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Chasing the Perfect Project: How I Escaped Scope Creep and Rebuilt The Foundry
Trying to build the 'perfect' open-source project to gain stars and build a community can easily become a scope-creep trap. Here is how testing my CLI tool in a constrained work environment forced me to strip away the bloat and build something genuinely useful.
The Great Context Trap: Why Your AI Memory is Broken (And How to Fix It)
We are bleeding our project context to cloud providers every time we open a new chat window. Discover how the Foundry ecosystem and the Model Context Protocol enable portable, sovereign AI memory that finally puts you back in control.
The Word for AI's Worst Output Is Slop
Code that works but is structurally wrong is the silent killer of AI-assisted projects. Discover how moving from prompt-based instructions to governance-as-a-service, or the Foundry, eliminates AI-generated slop.
The Foundry Update: Architecting Multi-Agent Intelligence
After a total overhaul of The Foundry, I am shifting my strategy. By focusing on granular model selection and graph-based codebase management, I am prioritising organic adoption over a premature public release.
Knowing When to Fold: Why I'm Shutting Down Vyzo
Shutting down a project is never easy, but it is a vital part of the development lifecycle. Today I am reflecting on why I am sunsetting Vyzo, from the challenges of platform monopolies to the harsh economics of LLM API costs.
Building the Ultimate Local-Only AI Swarm: From Pomodoro Apps to Polyglot WebAssembly
I have built an autonomous, self-healing AI swarm named The Foundry that operates entirely on local hardware. Now, I am putting it through a brutal 10-step polyglot gauntlet to see if it can master everything from React frontends to C++ and WebAssembly.