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Notes on building AI-native software
Practical writing on AI product development, LLM/RAG integration, and shipping software — no filler, no fabricated case studies.
17 July 2026
How to Evaluate an AI Product Development Company Before You Hire One
A practical checklist for vetting an AI product development vendor — the questions that separate a real engineering team from a prompt-wrapper shop.
Read13 July 2026
How to Estimate ROI Before You Build an AI Automation
A simple framework for estimating whether an AI automation is actually worth building — before committing engineering budget to it.
Read6 July 2026
Custom Software vs. Off-the-Shelf: A Decision Framework for Growing Businesses
A practical way to decide whether to buy an off-the-shelf tool, customize one, or build custom software — before you commit budget to the wrong option.
Read29 June 2026
AI Agents in Production: The Guardrails You Need Before Launch
What actually keeps an AI agent safe once it can take real actions — scoped tool access, approval checkpoints, and the evaluation work that has to happen before launch, not after.
Read15 June 2026
What an MVP Should (and Shouldn't) Include in the First 6 Weeks
A scoping framework for deciding what actually belongs in a minimum viable product — and the features founders almost always want to add too early.
Read1 June 2026
RAG vs. Fine-Tuning: Which One Actually Fits Your Use Case
A practical decision framework for choosing between retrieval-augmented generation and fine-tuning — what each is actually good at, and where teams get the choice wrong.
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