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The Four C's, expanded.
A full dispatch on Context, Control, Cost, and Choice — why most evaluations get one or two right, and what the missing ones cost when they fail.
The Load-Bearing Layer
The Load-Bearing Layer.
Dispatches on what holds production AI up — and what quietly gives way.
Infrequent, and aimed at engineers and data leaders doing the work.
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99% of agent work happens beneath the model.
Why production AI projects fail on the boring layer — and what disciplined data engineering looks like when it's done right.
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Boring on purpose.
An argument for choosing dull and reliable over clever, and a list of the production failures that cleverness tends to author.
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