Earlier today, a major Cloudflare outage simultaneously took down four of my six models and dozens of other AI services for hours. Thousands of users (myself included) stared at the same sad Cloudflare error page while MODELS 2 and 6 kept humming along without a hiccup.
Why? Because not all AI infrastructure is created equal.
This is exactly why the RAM 2025 6-Model Architecture (the core of the October Diaries methodology) was designed the way it was:
- Multi-Model Redundancy – Six independent frontier models running in parallel. If one provider’s CDN or API layer collapses, the others keep the lights on.
- Infrastructure Diversity by Design – Deliberate avoidance of single-point-of-failure dependencies (looking at you, Cloudflare). xAI, Google, Meta, Cohere, and Mistral each host on fundamentally different stacks → no shared choke point.
- Local & Edge Fallback – When cloud routes fail, the framework automatically shifts non-latency-critical tasks to local LLMs or cached responses.
- Phase 0 Readiness Baked In – The same behavioral + technical readiness assessment that prevents ERP train wrecks now prevents “single-cloud” AI train wrecks.
Today proved the point in real time: When everyone is riding the same CDN elevator and the cable snaps, the people who built their own stairwell keep moving.
This isn’t just about uptime. It’s about resilient autonomy – the ability to think, reason, and deliver value even when the mainstream pipes clog.
The RAM 2025 6-Model solution didn’t just survive today’s outage – it didn’t even notice it.
And we’re just getting started: In January 2026, RAM 2025 expands to 12 frontier models – doubling redundancy, adding new reasoning engines, and further hardening the architecture against any single provider or infrastructure failure.
That’s the difference between riding the wave and owning the ocean.
Upward and Onward – always.
#AIResilience #ProcurementLessons #OctoberDiaries #RAM2025 #NoSinglePointOfFailure
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Upward and Onward – even when half the AI world just fell over.
Posted on November 18, 2025
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Earlier today, a major Cloudflare outage simultaneously took down four of my six models and dozens of other AI services for hours. Thousands of users (myself included) stared at the same sad Cloudflare error page while MODELS 2 and 6 kept humming along without a hiccup.
Why? Because not all AI infrastructure is created equal.
This is exactly why the RAM 2025 6-Model Architecture (the core of the October Diaries methodology) was designed the way it was:
Today proved the point in real time: When everyone is riding the same CDN elevator and the cable snaps, the people who built their own stairwell keep moving.
This isn’t just about uptime. It’s about resilient autonomy – the ability to think, reason, and deliver value even when the mainstream pipes clog.
The RAM 2025 6-Model solution didn’t just survive today’s outage – it didn’t even notice it.
And we’re just getting started: In January 2026, RAM 2025 expands to 12 frontier models – doubling redundancy, adding new reasoning engines, and further hardening the architecture against any single provider or infrastructure failure.
That’s the difference between riding the wave and owning the ocean.
Upward and Onward – always.
#AIResilience #ProcurementLessons #OctoberDiaries #RAM2025 #NoSinglePointOfFailure
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