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Strategy

The build-vs-buy decision matrix

A practical framework for the AI procurement decision every operator faces in 2026: build, buy, hybrid, or wait. Two scoring sheets, a worked example, an honest case for waiting, and a printable vendor-interview script.

27 pages · PDF Get the PDF →
Operations

Local AI: a hardware buyer's guide

An opinionated buyer's guide for teams considering on-prem AI deployments in 2026. Hardware tiers (Mac Studio, DGX Spark, Dell GB300), open-weight model picks per workload, the software stack, a workload decision matrix, a worked example, and the operational reality of month four.

35 pages · PDF Get the PDF →
Engineering

Evals before code:

How to build an evaluation harness before you build the AI system. Held-out test sets, scoring rubrics, tool selection (Inspect AI, Braintrust, Promptfoo, LangSmith), production observability, three worked examples at different scales, anti-patterns, and what month-four operational reality looks like.

31 pages · PDF Get the PDF →