Aslam — Writing https://iamaslam.com/ Notes and essays on technology, AI, electronics and markets. en SpaceX Wants 80,000 Towers. It Does Not Want to Own Them. https://iamaslam.com/spacex-wants-80-000-towers-it-does-not-want-to-own-them/ https://iamaslam.com/spacex-wants-80-000-towers-it-does-not-want-to-own-them/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 SpaceX isn't buying 80,000 towers — it's trying to rent space on them. Here's why satellites alone can't replace towers, why the tower owners win either way, and why a fourth carrier is still years away. I Fired Every Budgeting App and Hired a Bot That Works for Free https://iamaslam.com/i-fired-every-budgeting-app-and-hired-a-bot-that-works-for-free/ https://iamaslam.com/i-fired-every-budgeting-app-and-hired-a-bot-that-works-for-free/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 My accountant charges $0 a month, never sleeps, and lives inside WhatsApp. All I do is photograph receipts. Here's how I built a budget bot for the laziest version of myself — and why it worked when every app failed. The AI Revolution: How a Simple Guess Became Something That Feels Intelligent https://iamaslam.com/the-ai-revolution/ https://iamaslam.com/the-ai-revolution/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 From autocomplete to intelligence — how predicting the next word scaled into something that feels like thinking. Every AI CEO Is Warning About Danger. But What If the Real Problem Is Economics? https://iamaslam.com/why-big-tech/ https://iamaslam.com/why-big-tech/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The loudest warnings about AI are about safety. The quieter — and nearer — disruption is economic.