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Thinking out loud about building things that work.
Ideas from the space between an AI demo and a system people can depend on. Strategy, engineering, and the decisions that make both useful.
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FROM QUESTION TO WORKFLOW ↗Featured / Strategy · 6 min read
Start with the workflow, not the model
The fastest way to waste an AI budget is to choose a tool before you understand the work it needs to change. Here is a better place to begin.
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What a reliable AI prototype actually proves
A compelling demo is not the same as a dependable system. The difference is an evaluation set, a failure path, and a plan for what happens next.
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Making internal knowledge search worth trusting
A useful answer needs more than the right paragraph. It needs a source, the right permissions, and a way to handle stale or conflicting information.
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