Hex Faq
You downloaded the hex constraint PDF, ran the audit, and hit something that felt like a loophole. Half the tools on your list are free. Google's Gemini free tier. Perplexity's basic plan. ChatGPT's free access. The logic goes: if the hex is about cutting
Hex Faq
You read the hex constraint, and your first reaction wasn't disagreement — it was dismissal. Not "this is wrong" but "this is for beginners." You do real work. Complex work. Multi-stakeholder, multi-platform, multi-deliverable work. A framework that says "pick six tools and go deep&
Hex Faq
This objection is different from "I need more than six tools." That one is about the number — a quantity argument. This one is about coverage — a structural argument. You're not saying your tool count is too high to cut. You're saying the hex framework
Hex Faq
The solo version of the hex makes sense. One person, six tools, go deep. But you don't work alone. You have a team — maybe three people, maybe fifteen — and everyone has different roles, different preferences, and different ideas about which tools are best. Your designer swears by Midjourney.
Hex Faq
You tried the hex. You picked your six tools. You cut the subscriptions. You went through the audit, made the hard choices, and committed to the constraint. And now — two weeks in, maybe three — something isn't working. A task comes up that your hex doesn't seem
Hex Explained
Most people who build a hex think they're building a productivity system. They're not. They're building a business asset — the kind that compounds, that differentiates, and that can be sold as a service. When your hex is dialed in, you can deliver repeatable work
Hex Explained
Your hex is not a tattoo. The tools that fill your six slots in March may not be the right tools in June. Software improves. New connectors ship. Your work changes. The hex constraint isn't about locking yourself into a permanent configuration — it's about having a
Hex Explained
You've heard someone describe their "tech stack" at least fifty times. At a networking event, on a podcast, in a Twitter bio. "My stack is Claude, Notion, Zapier, Midjourney, Ghost, and Loom." They list the tools like trading cards — each one a signal of
Hex Explained
You've read the framework. You understand the six slots. You get why constraints work. Now the question is whether you'll actually build the thing or whether this becomes another PDF in your Downloads folder next to the other frameworks that were going to change everything. This
Hex Explained
The hex has six slots. Not five, not eight — six. The previous articles in this series covered why the number matters and what the psychological research says about constraints. This article gets practical. What does each slot represent, what kind of tool fills it, and how do you decide which
Hex Explained
You have more AI tools available to you right now than any human has ever had. More options, more integrations, more things that promise to automate the tedious parts of your week. And yet — if you're honest about it — you shipped more when you had fewer options. That&
Hex Explained
Model Context Protocol is how Claude connects to your actual tools — your email, your calendar, your files, your databases — instead of just chatting about them. If you've been hearing "MCP" in every AI conversation for the past year and still don't know what it