Editorial
One corpus. Four audiences.
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Founders · 2 articles
Notes for Founders
Architecture decisions at pre-seed to Series A — what to build, what to defer, and what will cost you later.
- Target architecture
- Build vs buy
- AI feasibility
- Data model first
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Enterprises · 3 articles
Notes for Enterprises
Modernisation, ITSM, and platform governance inside organisations that already have an operating model.
- ITSM
- Modernisation
- Governance
- Vendor strategy
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Regulated industries · 1 article
Notes for Regulated Industries
Defense, healthcare and financial systems where evidence, access control and audit paths are the architecture.
- NIST 800-171
- Evidence & audit
- Access control
- Corporate security
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AI & agents · 3 articles
Notes on AI and Agent Systems
Where agents actually change the economics of a workflow — and where governance of agent authority has to sit.
- Agent authority
- Evaluation
- Human-in-the-loop
- Agent-run operations
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Selected notes
9 architecture notes: perspectives and illustrative patterns.
Founders · Publication date unverified · 9 min
How to choose an AI development partner
Nine questions for comparing architecture, authority, acceptance and operating responsibilities before an AI engagement.
Founders · Publication date unverified · 8 min
What AI development actually costs, and what drives the number
Compare acceptance, integrations, review and operating responsibilities rather than treating demonstrations and accepted systems as the same scope.
AI & agents · Publication date unverified · 7 min
The AI autonomy ladder: assisted, enabled, agent-run
A three-rung model for evaluating workflow authority and five questions to resolve before considering autonomous execution.
Regulated industries · Publication date unverified · 10 min
Shipping AI inside CMMC and SOC 2 constraints
What changes when your AI feature has to survive an assessor: boundary definition, evidence generation, access control, and the honest limits of scope.
Enterprises · Publication date unverified · 8 min
The data model decision that sets your next two years
When features become unexpectedly costly, review whether the domain model still matches the business alongside delivery, dependencies and operating constraints.
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