Technical Notes
Our lab notebook is open.
Every experiment gets written down. What we tried, what failed, and what actually worked in production. A useful failure earns more trust than an unsupported statistic.
Prototype / Lab ExperimentSpring 2026
We built an autonomous inbound qualification prototype to test whether deterministic scoring beats conversational LLMs for inbound lead triage.
Key Takeaway: Heuristic scoring gates and instant DNS verification beat open-ended LLMs for inbound qualification.
Architecture SpikeWinter 2025/2026
Tested a dual-checker verification pattern to compare vendor invoice PDFs against Stripe payout webhooks and banking CSV exports.
Key Takeaway: Dual-checker verification pattern with programmatic sanity checks prevents silent financial extraction hallucination.
Internal UtilityAutumn 2025
Built a lightweight micro-service enabling engineers to send raw voice notes that are transcribed and structured into Linear tickets.
Key Takeaway: Removing UI friction dramatically increases update compliance, provided there is a human review confirmation gate.