Case library
Anonymised deployments dissected the same way every time: the ask, the real problem, the build, the result, and what broke.
- 2026-10-30Halving bakery waste by asking for the numbersA 23-shop bakery chain cut annual waste from RMB 1.3m to 0.6m without new cameras, because the forecast was already sitting in its stores.5 min read
- 2026-10-30The seven-figure quote that hit 100% and died the same dayA proposal that covered every stated requirement was rejected within a day. Coverage and quote eligibility are different questions, and only one of them is about the customer.4 min read
- 2026-10-30A 16-person agency, three roles, and one knowledge baseA knowledge-base project is decided by one boundary document the client signs before any skill is written, not by retrieval quality.4 min read
- 2026-10-30The 120,000-yuan system that died in a monthA 29-person building-materials firm paid 120,000 yuan and a year for a custom ERP, then killed it after a month. The second attempt differed in who ran acceptance.4 min read
- 2026-10-30A classroom tool delivered like an FDE handoverA 69.80-yuan classroom workbench shipped with a fixed commit, an unchanged upstream licence, and an acceptance sheet where "not verified" is allowed.5 min read
- 2026-10-30Four weeks, 1,506 turns, 75 pull requests: what actually sped upAI raised throughput three to four and a half times on a four-week build, while the owner's own capacity rose far less. The queue moved to judgement.5 min read