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Practical writing on AI agents, automation and getting your business found in AI search: how these systems are built, where they help, and where they go wrong. Written by the engineers who ship them, for the people deciding what to build.
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SecuritySystem Prompts Are Not Security Controls: Where AI Agent Guardrails Actually Belong
A system prompt steers an AI agent, enforces nothing. Where each guardrail belongs, from filters to policy checks to database constraints, and what each stops.
30 Oct 202611 min
AI governanceWhy 40% of Agentic AI Projects Get Cancelled, and the Governance Decisions That Keep Yours Alive
Agentic AI projects get cancelled for cost, unclear value or weak risk controls. Six governance decisions made in week one keep a pilot alive past month four.
30 Oct 202610 min
SecurityHow to Secure AI Agents: Beyond Prompt Guardrails
System prompts cannot protect production data. Securing AI agents requires a deterministic access layer with strict read/write separation and human approval.
25 Oct 20266 min
AI agentsAI Agent Development Cost: Budgeting Custom Agents in 2026
Custom AI agents cost $5,000 to $300,000+ upfront. Learn how US businesses budget for connector engineering, token loops, and maintenance in 2026.
22 Oct 20265 min
AI governanceHuman in the Loop AI Agents: Building Reviewed Write Queues
A human in the loop AI agent stages state-altering changes in a review queue, running reads at machine speed while operators approve writes.
22 Oct 20266 min
InstitutionsMembership Management System for Associations: A Guide
What a membership management system for associations replaces, what it should do, and how to move a paper-and-phone office online, with a 10,000-member example.
21 Oct 20267 min
CompanyDevs Core Named an OpenAI Select Partner
Devs Core has been named an OpenAI Select Partner. What it means for the AI agents we build for clients, and where our work with OpenAI goes next.
2 Oct 20263 min
AI agentsHow to Choose an AI Agent Development Company
How to choose an AI agent development company: the proof to ask for, the integration test to insist on, 10 questions for the first call, and the red flags.
2 Oct 20268 min
AI searchHow to Get Your Website on ChatGPT (and Claude, Gemini and Perplexity)
Why your site does not show up in ChatGPT, how AI assistants decide which businesses to name, and the fixes that make them able to find, read and recommend you — in the order they matter.
25 Sept 20269 min
Tell us which process is costing you.
Thirty minutes, no preparation, no deck. You describe what keeps going wrong and we tell you whether AI is the answer — including when it is not.
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