Notes on data, AI, IT
and security
No marketing fog. The way I think about real problems with founders and managers.
Data observability: catching broken pipelines before your users do
A silent data failure is more dangerous than a crashed service. I explain what data observability is and why operational teams need it, not just engineers.
LLM hallucinations in operational decisions: the risk managers miss
Language models produce confident wrong answers. In internal demos this is inconvenient. In operational decisions it is a liability. I break down where the risk actually sits.
AgentKit and agentic UX as a new layer of enterprise software
Agentic interfaces are changing how enterprise software looks and works. I break down what this means for architectural decisions and UX strategy.
Humanoid robots on the factory floor: 2025 pilots and the real status
Several companies have launched humanoid robot pilots in manufacturing. I break down what this means for managers thinking about automation.
Managing internal APIs as teams scale
When a five-person team grows to fifty, informal API agreements stop working. What to put in place before it starts to hurt.
How to evaluate the return on AI investments: questions before the decision
ROI of AI projects is measured differently than ROI of traditional automation. I break down the right questions to ask before money is spent.
The CrowdStrike outage lesson: when protection becomes a single point of failure
The CrowdStrike update incident in July 2024 halted operations at thousands of companies worldwide. What it reveals about resilience architecture.
dbt: why this is a question of team discipline, not tool selection
dbt has become a standard for data transformation. But it only creates value when a team changes how it works with data logic - not just by installing it.
Long context in LLMs: what changes for architects and decision-makers
Models with hundred-thousand-token context windows look like a solution to many problems. I break down what this actually changes in practice - and where the traps are.
Physical automation: the gap between pilot and production
Why robotic pilots look convincing but scaling hits a wall - and how to think about this before making an investment decision.
Zero trust: what it means in practice for a mid-size company
Zero trust has become a buzzword. Behind it is a genuinely useful access model - but getting there requires specific decisions, not just a policy statement.
AI assistants and identity: the new attack surface
When corporate AI assistants gain access to email, documents, and systems, a new class of threats emerges that managers need to understand.