Notes from applied AI work

Useful AI, explained plainly.

Practical guides for choosing, scoping, and operating AI systems—written from a product and engineering point of view.

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Answers worth building from.

Each article starts with the decision a founder or team actually needs to make, then connects it to implementation and risk.

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AI systemsAug 27, 20265 min read

AI agent or workflow automation? Start with the decision boundary

A practical way to decide whether a business process needs an agent, a deterministic automation, or a careful hybrid of both.

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RAG & knowledgeAug 27, 20266 min read

When should a business build a RAG system?

Use retrieval-augmented generation when answers must be grounded in changing, organisation-specific material—not simply because you have documents.

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Project deliveryAug 27, 20266 min read

How to scope an AI automation project without buying a demo

A practical project brief for moving from an impressive prototype to an automation that survives real inputs, human review, and failure.

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