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Blueprints & Articles

Execution guidance for regulated enterprise AI: architecture, security and governance across the Microsoft ecosystem.

8 articles

Illustration titled "The Paper Security Illusion": security policies and an ISO 27001 binder on a desk above over-privileged AI agents and exposed secrets

Security13 Oct 20266 min read

Why Companies Say They Want Secure IT Solutions, But Actually Do Not Want Them

The real-life IT project paradox: contrasting paper compliance (ISO 27001) with factory-floor execution debt, over-privileged non-human identities, and AI risk exposure.

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Architecture06 Oct 20267 min read

The Infrastructure Illusion: Why Low-Code-No-Code, Public Cloud and 'Rented Compliance' Are Failing the Enterprise

How abstraction masks distributed system complexity, creates compliance blind spots under DORA/CRA, and accumulates compounding technical debt.

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Governance12 Sept 20269 min read

We Know the Cyber Risk. So Why Don't We Act?

Analyzing psychological distance, cognitive biases, and organizational incentives behind delayed cybersecurity investments under NIS2.

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Architecture25 Jul 20265 min read

Still Optimizing Your RAG for Agents? LLM Wikis Might Be Here to Stay (for Now)

Where Retrieval-Augmented Generation falls short for AI agents, how Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki idea synthesizes knowledge once instead of at every query, and the open questions that remain.

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Strategy07 Jul 20267 min read

AI Success Starts Before the First Copilot Is Built - How technical implementation companies can win in the AI race

Why AI success requires strategy, governance, business value and advisory before technical implementation begins.

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Engineering10 Jun 20263 min read

How to Use a Local LLM in VS Code

Set up Ollama, a local model and the Continue extension for private, offline AI coding assistance in VS Code, no cloud service or massive GPU required.

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Strategy03 Jun 20265 min read

Architecting the Exit: How to Avoid AI Vendor Lock-In

Retaining institutional intelligence through decision telemetry logging, manual SOP drills, contractually secured fine-tuning data, and deterministic AI contracts.

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Compliance13 May 20265 min read

The Hidden GDPR Problem in Enterprise AI That Everyone Misses

Why processing personal data through internal AI systems needs purpose compatibility, a valid lawful basis under Art. 6 GDPR, and a DPIA under Art. 35 before processing starts.