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  • Your LLM Stack Is Probably Non‑Compliant by Default

    Why this matters this week Most teams just discovered that their “quick LLM pilot” now touches: Production customer data Regulated logs (PII, PHI, financial records) Vendor models that self-update without notice Ad-hoc prompts that embed internal policies and secrets In parallel: Internal audit is asking, “What does this system actually store and where?” Security is…

  • Stop Bleeding Money on “Serverless” AWS: A Pragmatic Guide for Cloud Engineers

    Why this matters this week If your AWS bill went up in the last 90 days, it probably wasn’t GPUs. For most teams I talk to, the pain is in the “boring” parts: Lambda and Step Functions quietly scaling with usage S3 + CloudFront + data transfer DynamoDB or Aurora Serverless v2 as a surprise…

  • Cybersecurity By Design: Stop Treating Security as a Retrofit

    Why this matters this week If you’re running production systems in 2025, the pattern is clear: Identity is your real perimeter. Secrets sprawl is replacing config sprawl as the silent failure mode. Cloud security posture drift is constant, not exceptional. Supply chain compromises are now a normal threat model, not a black swan. Incident response…

  • Your Card Flows Are Quietly Becoming Regulatory Systems

    Why this matters this week If you run payments or banking infrastructure, you’re no longer “just” moving money. You’re now: A data broker for regulators (KYC/AML, sanctions, travel rules) A risk engine for your partners (chargebacks, fraud, credit risk) An interface to open banking ecosystems (account data, payment initiation) The line between “product” and “regulatory…

  • Your Models Aren’t Failing. Your Observability Is.

    Why this matters this week Most teams now have at least one machine learning system in production. Fewer have any credible way to answer: “Is this model still working as expected?” “What changed in the data between last week and this week?” “What’s our all-in cost per correct prediction?” Over the last year, the bar…

  • Your RPA Bots Are Fragile. Here’s the AI Automation Stack That’s Replacing Them.

    Why this matters this week The “agents will run your business” narrative is everywhere, but most production teams are still here: A pile of brittle RPA scripts glued to legacy UIs A handful of copilots that help humans, but don’t autonomously move tickets or money A spreadsheet of “AI POC ideas” with no clear path…