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Insights from real projects
Industry trends, commentary, and reports from the real work of building and delivering software.
From AI Experiment to a Dependable Business Service
AI makes useful tools cheaper to create. A dependable business service still needs explicit rules, tested outcomes, and someone to operate it.
A Useful AI Model Can Still Carry a Backdoor
A capable AI agent can still expose your business. Its permissions need limits that hold when the model makes a harmful request.
What the Last 20% of an AI-Built SaaS Looks Like
Building Nilo with AI exposed what a working demo hides: deployment handovers, billing promises, data boundaries, and misleading evidence.
Stories
When work gets personal
The colleague you trusted. The promise you regret. The person you can’t stop thinking about. Follow people trying to hold on to their jobs, their dignity, and each other. Come back tomorrow to see what happens next.
The Questions They Could Answer
“Show me the failure.”
Something Only She Could Bring
Dandara had saved her a fork. Natalia had come to find out how much danger Marcus was in.
The Person Who Would Stay
Adriana’s daughter was waiting for her to come home. Bernardo knew it; she had told him. He waited until two team leads could hear before putting a hand on her chair and telling her she was the only person w...
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