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Notes from the applied frontier.

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Essay
19 April 2026
9 min read
What a token factory is and isn't
A token factory is four owned layers around a swappable model bus. Not a product, not a framework. Here is what the term means and what it rules out.
- methodology
- token-factory
- architecture
02
Essay
19 April 2026
9 min read
Ten years of token factories for aviation technical documentation
A decade of building token factories over aircraft technical documentation. What survived each model generation, what didn't, and what the work looks like inside.
- aviation
- case-study
- technical-documentation
- methodology
03
Essay
19 April 2026
9 min read
The economics of renting AI at 200 employees
At 200 to 2000 employees, AI spend stops being a line item and starts being a capital structure decision. An honest look at the three slopes and where the curves cross.
- economics
- nordic-mid-market
- build-vs-rent

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