Most multi-agent architectures look elegant on the whiteboard. Agent A generates the output. Agent B judges it against a strict checklist. No AI grading its own homework, clean separation of concerns, autonomous iteration until the job is done. Then you open the billing dashboard. Your agents are locked in a loop, Agent A revising, AgentContinue reading “The Builder, the Critic, and the Circuit Breaker: How I’d Design AI Agents That Don’t Bankrupt You”
Monthly Archives: June 2026
Your AI Stack Has a Geopolitical Risk. Your Board Doesn’t Know It Yet.
In March 2022, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian entities following the invasion of Ukraine. Within 72 hours, Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud began cutting off services to affected Russian customers. Businesses that had built mission-critical workflows on those platforms discovered, at speed, that a U.S. government directiveContinue reading “Your AI Stack Has a Geopolitical Risk. Your Board Doesn’t Know It Yet.”
The Art of the Email (Because Apparently, We Still Need to Talk About It)
It’s not a post I thought I’d be writing in 2026—but this week was one of those weeks where I felt a short refresher might be useful for everyone’s sanity. Core Principle: Respect the time and cognitive load of the recipient. When Not to Use Email When you are angry or sad: Don’t even riskContinue reading “The Art of the Email (Because Apparently, We Still Need to Talk About It)”