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      <title><![CDATA[350+ Shows and Counting]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[StandUp Weekend 2026]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[I Didn't Start With a Plan — I Started With a Question]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I didn’t set out to become a gardener. I set out to get better at using AI. A low-stakes raised bed experiment turned into a lesson about feedback loops, staying in the conversation, and why squirrels are basically production bugs.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI Isn't Taking Jobs — It's Removing Tasks and Raising Expectations]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Why the most important AI shift happening inside organizations right now isn’t replacement — it’s role evolution]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Moving business logic out of the prompt and into a deterministic script changed everything about cost, consistency, and speed.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Team Speed:  CMRA Racing]]></title>
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