Chris Boyd: AI Engineer
Mobile, Legal & Agentic Systems
I'm a software engineer and artificial intelligence specialist with twenty years of experience shipping production systems. As founder of Apptitude, I build AI tools and agentic workflows for companies where failure isn't an option — litigation engineering platforms, mobile apps, and enterprise automation that runs unsupervised at scale.
My recent work with the OpenClaw AI agent framework was featured in Bloomberg after a safety incident exposed real security and risk gaps in autonomous systems. The experience reinforced what I've learned building production AI: the gap between a working demo and a reliable system is where most projects fail.
I write about bridging that gap — agentic workflows that handle incomplete information, agent safety guardrails, and the engineering discipline required to ship AI that earns trust. Based in Charlotte, NC.
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My AI Agent Sent 500 Messages to My Wife
A real-world AI agent safety failure: my home automation agent sent 500 messages, got stuck in a loop, and ended up in Bloomberg. Here are the guardrails that should have prevented it.
Agentic Workflows That Actually Work
How to build production agentic workflows with retry logic, audit trails, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints that survive real-world failure modes.
The Gap Between AI Demos and Production
The gap between AI demos and production: what happens when you deploy AI agents into incomplete data, hostile inputs, and users who don't read instructions.
Recurring Value: Beyond Clever Automation
Why the best AI automation compounds over time — building structured workflows with human checkpoints instead of one-off scripts that break.