The Stack Report
What actually shipped on GitHub. What tools are worth your time. What small businesses in Southern California are automating right now. Plus long-form articles on AI for small business — no hype.
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AI AutomationIs Your AI Phone System Legal in California? CIPA, Consent, and the Lawsuits Hitting Businesses Right Now
California businesses are being sued over AI voice agents. What CIPA and the TCPA actually require — and how to deploy an AI receptionist legally in 2026.
July 8, 202610 min readRead article
AI AutomationBusiness Automation Consulting for Small Business: What It Is, What It Costs, and What Actually Works
A practical guide to business automation consulting for small businesses in South Orange County — real workflows, tools, costs, and where AI actually pays off.
July 6, 20269 min readRead article
AI PolicyWhat Trump's AI Executive Order Means for Small Business
What Trump's new AI executive order means for small business: no new rules today, but clear signals on AI security, compliance, and where your AI should run.
June 3, 20267 min readRead article
AI for Small BusinessHow to Start Using AI in Your Small Business: A Beginner's Guide
Learn how to start using AI in your small business with simple, practical steps for saving time, improving marketing, supporting staff, and serving customers better.
May 25, 202610 min readRead article
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- Local SEO·
Google Business Profile in 2026: Video Verification, Posts, and What Local Businesses Should Fix First
Postcard verification is no longer the default mental model. Here is a practical GBP checklist for Orange County service businesses — video proof, category changes, Google Posts, and Gemini health checks.
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No repos this week — a weekend service playbook instead
A 6-phase plan for selling AI services, why "vibe-coded apps" flop, and where we'd push back.
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6 Claude Code phrases that actually change how you build
Subagents in parallel, spec-first prompting, the "interview me" trick, and knowing when not to automate.
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5 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI Without Replacing Staff
AI for small business without replacing staff: 5 practical ways Orange County SMBs use ChatGPT, Claude, and automation to help teams work smarter.
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20 trending repos: agent memory, sandbox security & more
Persistent memory for coding agents, a proxy that cops outbound API calls, and a local-first alternative to Claude Design, v0, and Figma AI.
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The solo business model doing $1M/yr with no employees
Brett Williams built DesignJoy to $1M/yr alone — here's the productized service playbook, plus where AI fits in.
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20 trending repos: local 3D AI, free Ngrok, and a Postgres queue
Plus: a self-healing browser agent, a portable PDF editor that kills Acrobat, and a Node package manager 7x faster than pnpm.
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33 trending repos: AI agents, offline AI & free local LLMs
Highlights: run Claude Code free on a Mac, cut LLM token costs 99%, and a self-learning agent skill library.
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35 Claude Code skills: 8 worth installing today
Autonomous email campaigns, a self-evolving Telegram assistant, and a Warren Buffett stock analyzer — all open source.
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A $50K side hustle for $90 — no code required
Shared postcards, USPS EDDM, and Facebook Groups: the low-overhead playbook small businesses keep overlooking.
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19 self-hosted repos, 8 you'll actually deploy
Covers a Buffer replacement, a self-hosted LLM proxy that kills your API bill surprises, and a Notion/Confluence killer.
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36 trending repos — 8 worth your actual time
Self-hostable Postgres branching, an AI programming language built for agents, and a Rust headless browser that replaces Chromium.
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35 HN repos, 8 you'll actually ship with
BrightBean kills your Buffer bill, Zerobox sandboxes agents without Docker, and pg_textsearch drops Algolia.
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