Spencer Darr.
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The 2026 Operating Model AI-Native

How I work with AI.

The differentiator this cycle isn't what I do — it's how. I run AI and agentic tooling across the whole production stack, every day, so a single operator can work closer to a team's output without giving up the rigor of reading the actual code and data before making a call.

→ One operator, higher altitude.

01

The thesis

Most people bolt AI onto a task or two. I wired it into how the work actually happens — connected across the systems where the real work lives, so the loop from "something's broken" to a validated fix runs at support speed instead of engineering-queue speed. The tools do the heavy lifting; the judgment about what's really wrong, what to fix, and what to tell the customer stays mine.

Read, don't guess

Diagnose against real production code and data, so an answer is grounded, not a hunch.

Symptom → root cause

Take an issue all the way to a named mechanism before it ever reaches engineering.

Validate before ship

Reproduce and confirm the fix, so what goes out is verified — not hopeful.

Scope, then hand off

Deliver engineering a precise ticket, or resolve it directly when it's config or data.

02

The stack I wired it across

Not one tool — a connected workflow spanning the systems where the work happens. That connection is the whole capability.

Code repositories

Read the connector codebases directly — trace the offending effect or throwing function.

Production database

Query live data to confirm what's cached, mapped, or missing — evidence, not theory.

Ticketing — Pylon + Linear

Open the customer record and file the scoped engineering ticket in one motion.

Team comms — Slack

Route the escalation to the right channel so the right people see it immediately.

CRM — HubSpot

Inspect the sync's actual behavior against the config that drives it.

Call recordings

Pull the commitments and context from customer calls back into the work.

API testing

Exercise endpoints directly for the systems where I have no direct UI access.

One connected loop

Code, data, tickets, comms and tests in a single workflow — diagnosis at support speed.

03

The proof

The capability isn't a claim — it's a whole customer operation re-architected around an AI hub, run by one person. The full story:

Case study

One Hub, the Whole Stack

8 core systems · one operator-run hub

Claude wired across CRM, support, the product database, engineering tickets, comms and call recordings — one operator, team-scale reach.

Read the story →
04

The workshop

My daily driver, and the things I build with it when the workday ends.

Off Hours · BuildsNo. 02

The Workshop

  • 01
    Claude Cowork
    The tool I build everything with — my daily pair for the projects below and the day job alike.
    Daily
  • 02
    Fantasy Football Draft Tool
    Self-built auction-draft engine — tiers plus live dollar-values, backtested against real drafts.
    Flagship
  • 03
    Apartment Scout
    Screens every Brooklyn listing against city records, scores it on our priorities, and tracks the keepers like a pipeline.
    Live
  • 04
    Job-Digest Scraper
    A Python pipeline pulling roles from LinkedIn, Greenhouse, Lever & BuiltIn into one daily digest.
    Self-built
  • 05
    This Site
    Custom-coded, self-hosted, and built with the tools above. The portfolio is its own proof.
    Live
05

Builds of my own

The clearest proof of the method is what I build when no one's asking — self-directed, backtested, and genuinely useful.

Currently open to

Let's build.

Product & operations leadership at growth-stage B2B SaaS — where an AI-native operator can do the work of a much larger team.