The Context Window | Past Issues

The Context Window | Past Issues

Past Issues

The Context Window

Know what you're walking into.

Patterns & Practice

Models & Vendors

Past Issues

Know what you're walking into.

Past Issues

VERSION 1

Know what you're walking into.

May 10 — Issue 1

A practical map of modern AI systems: what the model is, where it runs, how it uses tools, what it costs, and who authorized the action.

Featured Articles

Models & Vendors

Where Zero Trust Transfers to AI Agents and Where It Breaks
Who Decided the Agent Needed That Access?
Authorization Provenance Across Service Accounts, Bots, and AI Agents

Patterns & Practice

Cloud API vs. On-Device Inference — Let the Buyer's Constraint Decide
Function Calling, MCP, and Skills Are Layers, Not Choices
Your Buyer Pays by the Token, and They Already Chose Where

The Plumbing

Vector, Keyword, and Hybrid Retrieval — What Each Finds and What Each Leaks
MCP Default Loading vs. Skills Progressive Disclosure

AI Foundations

Generative AI vs. Predictive AI
Why Model Failures Don't Throw Errors

Under the Hood

Why Hosting Location Is the Whole Ballgame
A Model Is a File

Issue 1

May 10

A practical map of modern AI systems: what the model is, where it runs, how it uses tools, what it costs, and who authorized the action.

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