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January has a very particular energy. The holidays are behind us. The inbox is slowly filling up again. Calendars are waking up. And there's always this short window, just a few quiet days, where it feels like everything could still go in a different direction. I've been thinking a lot during this pause. Over the last couple of years, AI and large language models have gone from experiments to expectations. What used to feel optional is now part of daily work, whether someone asked for it or not. And the biggest shift I've personally noticed isn't technical. It's psychological. People aren't asking "What can AI do?" anymore. They're asking "What should we actually build?", "What do we trust?", and "What's worth shipping versus waiting?" That question shows up everywhere, especially in product teams. Because as exciting as LLMs are, shipping the wrong AI feature is worse than shipping none at all. And that's exactly why today's conversation matters. This episode is not about hype. It's about judgment, timing, a