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Wednesday’s Briefing · September 16

HackerNoon, Saturday, September 12th, 2026

The Slop Should Not Be Tolerated

Coding agent loops need command-based exit checks and protected tests, not model self-grading, to prevent AI slop. more →

The Slop Should Not Be Tolerated

12touches.com, Friday, September 4th, 2026

Be Seen as an Advisor, Not Just Another Vendor

Ask any enterprise IT buyer how they feel about salespeople and you'll get a tired sigh. It's not personal. It's the accumulated weight of a thousand cold emails, a hundred "quick calls," and an inbox full of reps who all somehow have "a solution that's perfect for your exact challenges" despite never having spoken to them. To the average buyer, the word vendor has come to mean someone who wants my money. more →

Be Seen as an Advisor, Not Just Another Vendor

12touches.com, Friday, September 4th, 2026

The Space Between Sales Calls Is Where Deals Are Won

Every enterprise IT sales professional knows the rhythm of a deal. There's the discovery call, the demo, the proposal, the negotiation - a handful of high-stakes conversations spread across weeks or months. We prepare obsessively for those moments. We rehearse objection handling, tune our slides, and study the org chart. And then, between those moments, we go quiet. more →

The Space Between Sales Calls Is Where Deals Are Won

StorageNewsletter, Tuesday, September 8th, 2026

IT Press Tour 69: DataCore

At IT Press Tour 69, DataCore outlined unifying its acquired storage products into one platform and adding agentic AI operations. more →

IT Press Tour 69: DataCore

Dell, Tuesday, September 8th, 2026

How Much RAM Do You Need

Practical guidance on memory sizing by workload, and when adding RAM stops improving performance. more →

How Much RAM Do You Need