--- title: "Blog" canonical: https://wavect.io/blog/overview/ language: en description: "Browse a curated front page, then move through focused topic and cluster hubs without losing older work to chronology." image: "https://wavect.io/img/general/bak/open_graph_preview.jpg" --- FROM THE TRENCHES Issue №194 # Opinions, Not Press Releases Browse a curated front page, then move through focused topic and cluster hubs without losing older work to chronology. ## Explore by topic Six durable entry points keep every article close to the main blog hub. ### [AI and agents](/blog/topics/ai-agents/) - **Details:** 98 posts Engineering, operating and evaluating AI systems, coding agents and model infrastructure. ### [Product and MVP](/blog/topics/product-mvp/) - **Details:** 10 posts Validate demand, shape scope and turn uncertain product bets into testable releases. ### [Delivery and QA](/blog/topics/delivery-qa/) - **Details:** 31 posts Architecture, production readiness and quality practices for software that must keep working. ### [Leadership and teams](/blog/topics/leadership-teams/) - **Details:** 10 posts Fractional leadership, AI-enabled teams and the operating decisions behind delivery. ### [Business and regulation](/blog/topics/business-regulation/) - **Details:** 29 posts Buying software, funding delivery and navigating governance, contracts and regulation. ### [Web3 and privacy](/blog/topics/web3-privacy/) - **Details:** 16 posts Blockchain infrastructure, cryptography and privacy technologies evaluated for production use. ## Evergreen field notes [Open blog search →](#blog-search) - [**LLM Pseudonymization Gateways: Does the Prompt Leave GDPR Scope?**Platforms in this category promise that pseudonymizing a prompt makes a hosted model safe to use. The 2025 CJEU ruling and the EDPB guidance say something narrower. Here is the evidence a buyer actually has to collect.](/blog/llm-pseudonymization-gateway-gdpr-2026/) - [**Micro Agency vs Mid-Size Agency: How Big Should Your Software Partner Be in 2026?**The one-person agency versus micro agency argument is a debate between sellers. Here is the buyer's version, with the team-size research, the 2026 agency margin data, and the four clauses that make a small partner safe to hire.](/blog/micro-agency-vs-mid-size-software-partner-2026/) - [**Qwen3.8-27B: Self-Hosted Computer-Use Agents Without Exporting Screenshots**An open-weight model now leads desktop-operation benchmarks. What that changes for back-office automation you cannot send to a hosted API.](/blog/qwen3-8-27b-self-hosted-computer-use-agents/) - [**Transformers.js Browser AI: When Local Inference Belongs in Your Product**A production guide to private in-browser AI: verified adoption, WebGPU and WASM, real cost, privacy boundaries, use cases, fallbacks and a 30-day pilot.](/blog/transformers-js-browser-ai-guide/) - [**Stateful LLM Platform Production Architecture**An anonymized field guide to persistence, tenant access, long-running jobs, external interfaces, deployment controls and continuous QA without a full rewrite.](/blog/stateful-llm-platform-production-architecture/) - [**AI 3D Model Generators for Game Development: 2026 Guide**Which AI 3D tools can help a game team, and which outputs still need an artist? Compare hosted and self-hosted options, quality gates, licensing and engine handoff.](/blog/ai-3d-model-generators-game-development-2026/) - [**AI-Ready Company Wiki: Architecture and Build Guide**A buyer-focused blueprint for company knowledge that humans can edit and AI agents can retrieve with the same permissions, sources and review loop.](/blog/ai-ready-company-wiki/) - [**AI Agent Contract Signing: eIDAS QES Integration Guide**A developer and buyer guide to binding AI-generated contracts to human approval, remote QES, ID Austria or EUDI Wallet flows, validation and audit evidence.](/blog/ai-agent-eidas-signature-integration/) - [**How to Self-Host LiteLLM in Production: 2026 Guide**A security-first LiteLLM deployment guide for teams choosing their own AI gateway: architecture, Postgres, Redis, keys, upgrades, cost and go-live checks.](/blog/self-host-litellm-production-2026/) - [**Internal AI Agent Marketplace: A 2026 Enterprise Build Guide**Build a governed internal agent catalog employees will use. Architecture, listing contract, identity, context, evaluations, approvals, metrics and a 90-day rollout.](/blog/internal-ai-agent-marketplace/) - [**Is Linux the Best OS for AI Agents? A 2026 Infrastructure Guide**Linux gives AI agents a mature shell, open interfaces and several isolation layers. This guide shows where it wins, where it does not, and how to deploy agents without handing them the host.](/blog/linux-for-ai-agents/) - [**How to Make AI Writing Sound Human with Agent Skills**No AI Slop, i-have-adhd and book-to-skill solve different writing problems. Here is how to combine, test and govern them without erasing your voice.](/blog/ai-writing-agent-skills/) - [**PII Redaction Before LLM Prompts: A Practical Pipeline**Compare Presidio, OpenAI Privacy Filter and managed DLP services. Then build a reversible prompt gateway that protects personal data without destroying task context.](/blog/pii-redaction-before-llm-prompts/) - [**Why 40% of AI Agent Projects Die**Eight patterns we keep seeing across AI agent engagements. What they look like, how they kill the project, and the cheap fix when caught early.](/blog/why-ai-agent-projects-get-cancelled/) - [**The MVP Is Dead. Build a Minimum Credible Product.