🔪 Double Ginsu: Usage and Credit Audit + Skill

We are ending this month with a bang! Which is totally appropriate for the 250th birthday of America. So, Double Ginsu for YOU! 🔪🔪

I know, I know. You’re probably asking:

Kim, what the heck are you talking about now???

Well, yesterday in The Shifting Sands, we talked about spending less: right-sizing models, gating idle agents, pulling the quality-neutral levers first. This was all great stuffy stuff, and now we’re working on the flip side of that same coin:

Are you actually using everything you’re ALREADY paying for?

Enquiring minds want to know! Because here’s the uncomfortable truth I discovered when I audited my own stack:

I wasn’t even close.

⭐PSST… Quick side note: We just updated our Substack domain to be part of our new website. Check it out: InkandCode.ai. 🖋️ + 🤖

I sat down with Fabio one afternoon and went through every AI subscription on my plate. Not just “do I have this,” but “what’s the credit meter say, and when did I last touch it?”

What we found was embarrassing.