Note Did Google sneak a local LLM model into Chrome?
A response to FUD around Chrome's new Local AI models, plus a demo using PixieBrix + Local AI to filter my LinkedIn feed.
Articles by Todd Schiller
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ACH as Bayesian reasoning in disguise
The Analysis of Competing Hypotheses worksheet is naive Bayes with a friendlier UI. An interactive artifact to explore.
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Making AI coding work for enterprise-grade browser extensions
Lessons learned using AI coding tools to build PixieBrix, an enterprise-grade browser extension with a complex architecture spanning content scripts, background workers, and React UI.
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Note Speaking at AI Coding Summit 2026: making AI coding work for enterprise-grade browser extensions
I'll be speaking at the AI Coding Summit on February 26, 2026. My talk, Making AI Coding Work for Enterprise-Grade Browser Extensions, covers the unique challenges of applying AI coding workflows...
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Note The agentic opportunity: value, not hours
Focusing on hours (or FTEs) misses the point of the agentic opportunity.
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Co-pilots, not chatbots: highlights from a TaskUs Forward webinar
Highlights from the September 2024 TaskUs Forward webinar with Manish Pandya and host Alp Uguray on what it takes to operationalize generative AI in CX.
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AI frees humans to be more human: highlights from Success League Radio
A few moments from my conversation with Kristen Hayer on Success League Radio about where generative AI fits in customer success.
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Compliance, low-code, and the user as hero: highlights from Drata's podcast
Highlights from my conversation with Drata's Helina Medhin and Arlo Guthrie on Compliance Uncomplicated about low-code, AI, user experience, and SOC 2.
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Everything is UI/UX: highlights from Masters of Automation
A few moments from my August 2022 conversation with Alp Uguray on Masters of Automation about PixieBrix, low-code, and putting humans at the center of the future of work.
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A brief history of browser extensibility
Web browsers are the modern operating system. Google's Chrome OS, an operating system that runs the Chrome Browser exclusively, is now the second most popular desktop operating system....