The Drafting Table

The Drafting Table

Frameworks, field notes, and honest thinking for leaders building something real with AI.

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Thinking Out Loud

Strategic analysis from the field. No fluff, no recycled takes. What we learn building, we share here.

Frameworks7 min read

AI for medical practice management: start with how a patient request moves through your practice.

AI for medical practice management starts with the work. Map how a patient request moves from the first call to billing, then rank what to fix first.

Chris McCarthy
October 30, 2026
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Frameworks7 min read

How should a law firm use AI? Start with how a matter moves from intake to billing.

How should a law firm use AI? Start with how a matter moves from intake to billing. Write down who owns each step, then rank what to fix first.

Chris McCarthy
October 29, 2026
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Frameworks6 min read

How to use AI in manufacturing, one business problem at a time.

How to use AI in manufacturing, from the executive seat: choose one problem, write down how that work runs, then test AI on it with a clear owner.

Chris McCarthy
October 28, 2026
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Honest Thinking6 min read

TechCred Closes Friday: Use It to Get Your People Ready for AI

Ohio TechCred closes Friday, Oct 30 at 3 PM. What it covers, who qualifies, and how Ohio manufacturers can use it to get ready for AI.

Chris McCarthy
October 28, 2026
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Frameworks6 min read

Where should a manufacturing company start with AI? Start with how yours builds a quote today.

Where should a manufacturing company start with AI? Start with how a quote gets built today. Write down who owns each step, then rank what to fix first.

Chris McCarthy
October 21, 2026
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Field Notes5 min read

AI consulting for manufacturing companies in Northeast Ohio starts with how your work runs.

Looking for AI consulting for manufacturing in Northeast Ohio? What a good consultant should do first, and what to ask before you hire one.

Chris McCarthy
September 17, 2026
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Frameworks6 min read

Who on your team knows how a quote gets built?

Who on your team knows how a quote gets built? Map the quoting process in your manufacturing company, name each rule owner, then decide how to use AI.

Chris McCarthy
August 13, 2026
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Frameworks6 min read

See how work moves across your company today, from the first order to delivery.

Learn how to map business processes across your company: who owns each step, which rule they follow, and what to fix first before you add AI.

Chris McCarthy
July 16, 2026
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Field Notes6 min read

Is your business ready for AI? Start by writing down how the work runs.

Is your business ready for AI? Look at your process, your data and your people first. A plain guide to AI readiness for manufacturing leaders.

Chris McCarthy
June 11, 2026
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Frameworks6 min read

Decide how AI will be used before you pick a tool.

Before you pick an AI tool, decide how AI will be used. A plain guide to writing an AI policy your company can follow, with owners and rules.

Chris McCarthy
May 14, 2026
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Research10 min read

ADA Web Compliance - April 2026

Legal framework, technical standards, detection tools, agent architecture, violation taxonomy, and market landscape for building an AI-native accessibility scanning and remediation agent. 5,114 ADA lawsuits filed in 2025, 95.9% of top sites failing checks.

Chris McCarthy
April 3, 2026
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Field Notes3 min read

OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent Taking Over Your Terminal (And Why You Should Be Careful)

OpenClaw has exploded to 200K GitHub stars, but its execution-level access creates serious security risks. Here's what you need to know about the RAK framework before deploying autonomous agents.

Chris McCarthy
March 10, 2026
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Frameworks4 min read

Beyond Autocomplete: How Claude Code is Redefining the AI Coding Assistant

Claude Code isn't another autocomplete plugin. It's an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, reasons through complex architectures, and respects your project's rules. Here's why it matters.

Chris McCarthy
March 8, 2026
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Honest Thinking4 min read

From Runaway Agents to Smart Governance

A developer woke up to an overnight cloud bill from an autonomous agent stuck in a loop. Traditional rate limiting failed. Here is the Intelligent Rate Limiting framework that prevents it.

Chris McCarthy
March 6, 2026
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ADA Web Compliance - April 2026

Legal framework, technical standards, detection tools, agent architecture, violation taxonomy, and market landscape for building an AI-native accessibility scanning and remediation agent.

ADA ComplianceWCAG 2.2AI Agent Architecture
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