Primers
Short opinionated reads on the decisions that shape your AI work.
Each primer takes a clear stance, walks through the reasoning, and ends with three decisions you can make differently this week. Five hundred to one thousand words each. No filler.
Five primers
Pick the one closest to your current decision.
Decision
Local LLM or cloud API: a five question test.
When data sensitivity and predictable load tip the balance toward local. Cost is a tiebreaker, not a verdict.
Cost
Build versus buy AI: stop comparing demos. Compare costs at month 18.
Off the shelf SaaS gets expensive once your data shape diverges from the median customer.
Compliance
What HIPAA actually requires of your AI tools.
Six required technical safeguards translated for non lawyers, plus the verification questions to ask in any vendor call.
Methodology
Agents versus folders: why your AI workflow keeps breaking.
The structural problem is not the agent. It is the absence of structure. The fix is older than any framework.
Cost
The real cost of SaaS AI: the line item your vendor leaves off the deck.
Per seat × growth × lock in × switching cost. Modeled with example numbers and the questions to ask before signing.