Vendor selection for custom software tends to follow a familiar pattern. A shortlist gets built from search results and referrals. Each vendor gives a polished presentation. Proposals arrive with different scopes, different assumptions, and prices that vary by a factor of three. Then someone has to choose. share share share share 

There are many cases where AI models that worked fine in development start to behave badly in production. In this article, Kanika Vatsyayan discusses the causes that lead to this situation. He recommends moving from static assessments to continuous quality engineering for AI models. share share share share 

Random-matching video chat looks simple from the outside: press a button, meet a stranger, press it again. Underneath, every session needs a queue, a pairing decision, a signaling exchange, an ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment) negotiation and a media path that survives whatever network each person happens to be on. Each [...]

Paulius Pazdrazdys, a longtime observer of automated consumer-facing tech platforms, sees a clear pattern in how consequential automation tends to land in practice. Autonomous Engineer, ServiceNow’s newly announced offering, encodes that pattern directly: the system executes autonomous planning, building, and testing of implementation work, yet developers retain control of critical [...]