Model-Adjacent Products, Part 4: Governance & Practice

Alignment as a runtime surface, policy enforcement without retraining. Team practices that ship.

January 9, 2026 · 4 min · mercurialsolo

Model-Adjacent Products, Pre-Read: The Autonomy Ladder

Before you build: the mental models for human-AI collaboration. Why L1 copilots need different infrastructure than L4 autonomous agents.

January 9, 2026 · 5 min · mercurialsolo