Archive - The Department of First Things First

Notes from the cheap seats at the Sana AI Summit

5 hrs ago • Michael Domingo

I'm Going to the Sana Summit. Here's My Pre-Commitment

Publishing this Wednesday so you can hold me to it Thursday.

May 20 • Michael Domingo

The Decoupling Playbook

Part 2 of the PeopleSoft thesis. If the ERP is becoming infrastructure, here’s how you actually build on top of it.

May 18 • Michael Domingo

PeopleSoft Didn't Die. It Was Demoted. Workday is Next.

The system of record isn't dying. It's being demoted. Here's who's building the next layer, why Workday is eighteen months behind, and the quote from…

May 11 • Michael Domingo

Welcome to the Department

This is your "pinned post" - TOLA edition.

May 7 • Michael Domingo

The Vibe Coding Delusion: Why the Seven-Fingered Robot is Coming for Your Tenant

What happens when your business analyst prompts an app into production and the hyperdrive engine falls off three weeks later.

May 4 • Michael Domingo

Bersin Wrote My Newsletter This Week. Then He Buried It.

He says practitioners will lead. Then he spends the rest of the post explaining why we should wait.

May 1 • Michael Domingo

April 2026

Dear a16z: The Fortress Isn't Workday

A response to Joe Schmidt's "Workday's Last Workday"

Apr 28 • Michael Domingo

Your Field Guide to Sana from Workday: The Agent Rundown

A practitioner's take on what shipped, what matters, and what you're going to have to explain to your VP.

Apr 27 • Michael Domingo

When the Intern Gets the Keys to the Building

The one where we talk about what happens when the helpful assistant stops assisting and starts deciding.

Apr 21 • Michael Domingo

Welcome to the Department. This is your "pinned post".

Apr 17 • Michael Domingo

Josh Bersin Wants to Teach You AI Literacy. I Want to Show You Mine.

Part 3 of the "How the Department of First Things First Actually Uses AI" Series.

Apr 13 • Michael Domingo

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