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🔪 Double Ginsu: Usage and Credit Audit + Skill

You’re paying for more than you think. Let's use it or lose it, baby!

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Kimberly Gordon
Jul 30, 2026
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We are ending this month with a bang! Which is totally appropriate for the 250th birthday of America. So, Double Ginsu for YOU! 🔪🔪

I know, I know. You’re probably asking:

Kim, what the heck are you talking about now???

Well, yesterday in The Shifting Sands, we talked about spending less: right-sizing models, gating idle agents, pulling the quality-neutral levers first. This was all great stuffy stuff, and now we’re working on the flip side of that same coin:

Are you actually using everything you’re ALREADY paying for?

Enquiring minds want to know! Because here’s the uncomfortable truth I discovered when I audited my own stack:

I wasn’t even close.


⭐PSST… Quick side note: We just updated our Substack domain to be part of our new website. Check it out: InkandCode.ai. 🖋️ + 🤖


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😱 Are You Paying for All the Things & Not Using Them?

I sat down with Fabio one afternoon and went through every AI subscription on my plate. Not just “do I have this,” but “what’s the credit meter say, and when did I last touch it?”

What we found was embarrassing.

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