Block 02

R&D & Tech Essays

Long-form write-ups on the problems the tools in the Lab came out of.

Nothing published yet · three pieces in writing

In writing

MCP in finance without leaking keys

How to give an LLM real access to a financial database without handing over private keys or personal data — what the boundary looks like and where it usually breaks.

In writing

The golden record out of chaos

Patterns for assembling one transaction history when you have five payment gateways, three currencies and a steady stream of refunds.

In writing

AI agents for reconciliations

Finding mismatches and lost marketplace fees automatically, with local models doing the tedious part.

In the meantime, the tools are real:

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