Verification first
No fix is claimed without observed execution in the logs. Trace and grep before declaring anything working. AI accelerates delivery; verification preserves correctness.
Five phases. You know what happens next at every point, and you own the result at the end of it.
One conversation, no charge. What the business actually needs, what already exists, and whether AI is the right instrument. If it is not, I say so and we are done.
The design phase. Data flow, workflow shape, model selection, cost per operation, and failure modes, written down before any code exists.
I write it. Shipped in working increments so you see real behavior early rather than a reveal at the end.
Evaluation against real cases, not demo cases. Where the system is wrong, we find out before your customers do.
Documentation, working sessions with your engineers, and the keys. The measure of a good engagement is that you do not need me afterward.
No fix is claimed without observed execution in the logs. Trace and grep before declaring anything working. AI accelerates delivery; verification preserves correctness.
Architecture decisions live in version-controlled briefs, not in my head. If I disappear, the project continues.
Integrations degrade gracefully and surface structured errors. A system that quietly returns something wrong is worse than one that stops.
Model routing and context management are architecture decisions with a monthly invoice attached. I design against unit economics from the start.
New ideas go on a list and get priced separately. The thing we agreed to ship, ships.
The goal is capability transfer. Ongoing support should be a choice you make, not a position you are trapped in.