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Notes from our work.

Use cases, lessons and a look behind the scenes. Client details always stay confidential.

2 November 2026 · 5 min read

The prototype is the easy part

AI has made it cheap to build something that works in a demo. What makes software dependable is everything a demo doesn't show, and that is what you hire a studio for.

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31 October 2026 · 8 min read

When a local LLM is worth it, and when the cloud wins

Security against capability, what a €15k machine can and can't do, how capable Qwen is, and the break-even point against cloud providers, with the numbers.

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29 October 2026 · 7 min read

How it works: from first message to project room

A walk through what you'll see when you start a conversation with us: quick questions, a first sketch, an indicative price, a written plan, an intro call and a shared project room.

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26 October 2026 · 6 min read

How we built a chat-first website on our own LLM

A look behind this site: a small model on our own hardware, an agent that knows when to ask a human, and the lessons that made it reliable.

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26 October 2026 · 5 min read

Template: an anonymised use case

Copy this folder to write a new use-case story.

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