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Engineering notes and lessons on AI, data and nearshore delivery from the senior team building at Distillery.

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AI

Why most AI projects stall between demo and production

A slick prototype is easy. A system your business can run on is the hard part. Here is where AI initiatives break down — and how to cross the gap.

Distillery Engineering · July 8, 2026 · 6 min read

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Nearshore

Nearshore, done right: what actually makes it work

Timezone overlap is table stakes. The real multiplier is senior talent that owns outcomes and integrates like part of your team.

Distillery · June 24, 2026 · 5 min read

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Engineering

QA at team scale with an AI co-engineer

How one QA engineer built and runs a ~500-test E2E system with Claude Code — planning and reviewing while the AI builds.

Agustin Montoya · June 10, 2026 · 7 min read

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