The VibeAxis Blog Roll
You found the shelf where the good chaos lives—sharp takes on AI, culture, and the little tricks software plays on your brain.
SEO Séance: Summoning Dead Keywords for One Last Dance
Stop nostalgia-ranking. Diagnose why a page flatlined, rewire intent, and let the rest stay buried. Candles optional, outcomes mandatory.
ReadPrompt Debt: The Interest Rate on Your AI Workflow
“Run again” is compound interest. Standardize the promise, separate what vs. style, and make review a role—not a favor.
ReadHotel California Onboarding: Welcome In, Good Luck Getting Out
The “easy path” is preselected. If you can’t skip, it’s capture. Keep your exit—and your memory.
ReadReality Boundary Test
Gently poking the simulation with a stick to see what squeaks. Data-adjacent mischief encouraged.
ReadAI now touches 90% of the content you see online—from your Spotify queue to your job application filter. Meanwhile, over 70% of U.S. companies use AI in hiring, often without disclosing it. Algorithms are writing our news, drawing our faces, judging our tone, and nudging our clicks.
The future didn’t arrive. It slipped in through your Wi-Fi.
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AI Can’t Read the Room: Why Customer Service Still Needs Humans
Artificial intelligence is learning how to talk to us. But it still hasn’t learned how to listen.For anyone who’s worked the floor during a Black Friday meltdown or calmed down a furious customer with nothing but tone and timing, the limits of AI in customer service are obvious. But to the companies racing to automate…
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From Endcap to Algorithm: How AI Replaced the Art of Merchandising
Once upon a time, great merchandising meant knowing how to catch a customer’s eye from across the store. The best merchandisers were part psychologist, part designer, part magician—arranging products just so, crafting irresistible endcaps, playing music that made you linger longer. It was a human art form, guided by gut instincts, observation, and an almost…
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Feel Like You Suck at Prompting AI? Read This First
You open the AI tool. The blinking cursor waits. You type something simple like “Write a blog post,” hit enter, and… it gives you a hot plate of stale toast. Technically edible. Not what you wanted. Still think you’re in control? AI isn’t magic. But understanding it feels like a superpower. Go deeper with our…
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Soundtrack by Skynet: How AI Is Reshaping Music (and Musicians)
We’re not just remixing the music industry—AI is rewriting it.What started as quirky TikTok experiments and novelty mashups has morphed into a machine-led movement. Whole albums now emerge from algorithms. Vocals are cloned. Beats are built by models trained on our musical past. AI is no longer the assistant—it’s the whole damn band.Before we start…
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Can ChatGPT Actually Help Me Write a Resume That Doesn’t Suck?
Let’s start with the obvious: writing a resume sucks. It’s performative, weirdly formal, and forces you to pretend your most soul-crushing job was a “dynamic opportunity to cross-functionally liaise with key stakeholders.” Enter ChatGPT—a bot with zero employment history and unlimited confidence, promising to turn your scattered LinkedIn and vague self-esteem into a pristine, ATS-friendly…
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Ballots and Botnets: What AI Means for the Next Election
The Next Election Won’t Just Be Fought—It’ll Be ProgrammedIf you thought social media already made politics feel like a rigged simulation, buckle up. The next election won’t be decided solely by door-knockers or debate stage zingers—it’ll be shaped by neural networks, data brokers, and AI-driven persuasion engines that know more about your vote than you…
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Election Seasons Are a UX Nightmare—Guess What Just Made It Worse
There’s a reason so many people treat voting like a root canal: it’s not just the politics—it’s the design. From impossible-to-navigate ballot sites to last-minute polling location changes buried three clicks deep, the user experience of participating in democracy often feels like it was built by interns in 2002. Add AI to the mix, and…
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Stuck on Repeat: How Algorithms Ruined Musical Discovery
Once upon a time, new music found you sideways—through a friend’s burned CD, a glitchy internet radio station, or that one track buried at the end of an album. Discovery was flawed, sure—but it was yours. Now, the songs that find you are vetted by code, trimmed for engagement, and optimized to feel familiar. That…
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Can ChatGPT Save Me from Takeout?
(Or is it just another enabler with better grammar?)You know the time and place: it’s 8:12 p.m. You’re hungry. You thought about cooking, even got as far as opening the fridge. But now you’re scrolling DoorDash, again. The usual suspects are there—greasy, overpriced, comforting. And then you remember: you’ve got ChatGPT now. It knows recipes,…
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