Insights & Ideas
How we think about AI, development, and modernization.
AI Isn't Coming - It's Already Here
Nicole Mazkour's takeaways from the AI Forum: AI agents, human review, practical use cases, and why training matters as much as technology.
13 Days, $500M in Fraud, One Binary
How we won the ACT-IAC 2026 AI Hackathon by building less infrastructure, not more. 42% Precision@100. 890x lift over random.
We Never See Your Data
AI-first development means every dataset could end up in a prompt. Decoy generates synthetic data inside your trust boundary so we never touch the real thing.
47 Users, 47 Engineers
Why SBIR-style work should reward small teams, AI leverage, working prototypes, and right-sized architecture instead of enterprise overhead.
Other Writings From Our Team
XP 3.0: AI-Enabled Development
How AI changes the economics of extreme programming practices.
robertmelton.com →Technology Sprawl in the AI Era
AI makes writing code cheap. That's exactly why you need to be more careful about what you build.
robertmelton.com →Making Async Remote Teams Work
Patterns for distributed teams that actually ship software.
robertmelton.com →Prompt Injection Defense
Practical strategies for securing AI systems in production.
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