The Rise of Multi-Tools: Functionality Meets Novelty

This week, we discuss how banks beat PayPal with Zelle, what the Wiz survey says about AI usage, and whether you can really “disagree and commit.” Plus, are multitools actually useful?

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Runner-up Titles

• Royal Human Skin
• I feel bad for the multitools
• The Hulu of Payments
• Floppy disk mindset
• Upgrading the status quo
• The floppy disk mindset, the floppy disk award.
• A triangle fighting itself.
• Fancy database tools
• Apple’s grammar powers.

Rundown

• Zelle payments top $1 trillion in 2024 as network's growth outpaces rivals including PayPal
• The State of AI in the Cloud 2025 | Wiz
• How to add a directory to your PATH

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Nonsense

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• never obsolete
• Gartner Hype Cycle Demystified
• Smalls Sliders: Cheeseburger Slider Restaurant

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• Brandon: Cursor
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