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Building the AI Foundation, Part 4: The Control Plane
The Tuesday question, and the layer that answers it in five minutes instead of five days
Oct 23
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Balu Sudhakar
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Building the AI Foundation, Part 3b: The Business-User Gate
Why a BOM, a routing step, and a quality disposition need the same discipline a pull request already has
Oct 15
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Balu Sudhakar
Building the AI Foundation, Part 3a: The Developer Gate
Why a code change should pass the same gate no matter which tool wrote it
Oct 5
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Balu Sudhakar
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Building the AI Foundation, Part 2: The Context Layer Is Where Multi-System Enterprises Get Stuck
Why MCP matters most once ERP, CRM, a data platform, and a dozen other systems all require access
Oct 1
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Balu Sudhakar
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September 2026
Stop Picking AI Tools. Start Building an AI Architecture.
A practical playbook for IT leaders at the start of their AI journey
Sep 26
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Balu Sudhakar
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The Gemba Walk for CIOs
The road to modern ERP runs through the shop floor
Sep 23
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Balu Sudhakar
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What Manufacturing Teaches IT About Delivering Software: Hire the FDE
IT has spent a decade teaching manufacturers to be data-driven. Now the plant floor returns the favor: flow, small batches, and a delivery loop measured…
Sep 11
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Balu Sudhakar
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Your AI Agent Demo Was a Lie (Sorry)
The five-minute screencast was magic; day four is an incident post-mortem
Sep 10
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Balu Sudhakar
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