AI Insights How AI is shaping the service industry
Twice-weekly posts on field service, repair marketplaces, and B2B operations — with FixMyGadgets as a working case study. New posts every Monday and Thursday.
Retrieval-augmented Answers: The Future of Service Knowledge Bases
Explore the benefits and challenges of implementing retrieval-augmented answers in service marketplaces, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
One Lambda or twelve: the case against microservice reflex
Is microservices the best approach for every application? Discover the trade-offs and learn when to consider alternative architectures.
Why Diagnostic Accuracy, Not Response Time, Is the Real Feedback-Loop Bottleneck
Response-time dashboards reward closing tickets fast. They are silent about the failure that actually costs you: a confident wrong diagnosis that hides the defect and teaches the team something untrue.
Measuring the ROI of an AI Assistant in a Marketplace
Discover how to measure the ROI of an AI assistant in your marketplace with insights from FixMyGadgets.
Giving an AI agent write access: the blast-radius question
Explore the critical balance between leveraging AI capabilities and managing risk through the lens of blast radius, with insights from FixMyGadgets' AI integration experience.
Structured Output and Tool Schemas as an API Contract: A Trend in Service Marketplaces
Discover how structured output and tool schemas are revolutionizing service marketplaces, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
When your cloud account cannot buy what your architecture needs
Explore the limitations of cloud-centric architecture and the benefits of a hybrid approach. Learn from FixMyGadgets' experience.
Static Export or Server Rendering: Choosing Per Route, Not Per App
Discover the benefits of choosing rendering strategies on a per-route basis and how FixMyGadgets optimizes its web application for performance and user experience.
Model Routing: Cheap Model First, Escalate on Uncertainty
Discover how model routing can transform your service marketplace operations, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
Sentiment analysis on repair reviews: what customers actually mean
Discover how sentiment analysis can unlock valuable insights from customer repair reviews and learn best practices for implementing this powerful tool in your business.
Vector Search for Repair-Shop Discovery: A Game Changer for Service Marketplaces
Discover how vector search is transforming service discovery in marketplaces, with insights from FixMyGadgets' successful implementation.
AI-assisted Technician Onboarding: Faster Credentialing, Better Matches
Discover how AI is revolutionizing technician onboarding in service marketplaces, with faster credentialing and better job matches. Learn from FixMyGadgets' successful implementation.
Generative AI for Blog and Content Marketing in Service Businesses
Discover how generative AI is revolutionizing content marketing for service businesses, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
AI Image Generation for Blog Content: Cost, Quality, and Brand Consistency
Explore the benefits and challenges of using AI-generated images in content creation, with insights from FixMyGadgets and other service marketplaces.
Predicting Repair Cost: Regression Models vs LLM Estimation
Explore the battle between regression models and LLMs in predicting repair costs, with insights from FMG’s hybrid approach.
Computer Vision in Mobile Repair: From Photo to Quote
Explore how computer vision is transforming mobile repair, from automated diagnostics to enhanced customer experience.
Training Data Ethics in the Service Industry: Lessons from FixMyGadgets
Data ethics is becoming a critical concern for service marketplaces. Learn how FixMyGadgets is navigating this complex landscape.
The Economics of Running AI Features on Serverless Infrastructure
Explore the economic advantages of running AI features on serverless infrastructure, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
Streamlining Service Marketplaces: How LLM Tool-Use Replaces Multi-Step Form Workflows
Discover how LLM tool-use is revolutionizing service marketplaces by replacing traditional multi-step form workflows with automated, efficient processes.
Why Repair Markets in India Need Machine Intelligence
Explore how machine intelligence is revolutionizing India's repair markets, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
Multi-language Customer Intake with LLMs: Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Discover how Large Language Models are transforming multi-language customer intake in India's service marketplaces.
AI-Driven Fraud Detection in Marketplace Payments: Industry Insights
Discover how AI-driven fraud detection is transforming service marketplaces and learn from FixMyGadgets' experience.
Real-world latency budgets for AI-powered customer chat: Fixo case study
Discover the critical trade-offs and optimizations for AI-powered customer chat latency, with insights from Fixo and FMG.
AI Moderation of Customer-Uploaded Device Photos in Service Marketplaces
Discover how AI-driven photo moderation is transforming service marketplaces, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
Voice-First AI Interfaces for Low-Literacy Markets: A Technical Deep Dive
Explore the technical challenges and solutions of deploying voice-first AI in low-literacy markets, with insights from FixMyGadgets.
How AI is Rewriting Field-Service Scheduling
Discover how AI is revolutionizing field-service scheduling, with insights from FixMyGadgets' experience.