J.C.P Laboratory https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/ From the lab — articles on AI, infrastructure, language, and software. en Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:19:15 +0400 Building a Mauritian Creole LLM — where we are and what's next https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/2026-08-kreole-llm/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/2026-08-kreole-llm/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Six months into training, the challenges of dataset curation, and why this matters for Mauritius. Astra Agent is now open source https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/2026-07-astra-open-source/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/2026-07-astra-open-source/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Why we're opening up Astra, what's in the repo, and how you can run your own. Why we moved our managed services to Pancake Solutions https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/2026-06-pancake-solutions/ https://jcplaboratory.org/writing/2026-06-pancake-solutions/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 On focus, identity, and the discipline of saying no to the thing you're good at.