Practical thinking on AI engineering, software development, and product design, from the team building it day to day.
AI vendor demos are easy to make impressive. Here's what to actually check before you commit budget and data to one.
RAG has become the default answer to "how do we make the model know our data." It's often the right one, but not always, and not for the reasons people assume.
Rewriting a system is one of the highest-risk calls a team can make. Here's how to tell whether it's actually warranted, or whether the real fix is smaller than it feels.
Choosing a tech stack is a risk decision disguised as a technical one. Here's how we actually decide when to reach for something new.
Enterprise buyers aren't judging your product on delight alone. They're judging whether they can trust it with their business, and that shows up in specific design decisions.
A slow pipeline doesn't just cost the minutes it takes to run. It quietly reshapes how a team works, usually for the worse.
Tell us what you're building, and we'll share how we'd approach it.