James Pieper

Claude now connects to the tools creative professionals already use. With the new Blender connector, you can debug a scene, build new tools, or batch-apply changes across every object, directly from Claude.

IT IS TIME TO DO SOME CAD

With the Autodesk Fusion connector, designers and engineers can create and modify 3D models through conversation.

"If your brand operates a warehouse, your growth was 4%. If you contract out to a 3PL, your growth is 30-35%." I learned this the hard way. We had over 50,000 sqft at one point. Now we are totally virutal. Running a warehouse is seductive. It's thrilling to see and feel your business humming. It strokes the ego to tour people through the floor and hear them ooo and ahh. BUT - it's a massive distraction. It comes with lots of headcount and thus HR (hire, manage, fire, etc). Carrier contract negotiations. Capex for shelves and forklifts. Pick/pack process optimizations. Lots of moving pieces of all types just to get packages out the door. And even if you're good at it - you're not even close to the scale of a 3PL. It's the same reason everyone runs AWS now instead of servers in closets. A 3PL can get better at shipping packages than you ever will. They can justify capex to save pennies and seconds that you never could. Everyone who thinks running a warehouse is cheaper than a 3PL isn't looking at the fully burdened cost per package (rent, utilities, insurance, workers comp, HR overhead, etc). And every second you think about the warehouse is a second you don't think about growing revenue. I'm honestly totally unsurprised by the finding - but it's awesome to see it so clearly in the data.

With the Autodesk Fusion connector, designers and engineers can create and modify 3D models through conversation.