https://www.mcooper.com/ Michael Cooper on AI systems, agentic architecture, and enterprise technology. en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:48:12 GMT https://www.mcooper.com/blog/three-answers-one-table/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/three-answers-one-table/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Three standard methods measured the same Postgres queue table and gave three different answers, each one enough to drive a real decision on its own. https://www.mcooper.com/blog/can-you-beat-my-dog-at-chess/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/can-you-beat-my-dog-at-chess/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT How simple games reveal the real pace of AI agent progress. I rebuild the same games with newer AI tools and watch what changes. https://www.mcooper.com/blog/intelligence-paradox/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/intelligence-paradox/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The paradox of intelligence: AI makes thinking nearly free while running a business stays expensive. The bottleneck is moving information, not producing it. https://www.mcooper.com/blog/agentic-ai-ecosystem/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/agentic-ai-ecosystem/ Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT As autonomous AI agents coordinate across digital systems, the companies that build the right partnerships first will lead the next era of enterprise technology. https://www.mcooper.com/blog/building-ai-workforce/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/building-ai-workforce/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Treating Agentic AI as a workforce integration, not just a software deployment—the new management framework for your digital employees. https://www.mcooper.com/blog/from-chatbots-to-agents/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/from-chatbots-to-agents/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT What is agentic AI, and how do AI agents differ from chatbots? Agents plan, act, and iterate on their own, which changes how enterprise work gets done. https://www.mcooper.com/blog/context-window-challenge/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/context-window-challenge/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT What the LLM context window actually limits, and how to architect AI systems that scale past demos to enterprise-grade applications. https://www.mcooper.com/blog/beyond-the-prompt/ https://www.mcooper.com/blog/beyond-the-prompt/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT The real challenge isn't the AI's intelligence; it's the AI's context. Why context engineering, not prompting, decides whether enterprise AI works.