Tag: #Governance

Agentic Coding Is a Power Tool. Don’t Use It Like a Glue Gun.

Agentic coding tools (like Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex agents) are making it ridiculously easy to turn an idea into working software. That’s exciting. It’s also where people can get into trouble – especially when non-developers or non-solution designers use these tools to build systems they can’t confidently secure, test, operate, or maintain.

Below is a pragmatic way to think about agentic tools: when they’re a superpower, when they’re a liability, and how to get value without accidentally creating a future incident (or an unmaintainable mess).

RFP Automation and Local AI: What Microsoft’s New Agent Framework (MAF) Means for Business

I’ve been experimenting with Microsoft’s new Agent Framework (MAF) – but instead of connecting to cloud systems, I’ve been running it entirely offline on an Amazon EC2, private cloud, instance. My goal was to see whether this new, unified framework could function offline, be used with offline LLM’s and process PDFs (of RFPs in this case), extract questions, and even draft answers – all without leaving a secure, private environment.

It worked remarkably well. But what’s even more interesting is what this means for organizations on multiple fronts: the ability to run sophisticated Agent workflows locally, maintain full control of data, and start automating complex knowledge tasks such as RFP responses, compliance checks, or policy reviews.