PANELIST · OFFICE HOURS
Craig Macfarlane
Boston, MA
Craig is a CTO of a software company and helps Office Hours with technology strategy, management, and automation. Feel free to reach out to me on Discord.
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16 Feb 2026
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31 Oct 2026
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1:02:25▶ Watch episode ↗Saturday Q&A13 Jun 2026Panelist12 questions
Questions Craig answered
- “Has there been a conversation about Muse?”Meta released MetaMuse, an AI agent that can automate tasks. It's the #1 app on app stores. Be cautious about access levels; monitor what permissions it has. Use cases include analyzing credit card statements for unused subscriptions, saving hundreds of dollars.▶ 54:34 · Office Hours | Saturday | September 26, 2026 · 26 Sept 2026
- “As we move into a more egalitarian programming environment that works with AI will the software sales business die?”Software sales won't die. Building and maintaining multi-user software products requires sustained development work and operations support that can't be fully automated. Empathy for users is essential; AI alone cannot replace human judgment and community understanding.▶ 59:38 · Office Hours | Saturday | September 26, 2026 · 26 Sept 2026
- “What's your AI project of the week? Anything to share?”Working on Showhub with question management, show checklists, and enhancements; also developing a complexity calculator for determining what's required to scale apps from personal use to production or internet-exposed systems.▶ 20:40 · CoreVideo Pro Zoom App Uses GPU-Native Encoding · 19 Sept 2026
- “What's everyone paying for AI plans?”Spending thousands monthly for work integration across multiple AI platforms; for personal use, $20 Anthropic Claude, ~$20 ChatGPT, $100 Grok, and considering Cursor; also using granola for meeting notes and exploring other AI monitoring tools to control costs.▶ 32:12 · CoreVideo Pro Zoom App Uses GPU-Native Encoding · 19 Sept 2026
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