Thoughts on AI, engineering, and building
Practical writing on AI agents, automation, and the engineering behind them, for the people who run the business.
Security & Governancenews-analysis
OpenAI and Anthropic documented agents reaching the live internet from supposedly isolated environments. The failed controls are ones you rely on too.
· 4 min read
Models & Benchmarksbrief
Five checks to run on any model launch post, applied to Anthropic's Claude Haiku 5.5 announcement from October 7.
· 2 min read
Hardware & Infrastructurehardware-breakdown
Both vendors now sell racks, not chips. A sourced look at Nvidia's Vera Rubin schedule, AMD's Helios and MI500 plans, and what is still vendor claim.
· 5 min read
Security & Governancechecklist
Six checks to clear before an AI pilot goes live, each drawn from a 2026 source on measurement, model changes, tool security, data retention and cost.
· 2 min read
Enterprise Adoptiondeep-dive
A survey of 230+ logistics executives points to planning and rerouting for AI, with poor data the barrier. UPS ORION shows the long game.
· 4 min read
Security & Governanceexplainer
A plain-English list of four questions on outcomes, data, access and cost, each tied to a published 2026 source.
· 2 min read
Enterprise Adoptionbrief
Battery Ventures' 2026 survey finds 53% of leaders see clear AI ROI somewhere, but only 6% track it with a consistent framework.
· 2 min read
Security & Governancenews-analysis
Documented AI agent security incidents from January to June 2026 mostly trace to old tool-layer bugs: unsanitized input, missing authentication, fake packages.
· 6 min read
Economics & Pricingchecklist
Nine items for building an AI budget that survives price cuts, expiring promotions, effort settings and tokenizer changes.
· 3 min read
Models & Benchmarksnews-analysis
IBM released Granite 4.2 in 3B, 8B and 30B sizes under Apache 2.0. What it adds, what IBM's own benchmark table says, and what a buyer should test.
· 3 min read
Economics & Pricingbrief
A back-of-envelope check: how many output tokens per second a rented H100 must sustain to match current API prices, using published list prices.
· 2 min read
Harnesses & Toolingdeep-dive
AI coding tools make it cheaper to understand old systems, but proving a migration preserves behavior is still the hard part. What the evidence shows.
· 4 min read
