In this episode, we discuss the need to always challenge assumptions, Jason Fried’s thoughts on SaaS, Personal AI agents, The UK’s 4-day work week, Microsoft’s unbundling of Teams and Office, Mitch Spano’s blog post on selective unit testing, Shopify poaching salesforce folks, the possibility of Apple getting into robots, Johnny Ive and Sam Altman cooking up a “personal AI device”, and the ever-aging Gmail.

Links:

• Deploy Faster, Test Smarter: The Selective Unit Testing Strategy Every Salesforce Org Needs | mitchspano.com
• Shopify Hires Dozens of Salesforce Veterans in Enterprise Push
• Salesforce Futures: Personal AI Agents Will 'Forever Change' Customer-Company Relationships - Salesforce
• Four-day week made permanent for most UK firms in world’s biggest trial | Work-life balance | The Guardian
• Jony Ive and OpenAI's Sam Altman Seeking Funding for Personal AI Device - MacRumors
• Zoom and Salesforce stand to benefit from Microsoft's unbundling
• Apple (AAPL) Future Products Could Include Robots and Smart Home Push - Bloomberg
• 20 years of Gmail - The Verge
• The Pot Roast Principle | Psychology Today
• Jason Fried on X: "Something happened to business software. You used to pay for it once, install it, and run it. Whether on someone’s computer, or a server for everyone, it felt like you owned it. And you did. Today, most software is a service. Not owned, but rented. Buying it enters you into a…" / X
• Shopify vs Salesforce Commerce Cloud Comparison - Shopify USA