<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Derrick Ikenga</title><description>I build AI systems that do work people used to do by hand: inference infrastructure, generation pipelines, and the machinery behind revenue teams.</description><link>https://derrickikenga.com/</link><item><title>Inbound triage without hiring anyone</title><link>https://derrickikenga.com/guides/inbound-triage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://derrickikenga.com/guides/inbound-triage/</guid><description>Most teams answer inbound by adding people. Here is the system that does the repetitive 90%, what to give a model, and what to keep in code.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gtm</category><category>ai</category><category>guide</category></item><item><title>Sales isn&apos;t a headcount problem</title><link>https://derrickikenga.com/blog/sales-is-a-systems-problem/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://derrickikenga.com/blog/sales-is-a-systems-problem/</guid><description>When a sales team slows down, the reflex is to hire. Usually the real bottleneck is a system nobody built yet. That is the work of a GTM Engineer.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gtm</category></item></channel></rss>