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Infographic of the DiffDocs flow: file upload, extraction and normalization, diff engine, and auditable results and delivery.

EN · 2026-10-01 · 10 min read

DiffDocs in 3.5 Months: What AI Accelerated—and What Still Required Engineering

How DiffDocs became a functioning SaaS in 3.5 months: what AI accelerated and which architecture, security, and validation decisions still required engineering.

AI systemsAI-augmented developmentSaaSSoftware architectureDocument intelligence
Technical blueprint of a local AI engineering lab with workstation, GPU, local models, inference, RAG, agents, observability, security, and backups.

EN · 2026-09-30 · 8 min read

A Local LLM Is Not a Lab: How Do You Build an AI System You Can Repeat, Measure, and Audit?

From a local endpoint to RAG, agents, observability, and MCP: lessons from an AI lab designed to make every layer repeatable, measurable, and auditable.

Local AIAI engineeringAgentsObservabilityMCP
Three-panel conceptual infographic: fragmented calculations, bidirectional power triangle and coherent WattsWise three-phase results.

EN · 2026-09-30 · 7 min read

Bidirectional Power Triangle: Why Should Every Calculation Start with the Same Input?

54.1 A or 60.1 A for one motor? See how efficiency and bidirectional power-triangle calculations connect kW, kVA, kVAR, PF and current.

Electrical engineeringPower trianglePower factorWattsWise
Concept illustration: scattered spreadsheets, AI-augmented architecture with executor and auditor, and an illustrative WattsWise interface. Hypothetical comparison figures are explained below.

EN · 2026-09-30 · 7 min read

From Spreadsheets to WattsWise in 216 Hours: Where AI Helped—and Engineering Still Mattered

From repeated spreadsheet calculations to the first WattsWise submission: 216 hours of active work, AI-assisted implementation, and engineering decisions that still needed an owner.

Electrical engineeringAI-augmented developmentSoftware architectureWattsWise
Infographic about evolving an AI-agent workflow toward a more efficient, governed context architecture.

EN · 2026-09-29 · 10 min read

After 8,901 Commands, I Changed the Way I Work with AI Agents

After 8,901 commands, the problem shifted from adding more tools to governing context, memory, caching, and redundancy in AI agent workflows.

AI systemsAgentsContext engineeringDeveloper tools
Three-stage infographic showing the transition from an intimidating terminal, through AI agents repeatedly rebuilding a process, to running a validated, reusable, versioned system.

EN · 2026-09-29 · 12 min read

Are You Delegating Too Much to AI… Just Because a Black Screen Intimidates You?

A black screen can make delegating everything to AI feel easier. How to turn useful results into reproducible, verifiable capabilities you can keep.

AI systemsAgentsAI literacyEngineering governance
Infographic comparing a multi-agent-first approach with Spec-Driven Development and showing their possible convergence for deciding when to parallelize agents.

EN · 2026-09-29 · 11 min read

More Agents or Better Specifications? What Changed After Trying Both

After trying multi-agent workflows and Spec-Driven Development, one conclusion emerged: specify first, then decide when multiple agents truly add value.

AI systemsAgentsSpec-Driven DevelopmentEngineering governance
Infographic connecting traditional engineering with AI orchestration through planning, auditing, correction, and final human technical acceptance.

EN · 2026-09-28 · 9 min read

AI Does Not Eliminate Engineering; It Forces Engineering to Become More Explicit

AI accelerates execution but does not eliminate engineering. Why specifications, acceptance criteria, audit, and evidence matter more than ever.

AI systemsEngineeringSoftware engineeringEngineering governance
Infographic showing an AI validation cycle from implementation and testing through functional review, correction, and technical acceptance.

EN · 2026-09-28 · 11 min read

AI Said “Done”. The Product Had a Different Opinion

An agent can complete its plan and pass tests while a feature is still incomplete. How to separate autonomy, validation, and evidence-based acceptance.

AI systemsAgentsSoftware engineeringQA and validation
Infographic showing the path from an idea to a functional product through AI-assisted development, architecture, testing, validation, and deployment.

EN · 2026-09-28 · 10 min read

From an Idea to a Functional Product: What I Have Learned Building Software with AI

AI can turn an idea into a first implementation remarkably fast. What still has to happen before that speed becomes a reliable, maintainable product.

AI systemsSoftware developmentProduct developmentEngineering governance
Before-and-after infographic: a workflow where everything goes through agents versus one that uses known rules and deterministic software, reserving AI for ambiguity and exceptions.

EN · 2026-09-27 · 8 min read

Do We Really Need Another AI Agent—or Should the System Know This Already?

When should an AI agent keep reasoning, and when should known decisions become deterministic software? A practical framework for rules, tests and durable system knowledge.

AI systemsAgentsSoftware engineering
Infographic titled Anatomy of a Useful Prompt, connecting objective, context, audience, expected format, and constraints to a sample prompt.

EN · 2026-09-25 · 9 min read

How to Work Better with AI: From Better Prompts to Better Collaboration

A practical introduction to working better with AI through context, iteration, examples, verification and human judgment—not magic prompt formulas.

Generative AIPromptingHuman-AI collaborationAI literacy