NOTES
Technical notes from the work.
Short, practical writing about workflows, integrations, private systems, and the decisions that make them maintainable.
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Why retries create duplicate records (and how to fix idempotency)
Retries are necessary in unreliable systems. Without idempotency, the same event can become the same record twice.
What we inspect in an inherited automation
Before changing an inherited workflow, establish its actual inputs, side effects, dependencies, and failure conditions.
What idempotent workflows actually mean in practice
Idempotency is not simply deduplication. It is a deliberate contract for repeated execution and side effects.
When self-hosting is worth the operational overhead
Self-hosting can improve control, but it also creates maintenance work. The decision should follow actual requirements.
How to verify whether an AI answer is grounded in source documents
A plausible answer is not evidence of grounding. Verification requires traceable retrieval and source excerpts that support the conclusion.
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