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The Parts of a Startup Nobody Sees
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Software Is Different When the Output Arrives in the Mail
Lessons from building software whose output is a printed book: irreversible releases, bugs with material costs, print specs as requirements, and real QA.
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Responsible AI Starts Where the Demo Ends
Responsible AI isn't a policy page. It's review screens, recovery paths, honest expectations, and designing for the customer's judgment, not around it.
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Personalized Books Existed Long Before AI. The Business Didn't.
Custom children's books were always possible for a price. What generative AI changed is the cost of originality, and that changed the business.
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