Notes from inside the build.
What we've learned shipping retrieval systems, agents and products that have to work on a Tuesday afternoon.
Agent guardrails that actually hold up in production
Giving an agent tool access is the fun part. Making sure it doesn't email the wrong client or delete the wrong row is the part that decides whether you get to ship it.
The questions that actually tell you if a dev shop is any good
Portfolios are curated by definition. Before you sign anything, these are the questions that surface how a team actually works when something goes wrong.
MCP, plainly: what the Model Context Protocol actually changes
Every AI vendor now claims to support MCP. Underneath the acronym is a simple idea that removes a specific, tedious problem — and it is worth understanding before you build another integration.
Shipping AI features that survive contact with production
A demo needs to work once. A feature needs to work on a Tuesday afternoon under load, for a user who phrases things strangely. The gap between the two is where most AI projects quietly stall.
What a $500 website actually buys you
Small budgets are not the problem. Unclear scope is. Here is what fits honestly into an entry-level build, what does not, and how to sequence the rest.
React Native or native? The 2026 answer
The old trade-off has moved. For most products the cross-platform choice is now about team shape and release cadence, not raw performance.
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