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Search for AI Agents: Paid APIs vs a Self-Hosted Instance
An agent that cannot search only knows its training data. We compare paid search APIs and a self-hosted SearXNG instance on cost per query, privacy and what breaks.
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Automation audits, build-vs-buy decisions, vendor and infrastructure choices, technical due diligence and roadmaps with ROI attached.
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Your Config File Is an API, So Treat It Like One
A config file has callers, a contract and a failure mode. Validate it before the write, replace it atomically, control concurrent writers, keep history and explain every key.
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AI Adoption in Romania: Where SMEs Stand in 2026
AI adoption in Romania: 5.21% of enterprises used AI in 2025, the lowest share in the EU. Eurostat data, first use cases, costs, GDPR, the AI Act and verified funding.
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- Small business
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Marketing sites, e-commerce and bilingual CMS builds that load fast, rank well and are editable without a developer.
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Web applications, SaaS products, internal tools and platforms built for your process instead of bending your process to a tool.
A system your team runs the business on, in your own repositories.
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Assistants grounded in your documents, document intelligence, speech-to-text and LLM features engineered for cost and reliability.
AI features that survive production: evaluated, monitored and priced sanely.
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