MAXICO LABS / APPLIED AI JOURNAL
Published guides, cases and technical breakdowns about applied AI, automation and digital systems.
THE JOURNAL
Browse published materials about implementation decisions, limitations and details to consider before launch.
A 2026 technical guide to the Instagram Graph API: how BUC rate limits work, how to subscribe webhooks correctly, why tokens expire, and an error-code table (190, permissions, 429) with fixes.
Read articleEscalation logic: handoff triggers, RAG-based confidence thresholds, and handoff UX that keeps CSAT high.
Read articleOpenAI's Jalapeño Chip is a hardware development that could fundamentally reshape the economics of AI. We break down what businesses should be preparing for.
Read articleGPT-5.6 Sol is OpenAI's newest model, opening up fresh possibilities for automating and optimizing business processes. Here's what it's good for, how to connect it, and what to watch out for.
Read articlen8n holds up in production — but only with retry, error workflows, queue mode and monitoring. Failure modes, when you need custom code, a reliability checklist.
Read articleThe anti-hallucination stack for an AI chatbot: RAG on your knowledge base, guardrails, pre-written answers, and an 'I don't know' fallback. Concrete steps and a checklist.
Read articleA practical guide to choosing between n8n, Make and Zapier by skill level, cost at scale and data control. When to move from Zapier to n8n.
Read articleA practitioner's guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation for European teams. Learn how RAG grounds AI answers in your own documents, why it beats a raw chatbot, and how to build it with GDPR in mind.
Read articleWhen a custom AI platform beats a SaaS subscription — the real economics, the scale and integration thresholds that flip the decision, and how to avoid building too early or renting too long.
Read articleA clear decision framework for European companies weighing custom AI against off-the-shelf SaaS — when each wins, the hidden costs of both, and how to avoid the most expensive mistake.
Read articleHow European retailers and brands track competitor prices at scale with AI-assisted scraping, what's legal under EU rules, and how to turn raw data into pricing decisions across fragmented markets.
Read articleHow European brands use AI to produce on-brand, multilingual content at scale without sounding generic, plus the EU AI Act labelling, copyright, and quality controls that matter.
Read articleFROM READING TO A WORKING SYSTEM
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