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Notes from shipping production AI
Technical writing about the parts of AI engineering that only show up after a system meets real data and real users. No trend pieces.
How We Ship Custom AI Systems in 6 Weeks (and Why It Works)
The six-week engagement model in detail — what happens each week, the four rules that make the timeline real, and the conditions under which it does not work.
Sep 23, 2026 · 10 min read
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RAG in Production: What Nobody Tells You About Deploying Retrieval Systems
The failure modes that only appear after a retrieval system meets real documents and real users — chunking, hybrid retrieval, citation enforcement, abstention and evaluation that survives audit.
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A decision framework for choosing between a SaaS AI product and a custom-built system — based on data gravity, workflow fit, switching cost and the one question that settles most cases.
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