Today, I don't want to be in the shoes of Atlassian, Microsoft or Adobe anymore. They are in the crosshairs of AI coders and clients that drop their pricey, seat-based licenses. And dropping expensive SaaS licenses is what we do as well. Starting with Jira, Confluence and Freshdesk. Human bottleneck For decades, enterprise workflow software has been designed around a single, unquestioned bottleneck: human execution is slow, scarce, and expensive. Platforms like Jira, Confluence, Freshdesk, and Salesforce just coordinate human handoffs. Breaking work into sprint ceremonies, story points, escalation queues, and manual status updates. Today, that foundational assumption collapses. With…
US consumer prices rose more than expected in October 2026, as higher costs for food, housing, and everyday goods continued to put pressure on American households. According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, after a 0.6% rise in September. Although monthly inflation slowed, the increase exceeded economists' expectations of 0.3%. The latest figures suggest that inflationary pressures remain persistent, raising concerns about consumer purchasing power and the possibility of further interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve. Food and Housing Drive Consumer Price Increases Housing…