Our description of first three cost ripples: compute infrastructure, data pipelines, and vector/retrieval systems, quietly built the foundation for modern AI hidden cost ripples. Each layer solved a...

Thoughts, observations, and reflections across evolving information technology landscapes. The ideas shared on this website come from personal experience, research, and observation across rapidly...

In our previous two episodes, we explored some of less obvious but critical ripple effects of scaling AI systems. In Episode #1, we unpacked Hidden AI Cost Ripple #1: Compute Infrastructure Cost...

While compute infrastructure forms a foundation of AI’s cost structure, it is only the first ripple. As organizations move from experimentation to production, a second, often larger wave emerges of...

Preface: After writing about Linux and seeing how people responded, I realized there’s a deeper shift worth unpacking. What started with Linux as a shift in infrastructure is now accelerating with AI...

As we move into Q2 of 2026, enterprise AI has moved beyond mere experimentation into a phase of “operational reckoning.” While 90% of manufacturers and countless other enterprises are employing...