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Review of the Week — W27: The Week We Stopped Renting Our Own Buildings
W27 recap: zoning-as-code, the BIM format tax, locally-signed BMS control and PAZ-BOX payback math — one spine, ownership. Draw your dependency graph.
CS336: Stanford Teaches the LLM From Scratch — and Why That Beats the Black Box
Stanford's CS336 makes you build an LLM from scratch — no API. A from-scratch lens for architects auditing AI tools, lock-in, and vendor exit clauses.
PAZ Kaffi Review of the Week W25: The Week AEC Learned to Draw Its Own Single Points of Failure
The week AEC learned to map its single points of failure — grid as the new AI bottleneck, vendor lock-in stress-tests, auditable BIM, and Archicad AI.
Auditable BIM Compliance: A Graph Learns to Read the Fire Code
SGR-BIM hits 84.3% on fire-code checks with a graph linking intent, regulation and IFC geometry. Faster triage, not certification — keep the human signer.
The circle: the one geometry no vendor can license
A PAZ foundation essay on the circle — isoperimetric proof, hoop-stress σ=pr/t, Euclid to the Pantheon, and a Grasshopper rose-curve Hack you can run today.
AI-Generated Lego Propaganda: What Explosive Media's Viral Operation Reveals About Synthetic Influence at Scale
Explosive Media's AI-generated Lego videos hit millions of views. What their production pipeline means for architects and BIM professionals using synthetic imagery.
Oobleck Under Impact: What Cornstarch Physics Means for 3D Printing and Façade Coatings
A 2026 Physical Review Letters study on oobleck drop dynamics reveals a hidden Newtonian phase — and what it means for AEC fabrication and coatings.
How a Charter Rewrite Becomes a Policy Weapon: The ACIP Playbook, Read Closely
RFK Jr.'s ACIP charter rewrite is a lesson in how membership criteria and scope language — not headlines — reshape institutional outputs. A PAZ forensic read.
Reddit, ICE, and the Grand Jury: What Every Professional Who Posts Online Must Understand
A US grand jury is forcing Reddit to unmask an ICE critic. What this means for architects and engineers using US-hosted platforms — and what to audit now.
Yellowstone Isn't What We Thought: A Ghost Plate, Not a Plume, May Be Running the Show
A new Science paper argues the Farallon plate's subducted remains — not a mantle plume — control Yellowstone's volcanic system. What this means for hazard modeling.