Tag: opinion
All the articles with the tag "opinion".
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MCP Is the USB-C of AI Tools. Here's Why I'm Betting on It.
The Model Context Protocol standardizes how models reach tools and data, the way a connector standard kills a drawer full of adapters. The ecosystem is thin. I'm betting on the protocol anyway.
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Agents Are Coming. Most Demos Are Lying.
A skeptical look at agent reliability in late 2024, where the impressive demos quietly fall apart in production, and the narrow places agents already pull their weight.
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Negotiating a Nine-Figure Cloud Deal: What Engineers Should Know
A multi-year hyperscaler commitment is an architecture decision wearing a procurement costume, and engineers who skip the room get the bill.
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Stop Fine-Tuning. Start Retrieving. (Usually.)
A decision framework for RAG versus fine-tuning that is not "it depends." Three questions settle most of it, and the cases where fine-tuning actually wins are narrower than the budget requests suggest.