Insights
The Logic.
Field notes on building bespoke AI systems: the architecture, the trade-offs, and the judgement calls behind work that has to hold up in real use.
When to keep a human in the automated loop
Automating the work is the easy part. Deciding what not to automate is the call that matters.
What a private server actually buys a client
Self-hosting is not paranoia. For some data it is part of the spec, not a precaution.
The brief that makes or breaks an automation
Most automations fail at the input, not the model. The control file is where the reliability lives.