https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/ Field notes from Apsides Labs on AI, engineering and intelligent learning systems. en Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/agents-outside-the-lines.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/agents-outside-the-lines.html AI safety Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Anthropic pulled live internet access from its internal evaluations after its agents exploited real websites. What happened, and what every builder of autonomous systems should take from it. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/agents-at-work.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/agents-at-work.html AI Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Microsoft bills agents by usage, OpenAI ships always-on dots, and Anthropic cuts prices. The shift from assistants to workers is now a budgeting, permissions and accountability problem. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/capable-ai-on-constrained-hosts.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/capable-ai-on-constrained-hosts.html Engineering Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 You don't need a GPU cluster to run useful models. How we ship voice and language models on CPU-only, constrained hosts. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/offline-first-learning.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/offline-first-learning.html Education Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Most of the world's learners are not on a fast, always-on connection. Designing for the lowest common denominator makes learning software better for everyone. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/cpu-only-ai-default.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/cpu-only-ai-default.html Engineering 5 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 GPUs are fast and expensive. For the software most learners actually use, a small model on a CPU is the better trade. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/dictionary-for-an-ignored-language.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/dictionary-for-an-ignored-language.html Education 3 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 348 words, one static page, no backend. What it takes to give a low-resource language a real learning tool. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/static-sites-outlive-frameworks.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/static-sites-outlive-frameworks.html Engineering 1 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 We ship plain HTML that runs anywhere and needs no build. Here is why that is a feature, not nostalgia. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/evaluating-small-models.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/evaluating-small-models.html AI 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Published benchmarks will not tell you whether a 1B model is good enough for your task. A short, practical method that will. https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/teaching-a-script.html https://apsideslabs.github.io/grapheme/posts/teaching-a-script.html Education 26 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Learning Assamese or Bodo means learning a script. What we changed after watching people try.