Insights & ideas from the engineering floor
Practical insights on AI automation, custom software, and internal tools from the team at Paramint
AI Engineering
9 min readHow to Build an Enterprise AI Agent
How to build an enterprise AI agent that can safely take actions, from scoping its tools and permissions to the authority ladder that earns each autonomous action with evidence.
AI Engineering
10 min readGovernment AI Solutions Have to Explain Themselves
What government AI solutions require beyond accuracy, from decisions people can appeal to records that satisfy FOIA and systems that outlast an administration.
AI Engineering
12 min readWhat a Custom AI Development Company Actually Does
How a custom AI development company differs from an automation agency or an off-the-shelf tool, when a custom build is worth it, and what to verify before you sign.
How to Choose an AI Automation Agency
How to choose an AI automation agency by what happens after the demo, from silent-failure detection to the handoff you own if you part ways.
Sam OkparaReplacing an Admin Dashboard With a ChatGPT App
How we replaced a traditional admin dashboard with a ChatGPT App using MCP tools, UI widgets, and a permissions layer built for real operations.
Nazim AminBuilding ReviewMyHinge: Lessons From a Two-Sided Marketplace
What building a dating profile review marketplace taught us about cold starts, trust design, pricing, repeat usage, and two-sided product operations.
Sam OkparaWhy AI Projects Fail Before Production
Why AI projects stall between demo and deployment, and what production-ready teams do differently around data, evaluation, integrations, and failure handling.
Nazim AminAI RFP Response Automation: Building Vercor
Why proposal teams still lose days to RFP assembly work, and how we built an AI pipeline for extraction, drafting, staffing, formatting, and compliance review.
Nazim AminWhy CRMs Fail Relationship-Driven Businesses
Why relationship-driven teams outgrow traditional CRMs, and how we designed Relate to track context, prioritize attention, and draft the next move.
Sam OkparaRetool vs Custom Code for Internal Tools
A practical framework for deciding when Retool is enough, when custom code is worth it, and when the right answer is a mix of both.
Sam Okpara
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