The Vertically blog
Notes on autonomous work
Field notes on AI agency, enterprise operations, and getting work done without the busywork.
How an AI Project Manager Keeps a Kanban Board Honest
Letting an AI touch your project board sounds risky — until you understand the architecture. Here's how Vertically separates language understanding from state changes so the board is never corrupted by a hallucination.
AI Won't Replace Project Managers. It Will Finally Give Them Leverage.
The fear is that AI comes for the project manager's job. The reality is the opposite: it comes for the worst parts of the job, and hands the best parts back — at a scale no human could reach alone.
Why We Built Our AI Project Manager on Email, Not Slack
Every AI tool wants to live in a chat app. We deliberately built our AI project manager on email — the one channel every company already runs on. Here's the reasoning.
More Projects, Less Hiring: The Economics of an AI Project Manager
What does it actually cost to coordinate a project — and what changes when an AI handles the repetitive parts? A clear-eyed look at the ROI of adding project capacity without adding headcount.
Why Your Project Backlog Never Ships — And What Actually Fixes It
Most project backlogs don't stall for lack of ideas or budget. They stall because coordination capacity is capped at the number of project managers you can afford. Here's how to break the constraint.