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We publish what we learn in delivery. Each piece comes from a real project or a real argument inside the firm. Two new pieces a month. No filler.

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We applied our own method to ourselves

Nine weeks. AI wrote 71 per cent. The quality checks caught four contract math regressions that would have over-billed clients. What we learned building EffektAI on EffektAI.

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Ashiq Rahman

5 May 2026 · 7 min read

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Method

Human-in-the-loop vs human-as-fallback

Two AI patterns sound identical in a vendor pitch and behave very differently in production. Why the distinction matters for cost, governance, and the regulator.

Ashiq Rahman

5 May 2026 · 6 min read

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Procurement

The shape of an outcome contract

Four clauses that make outcome pricing real. The change-of-scope clause is the one that breaks most contracts in flight. What ours looks like.

Andrew Stebbing

5 May 2026 · 6 min read

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Method

The anatomy of an quality checks

What a rig actually contains. Why every AI engagement needs one. How to read a vendor's quality claims without taking them on faith.

Ashiq Rahman

5 May 2026 · 5 min read

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Modernisation

Why your last modernisation cost $1.4M

The anatomy of a stalled rebuild. Where the money went. Why it stalled. What changes when AI does the archaeology.

Andrew Stebbing

5 May 2026 · 6 min read

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Procurement

How to read an AI services pricing page

A field guide for procurement. Six tells of a hidden day-rate model. Six tells of a real outcome model.

Andrew Stebbing

5 May 2026 · 5 min read

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Coming up

What's in the pipeline.

  • The case against agentic autonomy in regulated workflows
  • What an exit-gate audit pack actually contains
  • The first lighthouse retrospective

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