Ian Jindal

View south from the summit of Stac Pollaidh over Loch Lurgainn with the ridge of The Fiddler (Sgurr an Fhidhleir) … ift.tt/2izJ6ew

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I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. I wanted to quickly share a few tips for using Claude Code, sourced directly from the Claude Code team. The way the team uses Claude is different than how I use it. Remember: there is no one right way to use Claude Code -- everyones' setup is different. You should experiment to see what works for you!

Sectors are dissolving in the customer-facing world. Retail, FMCG, travel, hospitality, streaming, gaming, services... all compete/collaborate/copy in the push for the customer's disposable and discretionary spend. #AI is both the solvent and accelerant. open.substack.com/pub/ianjindal/…

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ianjindal.com/p/world-view-ai - latest post. Zooming out from the invidual (sovereign AI, identity) to look at #worldview #ai

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If you’re in media, this is worth a watch. Cloudflare handles ≈20% of global traffic, so when CEO Matthew Prince warns at Cannes that AI bots are reshaping the web, publishers need to adapt or risk being left behind.

Agentic AI in Retail: True Agency Requires Customer Sovereignty - let me know your thoughts (written before I'd digested @Walmart's new AI helper, but would lump that with @GoogleAI and @amazon's "helpers". What do you think? open.substack.com/pub/ianjindal/…

Decadian shift in retail - TL;DR in 500 words by my AI 🤖 linkedin.com/pulse/decadian…

@hwallop @marksandspencer Love the old St Michael's script branding

Love this retro St Michael’s branding from @marksandspencer. Would love to see it on a few more items, for old time’s sake. Chicken tikka sarnie, first launched in 1989, is back.

Morbidly obese? Some ruminations on AI-bloat (and AI-summary) on product pages - open.substack.com/pub/ianjindal/…

M'latest newsletter, in no particular order - open.substack.com/pub/ianjindal/…

Rise of the velvet rope in retail - open.substack.com/pub/ianjindal/…

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I couldn’t believe it before I tried it. Google needs to fix this asap..

Normcore to MermaidCore; IPR and Capital in Tariffland; RetailCraft update and links open.substack.com/pub/ianjindal/…

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We're excited to announce we’ve launched several improvements to ChatGPT search, and today we’re starting to roll out a better shopping experience. Search has become one of our most popular & fastest growing features, with over 1 billion web searches just in the past week 🧵

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You walk into IKEA for a simple shelf. Two hours later, you’re leaving with a cart full of things you never planned to buy. This isn’t an accident—it’s a $50 billion psychological trap. Here’s how IKEA mastered human psychology to make you spend more:

"Age of Insecurity" - tariffs, realignment, 'slowbalization' open.substack.com/pub/ianjindal/…

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Tariffs memes are the hottest thing right now, so post your favorites👇🏻

Our livestream on #NRF's recent #BigShow in #NYC will be on Linkedin (linkedin.com/events/7274724…) and YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=bzlgG7…) today at 1430 GMT. A rapid roundup of the event, NYC retail, our store tour top picks... cc/ @etail @RetailX