Researching the AI shift in public.

Born in the 80s.
Educated in the 90s.
Partied in the 00s.
Turned pro in the 10s.
Making a difference in the 20s.

This site is Rob Allandale’s public AI analysis desk for models, agents, infrastructure, practical workflows, and the human decisions around them.

The goal is simple: identify durable changes, explain the evidence, and say what the change means in practice.

What the site watches

Rob tracks primary AI sources first: company announcements, product docs, model cards, research papers, repositories, changelogs, demos, pricing changes, platform terms, and real user evidence from practitioners building with the tools.

The focus is evidence that changes how people choose tools, design workflows, govern agents, or decide what to build next.

How synthesis works

Each substantial briefing starts with source collection, then separates claim from interpretation. The source should be visible where the claim appears. Readers should be able to click through and inspect the evidence themselves.

Good briefings answer four questions: what changed, who should care, what is the practical consequence, and what should we watch next.

Accuracy and guardrails

AI tools are used openly as part of the research, drafting, comparison, and production workflow. They are not treated as authorities. Primary sources, live checks, build outputs, and human judgment matter more than model confidence.

When a claim depends on a vendor announcement, docs page, paper, repository, or observable product behavior, the briefing should link it inline. When confidence is lower, the language should say so.

Corrections

If something is wrong, stale, missing, or overclaimed, send a note through Something I missed?. Corrections should be handled in public where they affect the public record: update the article, preserve the substance of the correction, and prefer clarity over pretending the first version was perfect.

Why this exists

The AI field is moving too quickly for most readers to follow source-by-source, and too much commentary is shallow, recycled, or detached from real work. This site makes the fast-moving layer legible: sourced, practical, and clear.