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Business & RegulationAnthropic's self-replicating AI warning: the local AI takeaway
A security warning with an unexpected local-AI lesson. Separate the three experiments, check the speed arithmetic and make ownership testable.
AI & AgentsGoogle SAM is now Agent Mesh: MCP tools across machines
Connect approved tools across machines. Understand the control plane, signed EU labels and the checks a useful first pilot should pass.
AI & AgentsAnatomy for Claude Code: Interactive SVGs for Documentation
Turn a technical explanation into a figure readers can explore. Install Anatomy, choose HTML or React, and check the model before embedding it in your docs.
AI & AgentsEdgeQuake: PostgreSQL GraphRAG for MCP agent memory
Connect document relationships to your agents. A v0.34.0 review of PostgreSQL deployment, MCP access, local model roles and the LightRAG benchmark.
AI & AgentsBitNet on CPU: 2B4T, real RAM needs and the 100B claim
Which BitNet model can you download, and what fits your CPU? Separate the 100B benchmark, 0.4 GB metric and 1.19 GB file, then test a real task.
Product & MVPEnterprise software: settle the business rules before AI writes the code
A refund looks like one if statement until sales, finance and support disagree. Resolve the rule, its owner and its boundary cases before automating it.
AI & AgentsSuperPenguin: AI Cost per PR, Customer and Feature
What did a merged PR cost, and what does each customer cost to serve? A practical SuperPenguin guide with billing reconciliation, worked examples and an optimization prompt.
AI & AgentsClaude Dashboards + Motion: From KPIs to Video
Turn a reviewed product metric into a short animated update. A practical Claude Dashboards and Motion workflow with a cohort example, two prompts and sharing rules.
AI & AgentsOpenAI Intelligent UI vs OpenUI: Generative UI for Business Apps
ChatGPT's new interface raises a practical question: how do generated views become reliable business workflows? Compare APIs, actions, persistence and evaluation.
Essential guides
- AI Agent Pilot in 30/60/90 DaysA serious production rollout plan for Austrian SMEs: scope and de-risk, build and shadow, then limited production and handover. The hard parts are permissions, approvals, evals, and a clean handover, not the model.
- RAG vs Fine-Tuning vs Long-Context 2026A workload-based method for testing retrieval, supervised fine-tuning, long context, and hybrid architectures without relying on universal cost crossovers.
- The Vibe-Code Production-Readiness ChecklistA scannable first-pass checklist for AI-assisted apps before real users touch them. Ten evidence areas, plus risk-based launch triage and the limits of a generic checklist.
- What Software Maintenance Costs After Launch: A DACH SaaS BenchmarkObserved post-launch maintenance cost bands for DACH SaaS: year-one, year-two and year-three spend split across bug fixes, dependency upgrades, cloud, observability, security, compliance, support, product iteration and emergency work, with an interactive calculator.
- Paid Pilot vs PoC vs Design Partner: Which One Proves Demand?Decision guide for choosing the right evidence test: technical feasibility, customer learning or willingness to pay, with a seven-condition paid-pilot scorecard and contract brief.
- Fractional CTO vs Hiring in AustriaCompare the leadership mandate, authority, availability, team needs, employment cost inputs and current supplier terms before choosing a model.
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