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Showing My 12-Year-Old How to Guide AI: Build a Plant Simulator
Teaching a 12-year-old how to guide AI to build accurate plant growth simulator. Built in one day using TypeScript, PixiJS, and real biology equations. Not game theater. Actual simulation.
FRAKTAG Evolution: From RAG Script to Modular Knowledge Engine
FRAKTAG architectural evolution solving six technical problems: stochastic LLM outputs, runtime portability, vector search limitations, conversation performance, GPU thrashing, and context overflow.
AMODX Sprint 4: From Functional CMS to Commercial-Grade Operating System
AMODX Sprint 4 summary. Implemented versioning, content graph, SEO fixes, 1024MB Lambdas, and Research Signals module. Moved from functional CMS to commercial-grade operating system.
Introducing FRAKTAG: The Fractal Knowledge Engine
FRAKTAG: A fractal knowledge engine with human-supervised ingestion. Five days from prototype to functional. Replaces flat RAG with structural navigation and strict data taxonomy.
The Great Refactor: The Reality of an AI-Assisted Monolith Migration
The reality of migrating a Java Spring Boot monolith to serverless with AI assistance. 11 days. 1 engineer. What AI solved and what it couldn't.
AMODX Sprint 3 - Added Commerce, Teams, and "God Mode"
Sprint 3 added commerce, RBAC, themes, and blogging to AMODX. We moved from prototype to production-grade agency operating system. Zero plugins. Pure serverless.
The Great Refactor: Migrating a CRM from Spring Boot to Serverless
By Andrei Roman Principal Architect, The Foundry In my "Mission" manifesto, I outlined three capabilities I am developing at The Foundry. The second was System
AMODX Sprint 2 Completed: The Agency Operating System is Production-Ready
By Andrei Roman Principal Architect, The Foundry AMODX started as a question: "What if we rebuilt WordPress today, knowing what we know now?" The answer is amo
WordPress Hosting is a Grift. I Built a Serverless OS to Escape It.
By Andrei Roman Principal Architect, The Foundry I remember the exact moment I decided to burn the ships. I was looking at a renewal invoice from Bluehost. I ha
AMODX Wordpress Alternative: Why Agencies Need an "AI Operating System"
By Andrei Roman Principal Architect, The Foundry For the last 15 years, the answer to "I need a website" has been "WordPress." It powers 40% of the web. It is t
Private AI Infrastructure: How to Build On-Premise Intelligence for Regulated Industries
There is a dangerous illusion sweeping through boardrooms, from engineering firms to high-stakes legal practices. The illusion is that Private AI is just a matter of...
I Built an AI Coach in 2 Months. AI Engineering is Engineering.
Two months ago, ARDA was just an idea born from a 20-year-old dream: an AI coach that could provide the brutally honest, reality-based relationship advice I w
"Vibe Coding" Like A Professional
"Vibe coding" is the new high. The dopamine rush of brainstorming with a Large Language Model (LLM), copy-pasting a near-perfect snippet, and watching a feature
The Hidden Liability in "Working" Code
The phrase that should cause the most panic in software isn't "it's not working." It's "don't touch it, it works." That phrase is the siren song of technical d
The "Zen Ninjas" of Your Inner Team - They Could Be Sabotaging Your Projects
In every high-stakes project, I've seen the same five archetypes emerge. I call them the "Zen Ninjas." They are not just roles people play; they are the fundame
From a Book, to a CRM, to an AI: The Accidental Path to Building ARDA
Every founder's journey has a "Point A," but the path to building something meaningful is never a straight line. The story of ARDA, my AI relationship coach, di