Field Notes 30 January 2026 5 min read
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They live on their phone, they hate paperwork, and they already trust voice. A field report from worksites.
They live on their phone, they hate paperwork, and they already trust voice. A field report from worksites.
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They live on their phone, they hate paperwork, and they already trust voice. A field report from worksites. The full piece will walk through the specific decisions, the trade-offs we considered, the ones we got wrong, and what we'd do differently with the benefit of three months on the other side.
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