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Building AI Products on Supabase, PostgreSQL and pgvector
7 June 2026

Building AI Products on Supabase, PostgreSQL and pgvector

For lean engineering teams building AI features, Supabase and PostgreSQL have become a serious default stack. This article covers why the combination works, where pgvector fits into RAG architectures, how row-level security keeps AI features production-safe, and what the trade-offs look like as you scale.

9 min readChris Kerr
Snowflake vs BigQuery for Australian Mid-Market Data Platforms
7 June 2026

Snowflake vs BigQuery for Australian Mid-Market Data Platforms

Snowflake and BigQuery are the two dominant cloud data warehouses for mid-market teams in Australia, but the right choice depends on your cloud estate, data-residency obligations, cost profile, and AI roadmap. This guide cuts through the noise to help Australian data and engineering leaders make a defensible decision.

11 min readChris Kerr
MLflow vs Weights & Biases: Experiment Tracking and Model Registry
7 June 2026

MLflow vs Weights & Biases: Experiment Tracking and Model Registry

MLflow and Weights & Biases are the two platforms most growing ML teams evaluate for experiment tracking and model registry. This guide compares them honestly across deployment model, data residency, collaboration, and production reproducibility — so you can make the right call for your team and regulatory context.

10 min readChris Kerr
PyTorch vs TensorFlow in 2025: Choosing a Production ML Framework
7 June 2026

PyTorch vs TensorFlow in 2025: Choosing a Production ML Framework

PyTorch and TensorFlow are both production-capable ML frameworks in 2025, but they suit different teams, workloads, and deployment environments. This guide helps technical leaders make a defensible framework choice based on ecosystem fit, serving requirements, and team context — not benchmarks or hype.

11 min readChris Kerr
LLM Evaluation in Production: A Three-Layer Approach
7 June 2026

LLM Evaluation in Production: A Three-Layer Approach

Shipping an LLM feature is the easy part. Knowing whether it still works correctly six weeks later — after a prompt change, a model version bump, or a shift in user behaviour — is where most teams struggle. This post covers a three-layer evaluation approach that gives engineering teams real confidence in production LLM systems.

9 min readChris Kerr
AWS SageMaker vs Self-Hosted GPU Serving: Cost and Control
7 June 2026

AWS SageMaker vs Self-Hosted GPU Serving: Cost and Control

AWS SageMaker and self-hosted GPU serving on A100 or H100 hardware each make sense under different conditions — and the wrong choice becomes expensive quickly. This article breaks down the cost structure, operational trade-offs, and decision framework for Australian engineering teams moving ML models to production.

9 min readChris Kerr
AI Readiness Assessment: A Practical Guide for Australian Businesses
7 June 2026

AI Readiness Assessment: A Practical Guide for Australian Businesses

An AI readiness assessment is the structured process of evaluating whether your organisation has the data, infrastructure, talent, and cultural foundations needed to adopt AI successfully. This guide covers the five readiness dimensions, maturity models, and a practical assessment framework for Australian businesses considering AI adoption.

13 min readChris Kerr
AI Readiness Assessment: A Complete Guide for Australian Businesses
7 June 2026

AI Readiness Assessment: A Complete Guide for Australian Businesses

An AI readiness assessment is the structured diagnostic that tells Australian businesses what they actually need before investing in AI development. This guide covers the six readiness dimensions, Australian regulatory obligations, cost models, and how to build a credible implementation roadmap from the assessment results.

10 min readChris Kerr
Digital Engineering Consultancies in Australia: A Market Guide
6 June 2026

Digital Engineering Consultancies in Australia: A Market Guide

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5 min readChris Kerr