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Claude Code Growth OS: Open-Source Agentic System

Aakash Gupta's Growth Podcast episode features James McAulay, who shares his open-source 'Growth OS' built on Claude Code. The system integrates tools like PostHog, Firecrawl, DataForSEO, and Lighthouse CLI to automate SEO audits, growth experiments, and PRD creation. McAulay highlights how growth professionals can run experiments without engineers, using AI agents and MCP. Key features include structured experiment templates, daily standups, weekly retros, and self-improving routines. The OS is designed to be installed via a simple command and works with Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, and OpenClaw.

• James McAulay open-sourced the 'Growth OS' on GitHub.
• The system runs on Claude Code and integrates tools like PostHog, Firecrawl, DataForSEO.
• It automates SEO audits, growth experiments, and PRD creation.

Amplitude + GitHub Agents: Closing the Product Learning Loop

New blog post published on Oct 19, 2026 about integrating Amplitude with GitHub Agents to close the product learning loop.

Amplitude Appoints Statsig Founder Vijaye Raji to Board

Amplitude, Inc., the AI analytics platform, announced the appointment of Vijaye Raji, CTO of Applications at OpenAI and founder of Statsig, to its Board of Directors. This follows Amplitude's recent acquisition of Statsig, which now operates as a platform and brand within Amplitude. Raji's experience in experimentation and data-informed decision-making is expected to support Amplitude's mission of helping teams understand customer behavior and build better products. The company aims to democratize data for organizations of all sizes, combining Amplitude's analytics with Statsig's experimentation capabilities.

• Amplitude appoints Vijaye Raji to Board of Directors.
• Raji is also CTO of Applications at OpenAI.
• Statsig continues as a platform and brand within Amplitude.

Why the Windows 95 Launch Campaign Became Cult

The article reviews the marketing and cultural impact of Microsoft’s Windows 95 launch, highlighting how the OS was packaged with entertainment extras (games, cartoons, a Weezer music video), high-profile marketing (use of the Rolling Stones’ "Start Me Up", a Jay Leno-hosted launch event) and product decisions (standardizing sound, CD-ROM drives, and plug-and-play). It cites Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen’s blog posts explaining the inclusion of extras and references Statcounter data showing lingering Windows 10 usage. The piece contrasts the playful 1995 launch with the less enthusiastically received Windows 11 and its agentic AI features.

• Windows 95 CDs included extras such as a Weezer music video, a film trailer, cartoons, and games including Pinball.
• Microsoft used the Rolling Stones song 'Start Me Up' in the Windows 95 advertising campaign at a multi-million-dollar cost.
• Jay Leno hosted the Windows 95 launch event on Microsoft’s Redmond campus, and customers queued at stores at midnight for the release.

Linux Share Doubles to ~10% — Bots Likely Inflating Numbers

Statcounter data showed a surprising rise in Linux desktop market share in North America, jumping to 6.1% in June 2026 and 10.6% in July 2026 while Windows fell below 60%. Investigations by Windows Latest and comparisons with Cloudflare metrics suggest the increase is driven by automated traffic — bots and AI agents running on Linux servers or virtual machines — which inflate pageview-based statistics. Cloudflare's Radar reports Linux at ~16% when bots are included but only ~4.7% when filtered to human traffic, indicating the apparent Linux surge is largely an artifact of measurement methodology rather than a sudden mass switch of consumer desktops to Linux.

• Statcounter reported Linux desktop share in North America rose to 6.1% in June 2026 and 10.6% in July 2026.
• Windows desktop share in North America fell to 57.6% in July 2026 according to the article.
• Statcounter's figures are based on analysis of about three billion pageviews across over one million websites.