Enterprise AI spend hit $8.4B last year. Most of it had no plan behind it.

Your team told everyone to use AI. Then the invoice showed up. Here's how to keep innovating without blowing the budget.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
The 5-Minute Meeting Recap

Jun 23, 2026

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3 min read

The 5-Minute Meeting Recap

Last issue showed you how I prep a call in five minutes. This is the other bookend: how the call writes its own follow-up.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
The 5-Minute Pre-Call Brief

Jun 10, 2026

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1 min read

The 5-Minute Pre-Call Brief

How I stopped winging customer calls using an AI agent

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
I let an AI trade my portfolio this morning. Here's exactly what happened.

Jun 9, 2026

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2 min read

I let an AI trade my portfolio this morning. Here's exactly what happened.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver

Tutorial

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Why I set up OpenClaw (and how to do it in 5 minutes)

Jun 5, 2026

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1 min read

Why I set up OpenClaw (and how to do it in 5 minutes)

Self-hosted AI that answers in Telegram, Slack, Teams, and 20+ other channels. Set up in 5 minutes on Mac or Windows.

Nick Garver
Nick Garver
I switched my entire 401K in 4 minutes using an AI agent

Jun 3, 2026

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1 min read

I switched my entire 401K in 4 minutes using an AI agent

What that move taught me about where AI agents are actually headed

Nick Garver
Nick Garver

Return on Intelligence

What AI actually returns - the business case, the spend, and the gap between the pilot and the P&L.

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