AI without the hype: five things small Kiwi businesses are actually using it for in 2026
Most of what gets called "AI for small business" is a press release. Here's what's actually working on a Tuesday morning at a 6-person business in Silverdale.
工作台上的 笔记。
关于面向新西兰中小企业的 AI 集成、软件工程的现实，以及在奥克兰运营独立工作室的零星记录。有话说才写，日历提醒到了不会催。
You don't need to replace your stack. You need a thoughtful layer on top.
Vendors will sell you AI-powered everything. The honest opportunity for most NZ SMEs is much smaller — and much cheaper.
What an AI project should cost a small Kiwi business in 2026
Three honest tiers, NZD figures, no consulting-firm mystery. If our quote doesn't fit, we'll point you at a cheaper option — including a free one.
Why we visit before we quote
A quote written from a briefing document is a guess. Here is what we do instead, and why the unpaid weeks are the cheapest part of the project.
一周，用Claude Code改造个人历史项目到可交付产品：imady.NebuLog v1到v2
以旧版本为基线，由互相检验的 AI 代理执行——一个 2018 年起步的个人项目如何在一周内被重建到生产级标准。
AI Is Uncovering Years-Old Security Flaws Faster Than Websites Can Be Patched
如何实现一个 89 KB 的日志脱敏模型 —— NebuRedaction 的试验
NebuLog 要把日志通过网络发出去，却没有任何机制阻止开发者把密钥写进日志。随后 LiteLLM 一年内两次遭投毒。NebuRedaction 是我们尝试的另一种防线：用一个极小的模型，在机密离开程序之前把它认出来。它尚未完成，也不再维护，仅分享思路。
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