The Cusp

The Great Fold: Al slop, less jobs, a big flop or something else entirely?

Will jobs curl up into more general less pronounced roles meant to fulfill the promise of more productivity per employee?

Mar 2 • Thomas Verhoef

January 2026

🚨 New job alert: Agent Managers

Agent Managers: although it sounds farfetched, I don’t think it is.

Jan 9 • Thomas Verhoef

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December 2025

Managing expectations in AI, Agents & Humans in the era of 'I don't know anymore what's AI and what's not'

Businesses are in need of a hybrid workforce management platform

Dec 14, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

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Ephemeral Apps & Throwaway apps: Is the App Store of the future prompt based?

We’ve spent the last 15 years treating apps like permanent fixtures.

Dec 3, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

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Age of the App Clones: Can vibe coders & code platform users erode market share of well-known businesses?

As new LLM models come out almost on a weekly basis, vibe coding tools are becoming stronger in delivering on their promise to let everybody create apps…

Dec 2, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

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November 2025

Karaooookkkee! not so OK in a car it seems?

Why Apple and Spotify will not allow you to get your singing on in the car in the near future

Nov 29, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

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Drone Parties: Order your party or presentation gear through location on demand

One way to get out of a status quo thinking is to imagine a nearby future where new experiences could emerge because of new technologies.

Nov 23, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

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Cancelling your subscription: maybe we should look at cancellation assistants, not cancellation flows

When cancelling a product, would a ‘cancellation assistant’ '(Try it out!) help better than having to jump through hoops just to cancel your…

Nov 22, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

Zombie SaaS: How Europe could work on getting users there money back

The numbers are horrific and highlight how inactive or dormant users are fueling the subscription economy

Nov 11, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

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October 2025

News prompting: a way to figure out the world through prompting

Imagine this: Climbers reach Everest’s summit while a plane passes overhead—all four people streaming their journeys live.

Oct 28, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

Infusing persona's into lists or map searches

Maybe it doesn’t need that much explanation.

Oct 23, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef

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2 Possibilities to bring serendipity into music apps

Smart Tags and Pinned locations could help you discover music more contextual!

Oct 21, 2025 • Thomas Verhoef