Aaron Belchamber, business growth and tech consultant: cloud software architecture and AI, explored for business owners and creative professionals.https://belchamber.us/enhttps://belchamber.us/articles/ai/will-we-even-need-admin-panels/https://belchamber.us/articles/ai/will-we-even-need-admin-panels/I updated a live website without logging in to anything. After years in vendor dashboards, it raises a real question: what is the admin screen for now?Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/ai/which-decisions-to-hand-ai-and-which-to-keep/https://belchamber.us/articles/ai/which-decisions-to-hand-ai-and-which-to-keep/The test I use with my own AI tools: am I deciding on something I know that the AI doesn't? If yes, it's my call. If not, the AI decides and shows why.Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/process-practice/i-wrote-the-rule-down-nobody-followed-it-until-i-made-the-computer-check/https://belchamber.us/articles/process-practice/i-wrote-the-rule-down-nobody-followed-it-until-i-made-the-computer-check/A rule I'd written down was broken 370 times anyway. Two habits fixed it: make a computer check the rule, and check the backup before you rebuild.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/thoughts-musings/rescuing-the-photos-i-took-from-a-helicopter/https://belchamber.us/articles/thoughts-musings/rescuing-the-photos-i-took-from-a-helicopter/Before video, 3D or AI, I was a crew chief on a UH-1H, allowed to bring my own camera on some flights. Four photographs from around the borders of Turkey and Iraq.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/process-practice/twenty-five-years-of-technology-decisions/https://belchamber.us/articles/process-practice/twenty-five-years-of-technology-decisions/Four technology waves each promised to make specialists unnecessary. Each made production cheap and left judgment where it was. What that says about AI.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/thoughts-musings/parking-bounties-at-the-beaches/https://belchamber.us/articles/thoughts-musings/parking-bounties-at-the-beaches/Taggr's job ads offer parking agents an incentive for every violation they find. The drivers they catch are the customers these beach towns' businesses are open for.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/announcements/join-us-for-a-night-of-poetry-music-with-tanner-olson-josh-wilson/https://belchamber.us/articles/announcements/join-us-for-a-night-of-poetry-music-with-tanner-olson-josh-wilson/A free night of poetry and acoustic music at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville Beach. The event has now taken place; this is the invitation as it was published.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/reviews/googles-veo3-video-production-whats-the-trial-how-much-does-it-cost/https://belchamber.us/articles/reviews/googles-veo3-video-production-whats-the-trial-how-much-does-it-cost/I asked Gemini how video production with Veo 3 works: fair use and resale of generated clips, who owns the output, what the trial allows, and what a 30-second commercial would actually cost.Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://belchamber.us/articles/thoughts-musings/1800-dollar-tiny-bottle-of-skin-glue-from-kite-emergency-physicians/https://belchamber.us/articles/thoughts-musings/1800-dollar-tiny-bottle-of-skin-glue-from-kite-emergency-physicians/My son fell and gashed his chin before T-ball practice. The bill that followed, and the letter I got back when I questioned it, say more about American emergency billing than any explainer could.Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMT