Richard Ewing
Richard Ewing
AI Economist
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Evaluations & Benchmarks

Architectural & Platform Comparisons

Objective cost, risk, and ROI evaluations of AI coding assistants, guardrails, and engineering metrics platforms.

Runtime Gating vs Prompt Boundaries

Claude Code vs Cursor Governance

Why deterministic runtime gating outperforms probabilistic prompt boundaries for enterprise AI development.

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Token Burn & Patch Loops

Claude Code Retry Loop Prevention

How to stop Claude Code from getting caught in recursive patch loops that burn API compute.

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Bounded Cognition Engines

Claude Context Rot Mitigation

Prevent Claude from forgetting core architecture in long sessions using semantic reset checkpoints.

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Ghost Dependencies & Scope Creep

Cursor Repository Drift Prevention

Stop Cursor from rewriting unrelated files and creating ghost dependencies.

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Financial vs Technical Debt

Product Debt Index vs SonarQube

Comparing code quality tools against dollar-denominated financial debt models.

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Inference Unit Margins

AI Unit Economics vs AWS Cost Explorer

Why raw cloud billing fails to measure AI feature gross margin erosion.

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Richard Ewing
AI Economist

I audit engineering spend and surface capital risks.

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