The archive
Articles
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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?
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The Industry Is Watching GPU Prices. Google Just Moved the Fight to the Judgment Layer.
If Google Cloud Next was all remixes and no new products, why did it matter?
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Auditable Authority: When AI Can Advise, and Who Should Decide
Where should decision authority sit when AI enters an enterprise workflow?
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I Just Wanted Endpoints
Why can't I just get inference endpoints from my own AI hardware?
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Layer 1A Is Table Stakes. The Real AI Infrastructure Question Is Above It.
If every storage vendor passes the Layer 1A checklist, what should I actually evaluate?
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One Problem, Five Frameworks: Why Enterprise AI Stalls — and How to Fix It
Why does enterprise AI stall between pilot and production?
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Case Study: Decision Authority Drift in an AI-Assisted Writing Workflow
What happens when an AI model gets more capable but its authority boundaries don't change?
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You Know What’s Dumb? Using AI When It’s Not Needed.
When is using AI actually the wrong architectural call?
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You Don’t Start Your AI Journey With Nvidia
Should we start our enterprise AI buildout with Nvidia GPUs?
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What a Governed AI System Actually Looks Like
What does a governed AI system actually look like in production?
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Why Most AI Architectures Collapse Under Governance
Why do AI systems that work in demos collapse the moment governance requirements show up?