The archive
Articles
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The Layer2C Labs Podcast Is Live. It Only Exists Because of the AI Voice.
What is the Layer2C Labs podcast and why is it narrated by AI?
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Enterprise AI Doesn't Fail at the Model or the Data. It Fails at the Layer Nobody Names.
Where do enterprise AI projects actually fail?
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I Put AI Factory Economics on a Meter
What does a verified unit of AI work actually cost?
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Deterministic AI Is an Architecture Problem, Not a Model Problem
How do I get repeatable results out of AI agents in production?
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If you can’t get GPUs, can you use CPUs?
If I can't get GPUs, can I run AI work on CPUs I already own?
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They Shipped Buggy Code Faster. AIOps Is About to Do It Again.
Is buying AIOps tools without changing our operating model going to repeat the DevOps mistake?
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Encode the Why, Not the Step
Why doesn't writing better documentation keep an AI agent from ignoring your process?
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I Built a Framework Because I Couldn’t Move My Own App
What did Keith find when he ran the 4+1 DAPM assessment against his own Virtual CTO Advisor app?
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Every vendor sells an “AI Platform.” None of them sells a complete one.
Can I buy a complete enterprise AI platform from a single vendor?
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The Fourth Cloud Vendor Map Is Live
What does the Fourth Cloud vendor map at cloud.layer2c.com actually measure?
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The AI Assembly Line: Speed Without Flow
If AI-assisted coding works so well, why aren't the returns showing up on the bottom line?
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From Migration Factory to Migration Control Plane
How do you safely use LLMs to scale cloud migration across a large application estate?
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AI Infrastructure: The Tradeoffs Behind These 12 Vendor Platforms
How do I see the tradeoffs behind the major AI infrastructure platforms before I buy one?
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Hybrid Is Not a Place: The AI Architecture Google and Dell Both Pointed Toward
Should I run agentic coding on cheap cloud models like Gemini Flash or on-prem hardware like Dell's?
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Who Determines Done? Why Agentic AI Needs Escalation, Not More Loops
Do agentic AI systems need better loops, or does the answer live somewhere else?
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Who Controls the Loop? A Requirements Document for Local-First Agentic AI
Where should judgment live in a local-first agentic AI system?
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AI TRiSM Readiness Assessment
How do I know if my AI governance is operational and not just aspirational?
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Closing the Loop: Google Just Validated Deterministic Code in the Loop
Did Google's TensorFlow-to-JAX migration validate the deterministic code in the loop pattern?
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Checking the CTO Advisor Track Record
Can The CTO Advisor's frameworks be verified against a public track record?
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Operationalizing AI TRiSM: A CTO Advisor Field Guide
How do you turn Gartner's AI TRiSM from approval language into an operating reality?