The Software Maker

Signing Is Not Enough: Why AI Artifact Provenance Needs to Be a Graph

You have a fine-tuned model in production.

Apr 16 • Gorkem Ercan

January 2026

December 2025

Bidirectional Model-Data Provenance

Closing the Loop from Edge to Retraining

Dec 9, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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October 2025

The State of OCI Artifacts for AI/ML

I’ve spent the last 18 months watching OCI artifacts for AI/ML go from “interesting idea” to production-grade infrastructure in enterprises.

Oct 7, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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July 2025

Monorepos for AI Projects: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Recently, I met a team that used an AI‑focused monorepo containing everything: notebooks, training pipelines, microservices, and infrastructure code.

Jul 18, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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Model Lifecycle ≠ Container Lifecycle — Why Jozu Splits Them

Why prebuilt inference containers like NVIDIA NIMs miss the mark on lifecycle, control, and separation of concerns.

Jul 10, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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Why Model Packaging Isn’t Enough

Docker’s recent release of Docker Model Runner sends a clear signal: AI developers want to package models like they package code.

Jul 4, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

June 2025

From Dev to Deploy: Why We Package AI/ML Artifacts with OCI, Not Git

The shift from Git-based workflows to OCI artifacts isn't just a tooling change—it's a fundamental rethinking of how we manage AI/ML assets in…

Jun 24, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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April 2025

Secure Supply Chain with ModelKits Explained

This article is a guide on establishing a secure software supply chain using ModelKits. It is aimed at technical practitioners in AI/ML deployment…

Apr 3, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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March 2025

Securing MCP: Applying Lessons Learned from the Language Server Protocol

Given my experience with LSP, I’m enthusiastic about the growing interest in the Model Context Protocol (MCP). However, I am concerned that the valuable…

Mar 28, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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The KitOps Methodology

In the ever-evolving world of AI and machine learning, the path from model conception to deployment is full of challenges.

Mar 5, 2025 • Gorkem Ercan

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August 2024

The Expected Cooling of the Generative AI Hype

Environmental changes have always been catalysts for evolutionary shifts.

Aug 18, 2024 • Gorkem Ercan

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