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The Foundation Test
Mike's core diagnostic for any AI-built system. Speed is not the variable that matters. Survivability is.
How it works
- 1Can you debug it in six months when real customers depend on it?
- 2Can you add feature fifteen without touching fourteen files?
- 3Did anyone define the end goal before the first prompt, or did you discover it by prompting?
- 4Would a new engineer understand the structure without you narrating it?
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Model Portfolio ArchitectureThe anti-vendor-lock layer. Don't adopt a model. Build the routing layer that models plug into.The Commit GauntletMike's automated quality pipeline, and the automation he says he'd miss most if it vanished tomorrow.The Adversarial Agent GuardrailMike's mental model for why agent hallucination is a system design problem, not a model defect.Build With, Not ForThe partnership motion Mike is actively running instead of traditional agency billing.The Knowledge Base Guardrail LoopThe semi-automated customer support pattern Mike says most companies get wrong.
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