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Practical AI, no hype
Field notes on pipelines, compliance, agent CLIs and AI adoption — written from real production work, not vendor slide decks.
Oct 1, 2026
What a ComfyUI Pipeline Actually Costs a Post House
A plain-English breakdown of the real costs — hardware, model licensing, artist time, retraining — behind standing up a production ComfyUI pipeline, with the numbers I see on real shows.
Read articleOct 5, 2026
Keeping AI VFX Workflows Compliant: What Studios Miss
Provenance, licensing evidence, guild expectations, and fail-open audits. The compliance gaps I find in most studio AI workflows — and how to close them before they become a legal problem.
Read articleOct 9, 2026
Claude Code vs opencode: Choosing Your Agent CLI (and Guardrails)
Two agent CLIs, two philosophies. How to pick, how to speak their language, and the guardrail setup that keeps your agents powerful without leaking your secrets.
Read articleOct 11, 2026
Five AI Tasks Every Small Business Should Automate This Quarter
The boring, high-ROI automations that actually move revenue — not the hype. Plus the security basics every business owner needs before they put real data near an LLM.
Read articleOct 12, 2026
AI Is Not a One-Click Success Machine
The hype sells a button that makes finished work. Reality is closer to a camera or a colour grade — it takes a skilled hand, a human in the loop, and a trail you can defend years from now.
Read articleOct 12, 2026
Why AI Compliance Fails Closed — and Why That Protects You
AI licences, provenance, studio policy and union rules — why the only safe default for AI in film and TV is to block when the evidence is missing, never to assume it is fine.
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