Field reports from the TechKis team.
Engineering notes, architecture deep-dives and honest takes on what we’re learning while shipping AI-first software.
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- 9 min read·AI EngineeringCostEngineering Practice
What an AI pilot actually costs — a line-item breakdown
Most AI pilot budgets are wrong because they only price the build. Here's the honest line-item breakdown — discovery, data prep, evaluation, build, inference and the run cost nobody quotes — and where pilots quietly overrun.
Read post - 9 min read·PerformanceCore Web VitalsSEO
A Lighthouse 100 doesn't mean your site is fast
Lighthouse is a lab simulation on a throttled mid-range phone. Google ranks on field CrUX p75 for LCP, INP and CLS. Here's why the two disagree, and what to measure instead.
Read post - 9 min read·AI EngineeringSEOContent
Getting cited by AI search — how to be the answer, not the tenth blue link
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews cite sources instead of listing links. Here's how answer engines pick what to quote, and how to be the citation.
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- 10 min read·AI EngineeringArchitectureSecurity
Self-hosted LLMs vs provider APIs — when data residency actually forces your hand
Self-hosting an open-weight model is usually the wrong default and occasionally the only option. Here's what genuinely forces it — regulation, contracts, volume economics — and the hybrid split most teams land on.
Read post - 9 min read·AI EngineeringEngineering PracticeEnterprise
Choosing an AI development partner — the questions that predict delivery
Case studies and logos don't predict whether an AI project ships. These questions do — about evaluation, data access, model choice, handover and run cost — plus the answers that should end the conversation.
Read post - 9 min read·AI EngineeringCostEngineering Practice
What an AI pilot actually costs — a line-item breakdown
Most AI pilot budgets are wrong because they only price the build. Here's the honest line-item breakdown — discovery, data prep, evaluation, build, inference and the run cost nobody quotes — and where pilots quietly overrun.
Read post - 9 min read·PerformanceCore Web VitalsSEO
A Lighthouse 100 doesn't mean your site is fast
Lighthouse is a lab simulation on a throttled mid-range phone. Google ranks on field CrUX p75 for LCP, INP and CLS. Here's why the two disagree, and what to measure instead.
Read post - 10 min read·PerformanceCore Web VitalsNext.js
Fixing Core Web Vitals in the Next.js App Router
A hands-on guide to fixing LCP, INP and CLS in the Next.js App Router — client boundaries, next/image, next/font, Suspense streaming and a Lighthouse CI budget.
Read post - 9 min read·AI EngineeringSEOContent
Getting cited by AI search — how to be the answer, not the tenth blue link
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews cite sources instead of listing links. Here's how answer engines pick what to quote, and how to be the citation.
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