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New posts monthly. en-us <![CDATA[The minimum viable eval: how we ship AI features without a regression suite from hell]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/minimum-viable-eval https://pintoedai.com/blog/minimum-viable-eval Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[What our clients actually pay for Claude per month: 10 anonymized stacks]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/real-claude-bills-10-stacks https://pintoedai.com/blog/real-claude-bills-10-stacks Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Sora vs Kling vs Runway: 50 client clips, one verdict]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/sora-kling-runway-50-clips https://pintoedai.com/blog/sora-kling-runway-50-clips Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Cursor vs Claude Code: how we actually split work between them in 2026]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/cursor-vs-claude-code-2026 https://pintoedai.com/blog/cursor-vs-claude-code-2026 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The $0.20/hr GPU is lying to you: Vast vs Modal vs RunPod on a real fine-tune]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/gpu-vast-modal-runpod-fine-tune https://pintoedai.com/blog/gpu-vast-modal-runpod-fine-tune Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Tool-use vs structured output: when each one is the right tool]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/tool-use-vs-structured-output https://pintoedai.com/blog/tool-use-vs-structured-output Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[AI customer support: the 80/20 we keep recommending]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-customer-support-80-20 https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-customer-support-80-20 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[From POC to production: 7 things that always break the week after demo day]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/poc-to-production-7-things-break https://pintoedai.com/blog/poc-to-production-7-things-break Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Long-context patterns that replaced our vector DB (the actual diffs)]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/long-context-replaced-our-vector-db https://pintoedai.com/blog/long-context-replaced-our-vector-db Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[AI SDR economics: when it pays back in 3 weeks vs when you should kill it]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-sdr-economics-payback https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-sdr-economics-payback Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Stop building chatbots. Build outcomes.]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/stop-building-chatbots https://pintoedai.com/blog/stop-building-chatbots Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The buzzword graveyard: terms we won't use in client meetings in 2026]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/buzzword-graveyard-2026 https://pintoedai.com/blog/buzzword-graveyard-2026 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[What "AI strategy" means when you're under $10M ARR]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-strategy-under-10m-arr https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-strategy-under-10m-arr Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The five AI demos that always look great and ship terribly]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/five-demos-ship-terribly https://pintoedai.com/blog/five-demos-ship-terribly Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Opus 4.7 1M context: what it actually unlocks vs the marketing]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/opus-4-7-1m-context-real https://pintoedai.com/blog/opus-4-7-1m-context-real Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Sonnet 4.6 vs Haiku 4.5: the routing decisions we make every week]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/sonnet-haiku-routing-weekly https://pintoedai.com/blog/sonnet-haiku-routing-weekly Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[We killed our newsletter SaaS. Here's why.]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/killed-our-newsletter-saas https://pintoedai.com/blog/killed-our-newsletter-saas Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Prompt caching deep-dive: the 4 patterns that compound savings]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/prompt-caching-deep-dive https://pintoedai.com/blog/prompt-caching-deep-dive Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[ElevenLabs vs Suno: shipping audio for clients in 2026]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/elevenlabs-vs-suno-2026 https://pintoedai.com/blog/elevenlabs-vs-suno-2026 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Migrating from OpenAI to Claude: the 5 gotchas we hit every time]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/openai-to-claude-migration https://pintoedai.com/blog/openai-to-claude-migration Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Pricing AI work: why we charge fixed-fee, not T&M]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/pricing-ai-work-fixed-fee https://pintoedai.com/blog/pricing-ai-work-fixed-fee Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Apollo vs Lemlist vs Smartlead: which outbound stack we actually deploy]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/apollo-lemlist-smartlead-outbound-stack https://pintoedai.com/blog/apollo-lemlist-smartlead-outbound-stack Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Writing tools the model actually uses]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/writing-tools-the-model-uses https://pintoedai.com/blog/writing-tools-the-model-uses Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Stop measuring deflection. Measure resolution.]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/stop-measuring-deflection https://pintoedai.com/blog/stop-measuring-deflection Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA["AI agents" mostly means "scripts with model calls" and that's fine]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-agents-are-scripts https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-agents-are-scripts Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The shape of a useful LLM logging pipeline]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/llm-logging-pipeline https://pintoedai.com/blog/llm-logging-pipeline Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Klaviyo vs Mailchimp vs Kit: the AI-era email decision]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/klaviyo-mailchimp-kit-ai-email https://pintoedai.com/blog/klaviyo-mailchimp-kit-ai-email Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Synthesia vs HeyGen for L&D video at enterprise scale]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/synthesia-vs-heygen-l-and-d https://pintoedai.com/blog/synthesia-vs-heygen-l-and-d Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Citations in production: the hard requirement most teams skip]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/citations-in-production https://pintoedai.com/blog/citations-in-production Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Fine-tuning vs prompting in 2026: when each one wins]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/fine-tuning-vs-prompting-2026 https://pintoedai.com/blog/fine-tuning-vs-prompting-2026 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Gemini vs Claude long-context: the parts the benchmarks miss]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/gemini-vs-claude-long-context https://pintoedai.com/blog/gemini-vs-claude-long-context Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The AI build checklist: 23 questions before you write a line of code]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-build-checklist https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-build-checklist Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[How we cut a client's LLM bill 71% with prompt caching (real numbers)]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/cut-llm-bill-71-percent https://pintoedai.com/blog/cut-llm-bill-71-percent Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Claude vs ChatGPT for production agents in 2026 — what actually breaks]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-production-agents https://pintoedai.com/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-production-agents Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[When NOT to build with AI: three engagements we turned down]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/when-not-to-build-with-ai https://pintoedai.com/blog/when-not-to-build-with-ai Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[RAG is mostly dead. Here's what we use instead in 2026.]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/rag-is-dead-long-context https://pintoedai.com/blog/rag-is-dead-long-context Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Anatomy of a working AI SDR (and why most fail)]]> https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-sdr-anatomy https://pintoedai.com/blog/ai-sdr-anatomy Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT