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Data Infrastructure for Production AI

Practical writing on AI data engineering, feature stores, and the infrastructure choices that determine whether AI systems work in production.

Feature Stores for AI: The Missing MLOps Component Reaching Maturity
Feature Stores for AI: The Missing MLOps Component Reaching Maturity
12 Mar, 2026 | 11 Mins read

A recommendation system team built their tenth model. Each model required feature engineering. Each feature engineering project started by copying code from the previous project, then modifying it for

Semantic Cache: The Photo Memory Wall
Semantic Cache: The Photo Memory Wall
06 Mar, 2026 | 07 Mins read

You have a wall covered in photos. You are looking at one from a beach trip. Nearby are other beach photos, vacation snapshots, summer memories. Not identical shots, but related moments. The clusterin

Case Study: Building a Production AI Knowledge Layer for Financial Services
Case Study: Building a Production AI Knowledge Layer for Financial Services
01 Mar, 2026 | 10 Mins read

A regional bank's investment research team spent 60% of their time gathering information and 40% doing analysis. Analysts had to search through regulatory filings, internal research memos, market data

Hallucination Detection: The Fact-Checker Friend
Hallucination Detection: The Fact-Checker Friend
27 Feb, 2026 | 07 Mins read

You have a friend who is always certain. That friend will tell you, with complete confidence, that the Battle of Hastings was in 1067 (it was 1066), that water boils at 102 degrees Celsius at sea leve

Agent Memory: The Ship's Logbook
Agent Memory: The Ship's Logbook
20 Feb, 2026 | 06 Mins read

The captain does not remember every moment of every voyage. The logbook does. What happened, when, what the crew observed, what decisions were made. When the captain reviews the log, past voyages info

AI Infrastructure for Legacy Systems: Modernizing 20-Year-Old ERPs with AI
AI Infrastructure for Legacy Systems: Modernizing 20-Year-Old ERPs with AI
18 Feb, 2026 | 13 Mins read

A manufacturing company runs their operations on an ERP system installed in 2004. The vendor still supports it. The team knows how to maintain it. The integrations are stable. It works. The problem i

Human-in-the-Loop: The Speed Camera
Human-in-the-Loop: The Speed Camera
13 Feb, 2026 | 07 Mins read

A speed camera does not stop the car. It captures an image at a specific moment, records the license plate and timestamp, and sends the data to a system where a human makes the judgment. The camera ob

The Governance Layer: Managing AI Risk, Compliance, and Audit
The Governance Layer: Managing AI Risk, Compliance, and Audit
07 Feb, 2026 | 13 Mins read

A healthcare system deployed an AI triage assistant. It worked well in testing. In production, it started routing patients with chest pain to low-priority queues. The error was subtle and infrequent.

Token Budget: The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Plate
Token Budget: The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Plate
06 Feb, 2026 | 08 Mins read

The buffet is unlimited in theory. You can make as many trips as you want. But the plate you carry is finite. Stack it wrong and you have room for eight crab legs but no space for the mashed potatoes