Restraint

Using less AI, matching the tool to the job, resisting the reach for the biggest model. The case against doing more.

Cost · Guides
Not every task needs the biggest model
Every time a new frontier model lands, someone proposes plumbing it everywhere. The right answer isn't a smaller model. It's a test.
James Dodd11 Apr 20264 min read
Guides · Restraint
Five ways to use less AI
Most SMBs have more AI running in their business than they realise, and could shrink it considerably without losing anything they valued.
James Dodd28 Feb 20263 min read