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Real opinions about what AI is getting right and wrong for operators in 2026, written by us, in our own voice, not a content calendar. Plus the occasional teardown of something Izzy built and what it taught us.
Articles

Why We Killed Our SaaS to Open-Source LLM Observability for the EU
Tired of paid LLM tools holding your data hostage? We accidentally built the self-hosted, GDPR-compliant LLM observatory Europe actually needs.

5 Problems With RAG Citations in Production That Will Get You Fined, Fired, or Both
Learn the 5 fatal flaws in production RAG citations, from unfixable hallucinations to EU AI Act violations, and the architectural decisions required to fix them.

5 Hidden Problems With AI Agents in Production
Gartner predicts 40% of AI agent projects will fail. Discover the 5 hidden problems killing AI agents in production and how engineering teams can fix them.

ReAct Loops vs Deterministic Orchestration for AI Agents

AI Pricing in 2026: Why Cost-Per-Outcome Beats Tokens
MIT found that 95% of enterprise AI pilots show no P&L impact. Here's the cost-per-outcome formula we use to catch that in week one, not quarter three.

Prompt Engineering is Dead: The 2026 LLM Orchestration Playbook
Prompt engineering is deprecated at scale. Discover the 2026 LLM orchestration and prompt governance playbook for EU CTOs to scale AI securely and compliantly.

LLM Production Engineering: The 2026 Playbook for CTOs
Stop treating AI like a science fair. Discover the 5 LLM production patterns EU startup CTOs are using to control costs, quality, and EU AI Act compliance.

The Prompt Engineering Myth: 7 Problems Breaking EU AI Startups in 2026
Stop optimizing prompts. Discover the 7 architectural flaws breaking EU AI startups in 2026 and the Sovereign Workflow roadmap for compliant, scalable AI.

How to Build a Production LLM Observability Stack in 2026
A practitioner's guide to the winning stack: Tracing (Langfuse), Cost Control (LiteLLM), and Governance (PromptMetrics). Includes a Week 1 to Quarter 1 implementation plan.
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