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Updates on architecture, model routing, and system resilience.

// Before: $0.04/run
rawImage → GPT4o
// After: $0.016/run
compress → sanitize → extract

The Multimodal Defense Pipeline: 4 Layers Between Image and Execution

How payload compression, OCR sanitization, schema extraction, and live state verification cut costs by 60% and eliminated visual injection attacks.

if cost_estimate > budget:
raise CostGuardRailError
return "execution_approved"

Ship Week: Introducing the Cost Guardrail API

How we built a real-time cost estimator that blocks runaway automations before they drain your budget.

"uptime": 99.94,
"p95_latency": 142,
"edge_regions": 18

How we achieved 99.9% uptime on Vercel Serverless

A deep dive into our infrastructure stack, edge caching strategy, and the monitoring tools that keep us online.

const schema = z.object({
invoice_number: z.string(),
total: z.number()
})

Why JSON Schema Validation Prevents 90% of LLM Errors

The surprisingly simple technique that eliminated hallucinated fields in our invoice extraction pipeline.

margin = revenue - costs
if va_count > 5:
margin → 0

The Efficiency Trap: Why Hiring More VAs is Killing Your Margins

The hidden cost of human middleware. Why scaling with virtual assistants creates coordination debt that compounds faster than the value they add.

git reset --hard HEAD~342
"3 months deleted"
return to AESL

Why I Deleted 3 Months of Code to Pivot to AESL

The hard lesson about building the wrong abstraction. How chasing "low-code" almost killed the product, and why a language beats a GUI every time.

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