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*that* Ross Rader
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Hi, I’m Ross Rader. I have been at Tucows since 1993 and serve as Chief Customer Experience Officer at Ting. I write about AI, internet services, and customer experience design, and how tech changes how you connect online.
I will share some actual data after a few weeks of IRL improvements, hopefully positive! ;-)
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
If a change seems worth trying, other agents draft updates and queue them for review and testing. The system remembers what was tried and what worked, so improvements build over time instead of resetting every run.
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Those two views come together in a synthesis step. The system forms simple hypotheses like why a page might be underperforming compared to others. These are suggestions, not decisions.
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Another part of the system looks at competitor pages covering the same topics. It records how those pages are structured and what they seem to focus on. This gives context for what might be missing or weak on our own site.
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I built a small system that watches how a website performs. It reads traffic and behavior signals from PostHog and Google, but it doesn't change anything. It just observes and takes notes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Oh! Haha. That *is* interesting to think about though!

Good luck with your project!
December 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just make sure you are storing those tokens securely if you go that route. Gold standard would be to use the system keychain if you can.
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There are easier ways of giving your agent access to your inbox though. I am working on an app that requires inbox access and just found it easier to use app tokens for the major platforms that most people use. The apis are a useful abstraction on the hassle of managing email.
December 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM