Articles

The thinking, in longer form.

Perspectives, analyses, and field guides on efficient AI — the arguments behind our research, written to be read slowly. The lead piece first, the reading list below.

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Lead articlePerspective1 min readAI-native applications need protocols, not pluginsPlugins bolt intelligence onto software built for humans. Protocols let software and models meet halfway.Jun 26, 2026Read the article

AnalysisJun 12, 2026 · 1 min readThe real cost of a design iterationA spacing fix costs 30 seconds in a design tool and hours in production. The gap compounds.
GuideMay 29, 2026 · 1 min readSmall models, big workloads: a field guide to distillationWhen distillation works, what it silently breaks, and how to keep the skills you actually need.

The reading list

May 14, 2026PerspectiveContext is a budget: treat tokens like computeNobody ships an unprofiled hot loop, but everyone ships unprofiled prompts. That asymmetry is expensive.1 min read
Apr 30, 2026GuideFine-tuning or retrieval? A decision frameworkThe wrong choice here burns months. Four questions that settle it before you spend a dollar of compute.1 min read
Apr 16, 2026AnalysisAgent reliability is an interface problemAgents don't fail because models are dumb. They fail where unstructured interfaces let errors compound.1 min read