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AI systems that have to survive contact with users.
Practical writing on agents, AI apps, automation, evaluation, and production workflows from a solo AI-native studio.
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- 01The AI Implementation Audit Before You BuildBefore you build an AI agent, copilot, RAG system, or workflow automation, audit the workflow, data, risk, cost, and measurement loop.AI ImplementationAI AuditAutomationProduct StrategyJun 18, 2026
- 02What an AI-Native Studio Actually BuildsAn AI-native studio is not a prompt shop. It builds the product surface, the operating system underneath it, and the measurement loop that keeps it honest.AI EngineeringProduct SystemsStudioSaaSJun 18, 2026
- 03How to Evaluate AI Features Before You Ship ThemA practical evaluation loop for AI features: define the promise, build a failure set, test the boring cases, and keep a human in the loop until the system earns trust.AI EvaluationProduct EngineeringQALLMsJun 16, 2026
- 04RAG Evaluation Without the Benchmark TheaterA grounded way to evaluate retrieval-augmented generation: source coverage, citation faithfulness, refusal behavior, and task-level usefulness.RAGAI EvaluationSearchLLMsJun 16, 2026
- 05The AI Agent Boundary ProblemThe hard part of AI agents is not giving them tools. It is deciding where the agent stops, where software starts, and where a human must stay accountable.AI AgentsAutomationProduct SystemsSafetyJun 16, 2026
- 06Building an AI Discord Bot for a Trading CommunityHow I built the Nexural Discord AI Engine — 30+ commands, GPT-4o integration, auto-moderation, and market intelligence. Lessons on AI safety in financial contexts.Discord.jsGPT-4oNode.jsSupabaseApr 15, 2026
- 07The Solo Engineer's Toolkit: Tools That Replace a TeamHow I operate as a solo engineer building production systems — the tools, workflows, and automations that let one person do the work of a small team.ProductivityToolsSolo EngineeringAutomationFeb 8, 2026
- 08The Automation Mindset: If You Do It Twice, Script ItI have 47 shell scripts, 6 CI workflows, and a cron job that texts me when my SSL cert is expiring. Here's the mindset behind automating everything.AutomationScriptingDevOpsProductivitySep 8, 2025
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