Notes from the build
Resources
Engineering writing from the Simcha Solutions team: how we think about cloud platforms, cloud databases, data engineering, and AI and ML systems that hold up in production.
The Ownership Shift
Why the build-versus-buy math flipped, how to find the tools on your invoice that are cheaper to own, and how to run the replacement without betting the company.
Read the paper →The LLM Reliability Playbook
Engineering discipline for systems built on language models: evaluation harnesses, drift detection, non-deterministic testing, and agent loops that fail safely.
Read the paper →The Observability Tax
The cost nobody signed off on: undirected collection is not understanding. Aim it instead.
Read post →Serverful vs Serverless: A Cheat Sheet
Two deployment models, two different bills and failure modes. Pick by workload, not buzzword.
Read post →Batch vs Streaming Is the Wrong Question
Latency is not a preference. It is a property of the decision the data feeds.
Read post →Silent Capability Drift
Your system got worse and nothing in the change log explains why. The model moved underneath you.
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