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AI Maturity: A Practical Framework
Feb 26, 2026 • 7 min read
A practical six-level AI maturity framework for companies adopting AI. Assess strategic clarity, data readiness, and engineering capability to find …
#AI #ENTERPRISE #SCALING
Fixing Agent Amnesia With Federated Memory
Feb 22, 2026 • 10 min read
A-MEM's Zettelkasten-inspired approach to agent memory, and why software projects need federated memory with cross-domain linking — not one big vector …
#AI-AGENTS #AI #BEST-PRACTICES
The Adaptive AI Coding Pipeline
Feb 21, 2026 • 9 min read
Fixed pipelines over-process simple requests and under-process complex ones. An adaptive router classifies intent and dispatches to specialised …
#AI #AI-AGENTS #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE
What Is AI-Native?
Feb 20, 2026 • 5 min read
AI-native is more than a buzzword. It marks a real architectural shift where AI becomes the foundation, not a feature bolted on.
#AI #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE #LLMS
The AI Knows Your Client's Phone Number (And So Does Everyone Else)
Feb 10, 2026 • 5 min read
RAG pipelines leak PII through prompt injection. A substitution layer swaps real data for realistic fakes before it reaches the LLM, neutralising the …
#AI #LLMS #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE
A CRM That Knows What It Doesn't Know
Feb 09, 2026 • 5 min read
Probabilistic lead scoring with Pyro replaces brittle point systems with honest uncertainty, email fatigue modelling, and self-improving predictions.
#AI #DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE
Can AI Create Its Own Programming Language?
Feb 07, 2026 • 3 min read
What would a programming language designed for AI look like? The thought experiment reveals deep unsolved problems and points to probabilistic …
#AI #DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE
Ambiguity as a Vital Sign
Feb 06, 2026 • 5 min read
Traditional observability counts individual leaves. In a living system, ambiguity is the vital sign — it reveals where the system is still becoming.
#AI #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE #AUTONOMOUS-SYSTEMS
Beyond the Horseless Carriage: What AI-Native Software Actually Looks Like
Feb 05, 2026 • 5 min read
We build AI systems that mimic human workflows. AI-native software should look like a living organism, not a faster factory pipeline.
#AI #AI-AGENTS #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE
Adopting System Models Incrementally
Jan 21, 2026 • 2 min read
Practical guide to adopting graph-based system models incrementally. Covers escape hatches, LLM workflows, and week-by-week adoption strategy.
#SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE #DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #AI
The Self-Validating Graph
Jan 20, 2026 • 2 min read
Graph-based system models validate themselves through structural checks, semantic analysis, and automatic test generation from invariants.
#SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE #DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #AI
Code Is a Lossy Format
Jan 19, 2026 • 2 min read
Source code is a lossy format that discards intent. LLMs expose this weakness. Graph-based models preserve meaning as first-class structure.
#SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE #DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #AI
The Quantum Turing Test
Oct 17, 2025 • 2 min read
When the wavefunction collapses because an AI observed it, consciousness has crossed the silicon threshold.
#HUMOUR #AI #PHILOSOPHY
When AI Surprised Its Creators: The GPT-2 Story
Oct 12, 2025 • 2 min read
How GPT-2's simple language prediction training led to unexpected capabilities like translation and reasoning that surprised its creators.
#AI #LLMS #MACHINE-LEARNING
The Evolution from Code Craftsmanship to Living Systems: A Conversation About the Future of Software Architecture
Aug 23, 2025 • 2 min read
Exploring the paradigm shift from imperative coding to declarative systems, hybrid architectures, and self-healing codebases that evolve autonomously.
#DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #HYBRID-SYSTEMS #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE
Optimising Claude Code: The 100-Line CLAUDE.md That Actually Works
Jun 15, 2025 • 2 min read
Transform your bloated CLAUDE.md into a concise guide that Claude Code actually follows. Learn the secrets from top developers who get 10x better …
#CLAUDE-CODE #AI #PRODUCTIVITY
Building Hybrid Declarative Systems: A Practical Architecture Guide
Jan 20, 2025 • 2 min read
Learn how to architect hybrid declarative systems that combine symbolic reasoning with machine learning for trustworthy, explainable AI decisions.
#HYBRID-SYSTEMS #DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE
What Happens When You Combine Proof Trees with Machine Learning
Jan 19, 2025 • 4 min read
Explore how combining proof trees with machine learning creates hybrid declarative systems that can both reason logically and handle uncertainty.
#DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #AI #MACHINE-LEARNING
How Proof Trees Make Declarative Programming Work
Dec 22, 2024 • 2 min read
Discover how proof trees and proof engines enable declarative programming by automatically exploring logical possibilities instead of following …
#DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #AI #SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT
Enterprise AI Architecture: Building Self-Healing, Autonomous Systems with Distributed Intelligence
Sep 04, 2024 • 2 min read
Building enterprise-grade AI with autonomous nodes, distributed intelligence, and self-healing mechanisms for resilient systems that adapt without …
#AI #SOFTWARE-ARCHITECTURE #AUTONOMOUS-SYSTEMS
How AI Enables Just-in-Time Applications: The Future of Adaptive Software
May 04, 2024 • 2 min read
AI enables applications that adapt, generate, and optimise themselves in real-time based on user needs and context — just-in-time software that writes …
#AI #SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT #ADAPTIVE-SYSTEMS
From Code Writers to Solution Architects: How AI is Reshaping Software Development
Oct 03, 2023 • 3 min read
AI is transforming software development from imperative coding to declarative problem-solving. Developers aren't being replaced — they're becoming …
#DECLARATIVE-PROGRAMMING #AI #SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT
There Is a God Now: An Old AI Anecdote That Aged Like Fine Wine
Aug 09, 2023 • 2 min read
An old computer science anecdote about AI and divinity from the mid-2000s that seems remarkably prescient in today's interconnected AI-driven world.
#AI #PHILOSOPHY #HUMOUR
Learning with AI: Why ChatGPT Beats Google for Deep Understanding
Jul 25, 2023 • 3 min read
Conversational AI like ChatGPT transforms learning with personalised explanations and instant clarification that beats traditional search methods.
#AI #LEARNING #CHATGPT