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What we actually think about AI
No trend pieces and no hype. Just what we’ve learned building AI systems that run every day, including the parts that didn’t work.
Building Production-Ready Document Processing Pipelines
A technical walkthrough of the five layers every production document pipeline needs (ingestion, pre-processing, extraction, validation, and integration) and why demos fail where pipelines succeed.
Five LLMs Compared for Production AI: GPT-4.1, Claude Sonnet 4, Gemini 2.5 Flash, GPT-5.2 & Claude Opus 4.6
Forget the benchmarks. Here's what we found deploying five models across two tiers: mid-tier workhorses and frontier heavyweights, tested on real document pipelines, support agents, and extraction systems.
The Real Cost of AI Implementation: What Nobody Tells You Before You Start
The quote covers the build, but the build is only a third of what implementation actually costs. A practical breakdown of the hidden costs: data preparation, integration, change management, and ongoing maintenance.
The Real Cost of Manual Data Entry (You're Probably Underestimating It by 3×)
Most companies calculate their manual processing costs and get the wrong number. The visible hours are only part of it. Here's how to get the real one, with a worked example.
Why Your First Two AI Automation Attempts Will Fail — And What to Do Differently the Third Time
We've been called in after failed AI pilots more times than I can count. Different companies, different tech, but the failures trace back to the same five things, none of them about the AI itself.
When NOT to Use AI for Automation (And What to Do Instead)
The most expensive mistake isn't using the wrong model. It's automating the wrong thing. Here's the framework we run before any project starts.
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