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Decision Notes

Decision Notes capture tradeoffs: what to automate, what to leave human, what to run locally, what to send to the cloud, and how to choose tools without creating more operational drag.

Builder Log Mar 22, 2026 6 min read
What Background Jobs Taught Me About Reliable AI Agents
Moving 18 scheduled AI jobs from cloud to local looks like a cost exercise. It is really a reliability audit:…
What Background Jobs Taught Me About Reliable AI Agents
Decision Notes Mar 4, 2025 6 min read
AI Agent Memory Needs the Same Discipline as Production Code
The failure mode nobody warns you about: AI agent memory that works for a week, then silently drifts. Memory architecture…
AI Agent Memory Needs the Same Discipline as Production Code
Decision Notes Feb 4, 2025 6 min read
Local vs. Cloud AI: What Belongs Where in an Agentic System
The local vs. cloud question is not about cost. It is about which workloads you trust to run unattended, data…
Local vs. Cloud AI: What Belongs Where in an Agentic System
Builder Log Jan 28, 2025 6 min read
What AI Agents Should Remember — and What They Should Never Store
Credential discipline and memory architecture for a self-hosted AI agent. The practical rules that prevent security nightmares and memory drift.
What AI Agents Should Remember — and What They Should Never Store