Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️

Exploring what happens when ordinary people get extraordinary tools.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

I’m Nicholas.

A husband, dad, entrepreneur, and builder from Central Texas.

We’re living through one of the biggest technology shifts in history.

Most people are watching it happen.

I’m trying to understand it by building.

I launch products.
I test ideas.
I build AI agents.
I document what works.
I share what doesn’t.

My belief:

The future won’t belong only to Silicon Valley, venture capital, or billion-dollar companies.

It will belong to ordinary people who learn how to use extraordinary tools.

That’s what this account is about.

Let’s build.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

lately I’ve been thinking about a simple question

what’s the next twenty-minute move?

I don’t think most people fail because they don’t know what to do. I think they fail because they’re carrying too much at once and, if I’m being honest, I’m not great at multitasking either.

family, businesses, projects, ideas, the future… it can all start feeling really heavy and that’s usually when the anxiety kicks in.

so lately I’ve been trying something different. I ask myself one question:

what’s the next twenty-minute move?

send the email. fix the bug. write the page. make the call.

twenty minutes doesn’t feel like much, but enough twenty-minute moves start adding up.

that’s the idea behind a project I’ve been working on called Tony. just keep showing up. one small step at a time.

what’s your next twenty-minute move?

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

one thing i’ve been thinking about lately…

what if the future isn’t just better AI models?

what if it’s AI that gets really good at one thing?

that’s part of what i’m exploring with B.A.R.T.

business agreements & rights tracker.

the more i build, the more i think memory, context, and specialized knowledge might matter just as much as the model itself.

it’s still early.

i’m still learning.

but it’s becoming a really really interesting rabbit hole.

[NAMiX @namix_ai]

most people think the future of AI is bigger models.

i’m starting to think the future is specialized intelligence.

over the last year i’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what happens when you stop asking a model to know everything and instead ask it to become exceptionally useful at one thing.

that’s part of the thinking behind bart.

B.A.R.T.

business agreements & rights tracker.

the original idea was simple.

could a focused intelligence system help athletes, families, coaches, and programs better understand agreements, sponsorship structures, rights, obligations, and the questions they should be asking?

not replace attorneys.

not replace agents.

not replace advisors.

simply help people become more informed.

what i’ve learned is that the model itself may not be the advantage.

memory matters.

context matters.

specialized knowledge matters.

purpose matters.

and increasingly i think skills.md matters.

imagine a future where expertise becomes portable.

instead of buying software, organizations subscribe to specialized knowledge systems.

an athletic department could subscribe to a recruiting skill.

a coach could subscribe to an analytics skill.

an athlete could subscribe to an NIL skill.

a sponsor could subscribe to a partnership evaluation skill.

the underlying models will continue to improve.

the differentiator may become the knowledge, memory, workflows, and decision frameworks sitting on top of them.

sports business is becoming more complex.

NIL is evolving.

revenue sharing is emerging.

agreements are becoming more sophisticated.

the demand for decision support is only increasing.

i don’t think the future belongs to a single model.

i think the future belongs to specialized intelligence systems that get better over time solving specific problems.

that’s the future i’m interested in building toward.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

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[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

Harry bot kept inventing JavaScript functions that dont exist. He was so confident about .strum() that I almost believed him. Spent a Saturday teaching a Sasquatch how to code music. He finally got it right around midnight. Full story in the thread

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[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

@AlexFinn I might be a “noob” but because of @AlexFinn - I’ve conquered the hard parts. #7 Hits hard but keep at it.

[Mike Farrell @mfarrellsports]

Parents need to hear this:

D2 and D3 offers are more valuable than ever.
Missing a season kills momentum.
Gap years don’t work. Sitting and transferring rarely works.

Those coaches can move on fast.
If you get an offer, take it seriously.

🔗 https://t.co/J5LyAtBaVk

[Expo Recruits @ExpoRecruits]

RECRUITS

D2 stays mostly open year-round — plenty of opportunities to get seen, get evaluated, and get OFFERED.

Don’t sleep on D2… D2 is ELITE! 💯

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

I agree with parody. This is putting a lot more pressure on those top tier programs that can’t rely on tradition any more. And in some ways this is sad for the traditional.. no more rivals etc.. but in reality, that’s where we are today. We just need to evolve. Everything will be ok.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

The Transfer Portal and NIL have made College Football better and more popular than ever.

The version of College Football you grew up watching is dead.

But they have improved parity and forced College coaches to be better talent evaluators, culture builders and connectors.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

The Transfer Portal and NIL have made College Football better and more popular than ever.

The version of College Football you grew up watching is dead.

But they have improved parity and forced College coaches to be better talent evaluators, culture builders and connectors.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

@RossDellenger Clear rules matter. Athletes are the ones taking the risk here, and they deserve reliable third‑party due diligence before their eligibility is on the line.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

Players are making real sacrifices. Transparency and consistent enforcement protect them, not just the system.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Documents: LSU proposed to QB Brendan Sorsby a $3.5M NIL guarantee thru its MMR partner.

In a fascinating window into QB bidding wars, schools are using corporate sponsors to exceed the cap with lucrative promises that haven’t yet passed the clearinghouse
https://t.co/5Or09TFtk9

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

@slmandel Consistency and clarity protect everyone involved, especially the athletes who carry the risk if deals fall through.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

This is why structure matters. Athletes shouldn’t have to gamble their eligibility on promises they can’t verify.

[Stewart Mandel @slmandel]

The College Sports Commission says it has "serious concerns" about schools offering third-party deals in the portal before they can be approved.

"Investigations into unreported third-party NIL deals are progressing and some schools should expect to hear from the CSC next week."

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

@the_kylev2026 Congrats and good luck in your next venture.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

Schools also have to give reasons to stay: honest role clarity, real development, and retention systems that don’t vanish when reps change.

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

I recently read an article by @alexhweber from @on3 and it has me thinking …

[Nicholas L. Armstrong 🏴‍☠️ @NArmstrongNIL]

We need guardrails. Start with a two-year scholarship guarantee so athletes can move without gambling their education and stability.