tfc’s Hatched Ideas

Why Most AI Fails Before the First Query: The Hidden Cost of Not Knowing What to Retrieve

Why Most AI Fails Before the First Query: The Hidden Cost of Not Knowing What to Retrieve

Jun 5, 2026

Why Good Thinking Needs a Human Simulation Layer

Why Good Thinking Needs a Human Simulation Layer

Jun 4, 2026

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The Single Source of Truth Is Not a Database, It Is a Design Discipline

The Single Source of Truth Is Not a Database, It Is a Design Discipline

Jun 3, 2026

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Why Good Thinking Needs a Loop: Building, Sorting, and Rebuilding Ideas

Why Good Thinking Needs a Loop: Building, Sorting, and Rebuilding Ideas

Jun 2, 2026

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Why Good Infrastructure Treats Governance as a Design Problem

Why Good Infrastructure Treats Governance as a Design Problem

Jun 1, 2026

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The Hidden Architecture Behind Better Search and Safer Deployments

The Hidden Architecture Behind Better Search and Safer Deployments

May 31, 2026

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Simulation Needs a Body: Why Human-Like AI Begins with Hunger, Emotion, and Containers

Simulation Needs a Body: Why Human-Like AI Begins with Hunger, Emotion, and Containers

May 30, 2026

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Why Human Systems Need Both Clear Boundaries and Messy Inner Lives

Why Human Systems Need Both Clear Boundaries and Messy Inner Lives

May 29, 2026

The Hidden Boundary Problem in Intelligent Systems

The Hidden Boundary Problem in Intelligent Systems

May 28, 2026

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Why the Best Systems Are Built Like Productive Monoliths

Why the Best Systems Are Built Like Productive Monoliths

May 27, 2026

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Why Reliable Systems Need Human Weaknesses Built In

Why Reliable Systems Need Human Weaknesses Built In

May 26, 2026

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Why AI Fails Like Bad Infrastructure: The Hidden Cost of Treating Systems as Magic

Why AI Fails Like Bad Infrastructure: The Hidden Cost of Treating Systems as Magic

May 25, 2026

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Why Secure Automation and Parallel Tools Are the Same Design Problem

Why Secure Automation and Parallel Tools Are the Same Design Problem

May 24, 2026

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The Hidden Similarity Between Event Systems and Passwordless Login: Trust by Design, Not by Hope

May 23, 2026

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The Hidden Rule of Scale: Standardize the Interface, Evolve the Intelligence

The Hidden Rule of Scale: Standardize the Interface, Evolve the Intelligence

May 22, 2026

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Why AI Fails Less Because It Is Smart Than Because It Is Poorly Orchestrated

Why AI Fails Less Because It Is Smart Than Because It Is Poorly Orchestrated

May 21, 2026

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Why Most AI Projects Fail at the Same Place: The Missing Unit of Work

Why Most AI Projects Fail at the Same Place: The Missing Unit of Work

May 20, 2026

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Why Most AI Projects Fail Before They Ever Learn to Work

Why Most AI Projects Fail Before They Ever Learn to Work

May 19, 2026

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Why AI Fails Less Like a Brain and More Like a Bad Workflow

Why AI Fails Less Like a Brain and More Like a Bad Workflow

May 18, 2026

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Why the Best AI Systems Are Designed Like Event Pipelines, Not Brains

Why the Best AI Systems Are Designed Like Event Pipelines, Not Brains

May 17, 2026

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Why Serverless Fails When Architecture Stops Being a Discipline

Why Serverless Fails When Architecture Stops Being a Discipline

May 16, 2026

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Why AI Fails Until It Learns to Search the Right Way

Why AI Fails Until It Learns to Search the Right Way

May 15, 2026

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The Single Source of Truth Is Not a Place, It Is a Discipline

The Single Source of Truth Is Not a Place, It Is a Discipline

May 14, 2026

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Why the Best AI Systems May Be Built by Letting Them Fail on Purpose

Why the Best AI Systems May Be Built by Letting Them Fail on Purpose

May 13, 2026

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The Strange Rule Shared by Good UIs and Good Systems: One Thing Must Own the Truth

The Strange Rule Shared by Good UIs and Good Systems: One Thing Must Own the Truth

May 12, 2026

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Why Semantic Search Is Really a Container Problem

Why Semantic Search Is Really a Container Problem

May 11, 2026

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Why Good Systems Need Both Flow and Form

Why Good Systems Need Both Flow and Form

May 10, 2026

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Why Most AI Projects Fail for the Same Reason Event-Driven Systems Break: They Ignore Coordination

Why Most AI Projects Fail for the Same Reason Event-Driven Systems Break: They Ignore Coordination

May 9, 2026

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When to Stop Collecting and Start Building: The Hidden Similarity Between Notes and Infrastructure

When to Stop Collecting and Start Building: The Hidden Similarity Between Notes and Infrastructure

May 8, 2026

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Why AI Needs a Transaction Log Before It Needs More Intelligence

Why AI Needs a Transaction Log Before It Needs More Intelligence

May 7, 2026

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