Engineering Notes
Thinking on AI systems, architecture, and the craft of building things that work.
Strategy
AI Agency vs In-House Team: The Real Tradeoff
It's not about cost. It's about time-to-production and the depth of judgment you need on day one.
EngineeringRAG Systems Without the Hype: What Actually Works in Production
Retrieval-Augmented Generation is powerful when built right. Most implementations fail at the same three points.
Case StudyHow We Built a Medicare Document Pipeline for 4,400 Plans in 72 Hours
Speed without shortcuts. Here's how architectural judgment plus AI tooling compressed a 6-week project into 3 days.