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Latest essays

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AGENTIC AI · LONG READ

Why Most “AI Agents” Fail in Production — and the 5 Architecture Choices That Don’t.

A field report from production agentic systems handling 50,000+ daily customer interactions. The five decisions that separate slideware demos from systems that survive a regulator and a Black…

FINTECH · CASE STUDY

Inside a Service Agent Handling 50,000 Daily Conversations.

A production engineering writeup. How one GenAI service agent replaced 180 live support agents, handles tier-1 and tier-2 conversations across web, app, and SMS, and operates at 99.97%…

FINTECH · COMPLIANCE

AI in FinTech After Basel III: What Actually Passes Audit.

A senior auditor’s checklist. What model risk teams really look for, the documentation that earns approval, and architectural patterns that survive Basel III, PRA, OCC, and SAMA review.…

CXO · STRATEGY

The AI TCO Conversation Every CFO Should Demand.

A defensible cost model for GenAI workloads. The hidden costs vendors obscure, the math that earns board approval, and a worked example you can take to your next…

HEALTHTECH · COMPLIANCE

HIPAA-Safe GenAI in HealthTech — Patterns That Work.

A reference architecture for deploying GenAI in HIPAA-regulated healthcare. PHI redaction, audit trails, BAA-friendly stacks, on-premise deployment, and the patterns that survive an HHS audit. Adnan Tahir Chief…

ENGINEERING

RAG vs Fine-Tuning vs Agentic Orchestration: A Decision Framework for CTOs.

When to RAG, when to fine-tune, when to orchestrate. A decision matrix grounded in cost, latency, accuracy, governance, and team capability — drawn from real production deployments. Adnan…

FRACTIONAL · STARTUPS

The Fractional CXO Playbook for Pre-Seed Founders Raising Their First Round.

How to hire a Fractional CTO, CPO, or CDO without burning runway. What investors actually look for in technical diligence. The engagement structure your lead VC will sign…

MVP · LOWCODE

Ship an MVP in 6 Weeks with LowCode/NoCode (and When Not To)

A funded-founder’s playbook for using Bubble, Webflow, FlutterFlow, and Retool to validate a hypothesis fast — the four tools that earn their keep, the three that don’t, and…

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