Field notes from building Coil.
Founder-bylined writing on outbound, agent-driven pipelines, and how to evaluate the tooling stack honestly. Posts are dated and signed. Updated as work lands.
Clay pricing explained in 2026 — plans, credits, and real cost structure
Understand Clay pricing, Actions vs Data Credits, monthly and annual billing, top-ups, and how the cost structure compares with Coil's open beta.
Why agents may replace bounded contractor tasks before employee roles
A RevOps view of which tasks are suitable for an agent, how to judge the result, and why responsibility still needs an owner.
The operator and driver model for agent-operated sales workflows
What a founder should decide, what an agent can execute, and what evidence both need when they share a sales workflow through an API or CLI.
Best Clay alternatives in 2026 for B2B sales teams
Compare Clay alternatives for B2B lead generation, enrichment, agent-operated workflows, and sending. Choose by the job you need to replace, with current pricing caveats.
Founders running their own outreach in 2026
Why pre-Series A founders end up as their own SDR, and how the four jobs (list, write, send, learn) change when an agent can drive each one.
Top Apollo alternatives in 2026
A founder-honest comparison of Apollo alternatives in 2026. Where Apollo is hard to beat, where it falls short for solo founders, and which tools fit which teams.
Top Instantly alternatives in 2026
A founder-honest comparison of Instantly alternatives in 2026. Where Instantly shines (deliverability, scale), where alternatives win, and how to think about sender-vs-orchestrator.
Top Smartlead alternatives in 2026
A founder-honest comparison of Smartlead alternatives in 2026. Where Smartlead's deliverability is hard to beat, where alternatives win, and how Coil fits one layer up.
Best AI outbound and cold email tools for 2027
Eight AI outbound and cold email tools for 2027, compared by use case, AI features, deliverability, data, and published pricing. Includes Coil and its limits.
Anatomy of an agent-driven outreach pipeline
A step-by-step walkthrough of an outreach pipeline driven by an agent. Scrape, verify, draft, send, learn, with what each step costs in time, money, and judgment.
Comparing outbound stacks honestly
An honest primer on how to evaluate outbound stacks. What each generation gets right, where each one breaks, and how to pick what fits your team.