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Analysis and opinions on technology applied to digital product: AI, small language models (SLMs), architecture, MCP, RAG, and computational efficiency. Room 714's view.

27 articles

RAG Is Not Magic: Choosing the Retrieval Architecture Your Use Case Actually Needs
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RAG Is Not Magic: Choosing the Retrieval Architecture Your Use Case Actually Needs

June 22, 2026

The Silent Danger of AI: Not That It Fails, But That You Stop Thinking
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The Silent Danger of AI: Not That It Fails, But That You Stop Thinking

June 15, 2026

SaaS Under Siege: When Your Real Competitors Aren't Other Apps
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SaaS Under Siege: When Your Real Competitors Aren't Other Apps

June 8, 2026

Perceived Performance: Why Your AI App Feels Slow Even When It Isn't
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Perceived Performance: Why Your AI App Feels Slow Even When It Isn't

June 5, 2026

CLAUDE.md Is a Budget, Not a Manual: Why Your AI Instructions Are Burning Money
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CLAUDE.md Is a Budget, Not a Manual: Why Your AI Instructions Are Burning Money

June 1, 2026

Your Invisible Brand: Why AI Search Engines Don't Know You Exist (Even If Google Does)
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Your Invisible Brand: Why AI Search Engines Don't Know You Exist (Even If Google Does)

May 29, 2026

AI Agents That Spend Money: The Autonomy Nobody Budgeted For
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AI Agents That Spend Money: The Autonomy Nobody Budgeted For

May 25, 2026

AI Safety Is Not a Layer: It's a Design Problem
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AI Safety Is Not a Layer: It's a Design Problem

May 22, 2026

AI Labs Are No Longer AI Labs: The Runtime Pivot Nobody Is Talking About
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AI Labs Are No Longer AI Labs: The Runtime Pivot Nobody Is Talking About

May 18, 2026

Local-First Architecture: Taking Back Control of Your Product
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Local-First Architecture: Taking Back Control of Your Product

May 15, 2026

Efficiency Over Gigantism: Why Your Company’s Future is "Small"
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Efficiency Over Gigantism: Why Your Company’s Future is "Small"

May 11, 2026

The Return of Iron: Resurrecting Co-location
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The Return of Iron: Resurrecting Co-location

May 7, 2026

Why Your Dev Team Needs Local AI
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Why Your Dev Team Needs Local AI

April 28, 2026

The Canonical Model: Stop Hallucinating
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The Canonical Model: Stop Hallucinating

April 23, 2026

The "Google Effect": Why Your RAM is Now Worth Double
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The "Google Effect": Why Your RAM is Now Worth Double

April 15, 2026

Investing in a World That Expires Every Tuesday
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Investing in a World That Expires Every Tuesday

April 8, 2026

GraphRAG: From Text Retrieval to Relationship Understanding
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GraphRAG: From Text Retrieval to Relationship Understanding

April 7, 2026

Data Flywheels: The Secret Engine of AI
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Data Flywheels: The Secret Engine of AI

March 30, 2026

The End of the Border: The Full-stack Paradigm
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The End of the Border: The Full-stack Paradigm

March 19, 2026

The Twilight of WordPress
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The Twilight of WordPress

March 16, 2026

From Syntax Programmers to Flow Engineers
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From Syntax Programmers to Flow Engineers

March 12, 2026

The Factory Collapse
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The Factory Collapse

March 9, 2026

AI & Unbundling: Single-Purpose Microservices
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AI & Unbundling: Single-Purpose Microservices

March 5, 2026

Monorepos: The Backbone of Modern Agility
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Monorepos: The Backbone of Modern Agility

February 23, 2026

Astro and Fastify: The Engineering of Radical Efficiency
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Astro and Fastify: The Engineering of Radical Efficiency

February 16, 2026

Is your code an asset or an outstanding debt?
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Is your code an asset or an outstanding debt?

January 28, 2026

Precision engineering, not code factories
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Precision engineering, not code factories

January 21, 2026

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