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April 25, 2026

This New World Has New Rules

What Anthropic’s Claude postmortem reveals about AI vendors, quality drift, feedback, and accountability in this new operating environment.

Smaranda Onuțu
November 6, 2025

When Zombies Deliver Performance Reviews: The AI-Powered 360 Review Framework First Encounter

What happens when you hand AI fifteen people's worth of honest feedback and ask it to find the signal in the noise? We just found out.

Smaranda Onuțu
October 26, 2025

Building an AI-Powered 360 Review Framework: The Design

💡How we’re combining company values and AI to make performance reviews more meaningful, actionable, and human.

Smaranda Onuțu
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Burlington, VT · smara@biglight.studio
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ApproachAboutFAQ
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Writing

Writing from the work

Field notes on AI-native systems, engineering judgment, and what this new operating environment is teaching us.

April 25, 2026

This New World Has New Rules

What Anthropic’s Claude postmortem reveals about AI vendors, quality drift, feedback, and accountability in this new operating environment.

Smaranda Onuțu
November 6, 2025

When Zombies Deliver Performance Reviews: The AI-Powered 360 Review Framework First Encounter

What happens when you hand AI fifteen people's worth of honest feedback and ask it to find the signal in the noise? We just found out.

Smaranda Onuțu
October 26, 2025

Building an AI-Powered 360 Review Framework: The Design

💡How we’re combining company values and AI to make performance reviews more meaningful, actionable, and human.

Smaranda Onuțu
Big Light Studio
Burlington, VT · smara@biglight.studio
LinkedInWritingConnect

© 2026 Big Light Studio