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I'm Hugues Clouâtre, a world-class executive leader with extensive experience at AWS, Oracle, and Slalom. I specialize in digital transformation, cloud architecture, and building high-performing teams.
This is where I share insights on technology leadership, advanced AI workflows, cloud architecture, and emerging technologies. Check out my About page to learn more about my background and experience.
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Why Your AI Agent Failed in Production
• UpdatedWhy your AI agent failed: missing decision provenance, not metrics. The 3 observability gaps traditional monitoring won't catch.
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RAG for Legacy Systems: 7,432 Pages to 3s Answers
• Updated7,432 pages to 3-second answers. Production RAG for legacy systems with model-agnostic reranking. No vendor lock-in, validated across 4 LLM families.
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Orchestrating AI Agents: A Subagent Architecture for Code
• Updated50% cost reduction with subagent architecture for AI coding. Capable models for planning, fast models for building. Real metrics from Goose.
Recent Posts
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AI Agents in Legacy Systems: ROI Without Modernization
• UpdatedLayer AI agents over legacy systems without modernization. 30-80% productivity gains for mid-market teams. Patterns that bypass technical debt.
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AI Supply Chain Attacks: New Vectors in Your Dependencies
• UpdatedSlopsquatting: attackers register packages AI hallucinates. XZ Utils showed the stakes. A framework to assess your AI supply chain exposure.
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AI-Augmented CI/CD - Shift Left Security Without the Risk
• UpdatedAI code review in CI/CD without prompt injection. Defensive patterns: three security tiers, isolated execution, no secrets in prompts.
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AI-Assisted Development: From Implementation to Judgment
• UpdatedFrom typing code to evaluating proposals. 70-80% time savings when AI explores options, you make the call. Real metrics from production.