2026 · Q2 FIELD NOTE
What a 256-GPU validation actually looks like
A walk through the validation checklist we ran on a recent cluster, including the failure modes that didn't make it past burn-in.
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01 // UPCOMING
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2026 · Q2 WHITE PAPER
When self-hosted inference beats the API — and when it doesn't
A cost-and-latency analysis across vLLM, TGI, and managed APIs at three workload profiles.
2026 · Q3 RUNBOOK
Agent observability that scales past the demo
Tracing, eval harnesses, prompt versioning, cost telemetry — what to instrument before you ship.
2026 · Q3 ARCHITECTURE
Storage for AI: NetApp vs VAST vs all-flash arrays
Measured throughput against our reference workloads — no vendor slides.
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