Field notes

Notes from production.

Short reference pieces on the patterns that keep coming up in my work. Written once, kept current, no feed to fall behind on.

Why AI pilots stall

The model was never the blocker. Auth, data, governance, and ownership are, and they are all buildable.

Approval gates for AI agents

How to let an agent take real actions without letting it loose: reads open, writes gated, everything logged.

When legal must approve every word

Shipping an LLM in a compliance-heavy environment by using it as a classifier, never a generator.

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