A Second Check, Always
Essay · September 2, 2026 · 10 min read
One model doing the work and an independent mechanism checking it is the single most reliable pattern I know for production AI. Here is how to build it.
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Refuse Over Guess
Essay · September 2, 2026 · 12 min read
Why the most important design decision in a production AI system is deciding when the model is not allowed to answer, and how to engineer that refusal.