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Hardip Patel
AI purchase order entry for B2B: the model reads, rules match, a person sends
AI purchase order entry for B2B, step by step: what a model should read, which rules match each line safely, and a small Python file to start from.
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Ishan Chavda
WordPress multisite malware ad injection: how it gets in, where it hides, how to clean it
How WordPress multisite malware ad injection gets in, where it hides, the WP-CLI checks that find it, and a cleanup order that stops it coming back.
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Tushar Sharma
WordPress multisite network lessons: the five functions that act at network scope
WordPress multisite network lessons: why loops stop at 100 sites, what switch_to_blog() leaves behind, where options live, and how to roll out safely.
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Kalpesh Patel
Can you trust AI-generated code? The checks that earn it
Can you trust AI-generated code? Match each way generated code fails to the review, test, scan or benchmark that catches it, plus a runnable CI gate.
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Hardip Patel
Should I build an MCP server for my platform, and what goes in it first?
Should I build an MCP server? Three tests to decide, the measured cost of one tool per endpoint, and which tools to release first and which to keep off.
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Hardip Patel
Build a B2B ecommerce AI assistant or buy one: three tests on your own portal
Should you build a B2B ecommerce AI assistant or buy one? Three tests on your portal decide: who releases a price, how fast it comes, how alike parts are.
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Ayush Makwana
MCP server security best practices, in the order a request meets them
MCP server security best practices in request order: what the spec requires, what it leaves to you, and the public failures each check would stop.
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Ayush Makwana
Glean alternatives: when building your own internal AI assistant beats a per-seat licence
Glean alternatives weighed from each vendor's own pages: Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini, Rovo, Slack enterprise search, and when a narrow build wins.
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Hardip Patel
Why RAG fails in production, and the service fixes that come before retrieval
Why RAG fails in production after a good demo: seven service defects that break it, how to spot each one, and the fixes to make before touching retrieval.
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Hardip Patel
Self-hosting Cloudflare Clef-flash with SGLang: context, GPU memory and cost
Self-hosting Cloudflare Clef-flash with SGLang: the launch command, the real context limits, GPU memory by arithmetic, and when a GPU beats Workers AI.
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Ayush Makwana
Microsoft-Decision-1 Foundry decision automation: which calls to hand over, and what they return
Microsoft-Decision-1 Foundry decision automation for business leaders: which decisions fit, how it plugs into your systems, thresholds, limits and ROI.
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Ajay Patel
Cloudflare Clef vs Clef-flash vs Clef-omni: which model gets each decision
Cloudflare Clef vs Clef-flash vs Clef-omni, picked by input type, hosted context window and cost per million decisions, and where Clef-omni scores lower.
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