I Spent Two Years Building the Median — Hariprasad Sudharshan

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A personal reflection by Hariprasad Sudharshan on his two-year journey building an AI product, discovering the "median" - how independent builders using similar models and tools converge on similar solutions. He explores the distinction between model capability, the product harness, and what customers actually receive, advocating for a "novelty budget" approach to ensure product differentiation. The talk includes practical frameworks for evaluating AI demos and lessons about running open model weights versus purchasing inference.