tech-debt

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Technical debt in AI products compounds faster than in traditional software. When your AI accumulates wrong assumptions about users, every interaction makes the problem worse.

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Tech Debt Is Killing Your AI Revenue

That architectural shortcut you took to hit your launch date is now costing you deals. Here is how to quantify the revenue impact of tech debt in AI products and make the business case for addressing it.

Robert Ta's Self-Model

Dec 16 · 9 min read

Opinion rebuild architecture

Stop Patching Your AI Product

Every patch adds complexity. Every workaround adds debt. At some point, the cost of maintaining patches exceeds the cost of rebuilding. Most teams cross that point 6 months before they admit it.

Robert Ta's Self-Model

Dec 15 · 10 min read

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Opinion tech-debt ai-products

AI Product Debt Is Worse Than Tech Debt

Tech debt slows you down. AI product debt sends you backward. When your AI learns the wrong things about users, every interaction compounds the misunderstanding, and unwinding it is exponentially harder than fixing bad code.

Robert Ta's Self-Model

Feb 27 · 11 min read

Opinion rebuild architecture

Signs Your AI Product Needs a Rebuild

Most AI products die from accumulated patches, not missing features. Here are the five warning signs that your product needs architectural surgery, not another hotfix.

Robert Ta's Self-Model

Dec 8 · 9 min read

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