AI Development Framework: Why Evaluation Comes First, Not Later
Why 'we'll optimize later' is the most expensive assumption in AI development. A framework built on evaluation as a first principle, not a phase.
I'm Mark, a solutions architect with 20 years of business analysis behind me. I've spent my career in financial services and regulated industries, translating between executives and developers, leading the hard conversations, and making sure what gets built is what the organization actually needs. I bring that perspective to cloud architecture now, backed by 10 AWS and FinOps certifications.
Why 'we'll optimize later' is the most expensive assumption in AI development. A framework built on evaluation as a first principle, not a phase.
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