**AI made prototypes cheap, not product judgment. The traditional MVP's roughness now damages the signal it was meant to collect. A practical case for building less, finishing one trustworthy path, and measuring evidence that deserves the next investment.](/blog/minimum-credible-product/) - [**Why Test-Driven-Development pays off**Testing has created the illusion that it is costly, slows down your development speed and blocks your engineering department. When in reality, it saves you BIG money.](/blog/test-driven-development/) - [**Fractional CTPO vs CTO and CPO**When one combined head owning product and engineering beats hiring a fractional CTO and CPO separately, the eight-engineer split point, and the single-point-of-failure trade-off.](/blog/fractional-ctpo-vs-fractional-cto-and-cpo/) - [**Pricing Software Projects the Right Way**Everyone hates hourly pricing, so they ask for fixed prices instead. Here's the problem, fixed pricing on software projects is just as broken.](/blog/agile-fixed-pricing/) - [**Smart Contract Security Checklist (30 Items)**The 30-item internal checklist we run on Solidity code before sending it to an external auditor. Compiler, access control, reentrancy, gas surfaces.](/blog/smart-contract-security-checklist-pre-audit/) ## Latest articles Nine articles per page, ordered by publication date. ### [Cursor Origin vs GitHub: Should Your Team Switch?](/blog/cursor-origin-vs-github-code-hosting/) - **Details:** Delivery & QA Cursor now hosts code, but Origin is still an early beta. Compare sync behavior, CI, governance, price and a low-risk pilot before moving your source of truth. ### [Pika Audio Models API Pricing: Is SFX Really 20x Cheaper?](/blog/pika-audio-models-api-pricing-2026/) - **Details:** AI & Agents · 21 Aug 2026 Pika lists SFX at $0.0002 per second, plus three more audio models. See the real break-even, API limits, quality gates and production fit before you switch. ### [Thunder Compute's $13M GPU Virtualization Bet: Enterprise Buyer's Guide](/blog/thunder-compute-gpu-virtualization-series-a/) - **Details:** AI & Agents · 21 Aug 2026 Thunder Compute says GPU pooling can recover stranded capacity. Compare network virtualization with MIG, vGPU and passthrough, then scope a measurable enterprise pilot. ### [OpenViking Review 2026: Is Filesystem Memory Production-Ready?](/blog/openviking-agent-memory-review/) - **Details:** AI & Agents · 21 Aug 2026 Buyer review of OpenViking for agent memory and RAG: architecture, AGPL risk, security controls, operating cost and a measurable two-week pilot. ### [LLM-as-a-Verifier Explained: Architecture, Costs, and Production Fit](/blog/llm-as-a-verifier/) - **Details:** AI & Agents · 21 Aug 2026 A technical buyer guide to fine-grained LLM verification: how logprob scoring and pivot tournaments work, what the benchmarks prove, and how to pilot it safely. ### [MoneyPrinterTurbo Review 2026: Free AI Video, Real Costs](/blog/moneyprinterturbo-review-2026/) - **Details:** Delivery & QA · 20 Aug 2026 MoneyPrinterTurbo turns a topic into a narrated short, but free code is only the start. See its setup, hidden costs, licensing, platform risk and production fit. ### [AirLLM on 4 GB VRAM: How Layer-Wise Inference Really Works](/blog/airllm-layer-wise-inference-low-vram/) - **Details:** AI & Agents · 20 Aug 2026 AirLLM can execute models far larger than GPU memory by streaming weights layer by layer. Separate the measured VRAM claim from disk, latency, quantization and production reality. ### [TrueForge Review: Is the Open-Source Agent Harness Production-Ready?](/blog/trueforge-agent-harness-review/) - **Details:** AI & Agents · 20 Aug 2026 A buyer-focused review of TrueForge, its agent loop, context controls, benchmark economics, deployment modes and enterprise production gaps. ### [Agent-Readable Websites: llms.txt, Markdown Mirrors and What Breaks](/blog/agent-readable-website-llms-txt-markdown-mirrors/) - **Details:** AI & Agents · 18 Aug 2026 Four surfaces decide whether an AI answer engine can read you, and every failure mode is invisible in a browser. 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