Monthly · Free · Opt-out anytime

Slavin AI Monthly Digest

Architecture decisions, comparison rubrics, dataset releases, and case-study notes for CTOs, AI strategy leads, and architects responsible for enterprise AI.

📩 Subscribe

What you'll get

  • 1 decision rubric per issue (RAG vs fine-tune, build vs buy, vendor selection, etc.)
  • 1 new dataset or update to existing CC-BY-4.0 open data
  • 2-3 case-study notes from anonymized client work — what worked, what didn't
  • Regulatory pulse: EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, sector-specific changes
  • 1 production failure mode we saw this month and how it was caught (or missed)

Length: ~600 words. Reading time: 4-5 minutes. Schedule: 1st Tuesday of each month.

🛡️

Pledge: No third-party tracking. No sponsored content. No selling your email to other lists. Just signal. Unsubscribe link in every issue — and if you reply with "stop", you're off the list within 24 hours.

Recent issues (sampler)

  • 2026-06: AI ROI benchmarks across 5 verticals (medical wins on stability, hospitality wins on payback)
  • 2026-05: Why most "AI agent" projects should be RAG — the 3-level capability ladder
  • 2026-04: EU AI Act Article 14 human-oversight — what audits actually check
  • 2026-03: Vector DB benchmarks — pgvector caught up faster than people expected
  • 2026-02: 22 failure modes AI generators ship into production despite passing tests