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Field notes.

Once a month: what we are learning from live projects, which models we actually run in production, what we are deliberately leaving out - and occasionally a short methodological argument we are currently testing.

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Issue 17
April 2026

Why we have just cancelled a pilot at an OEM.

Perspectives · Pilot exit · Metrics

A specific project where the expectations did not match reality. Plus: three questions we put on the table before every new pilot.

8 min read
Issue 16
March 2026

Claude 4.5 in an A/B against our fine-tuned Mistral.

Fine-tuning · Cost · Evaluation

The result was not what we expected. We show the eval matrix and the budget question that ultimately decided the choice.

11 min read
Issue 15
February 2026

A BaFin audit: 90 minutes, no findings.

Governance · Audit trail · Registry

Which eight artefacts turned out to be enough - and which details we are already preparing for the next audit.

9 min read
Issue 14
January 2026

Four things that did not work for us in 2025.

Perspectives · Learnings · Mistakes

A year in review without the success stories. The four things we are doing differently in 2026.

10 min read
Issue 13
December 2025

Why we do not build “AI copilots”.

Product strategy · Positioning

The difference between a copilot and an agent is architectural, not cosmetic. We explain which part we do - and which we do not.

7 min read
Issue 12
November 2025

Tool use in production: two patterns, one anti-pattern.

Agentic systems · Architecture

Which two interaction patterns we run in the field - and why “the agent calls OpenAPI directly” breaks in practice.

12 min read