West Arete Computing, Inc.

Our Thinking

Essays and field notes from the work.

We publish what we’re learning as we build software and AI systems for organizations that can’t afford to get this wrong. We want to share the patterns, problems and solutions we keep coming back to.

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8 min read

Human in the loop is an architecture decision, not an approval step.

Most "human review" gets tacked on at the end. The interesting question is where in the system a person actually needs to be, and what they need to see when they get there.

By West Arete

More writing

Short pieces, written as we go.

Field notes from active engagements, arguments we’ve stress-tested with clients, and the occasional opinion piece.

  1. Field note

    Sometimes the answer isn't AI.

    A short catalogue of engagements where the right move turned out to be a well-designed piece of custom software, a workflow change, or a decision the client had been postponing.

    West Arete · Coming soon · 6 min read

  2. Behind the work

    What a Clarity Sprint actually produces.

    An honest look at the artifacts a Sprint leaves behind, who reads them inside a client organization, and which decisions they're meant to unblock.

    West Arete · Coming soon · 5 min read

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