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AI & Creative Ops

From brief to feed in an afternoon: the CO8 workflow

A practical, repeatable workflow for going from a rough idea to a batch of on-brand, test-ready static ads — in hours, not weeks.

Gary Hui· May 12, 2026 · 2 min read

Brand & Consistency

Brand consistency at scale without a brand-police team

Volume usually threatens consistency. With the right system, you can have both — without a person manually approving every asset.

Gary Hui· May 8, 2026 · 2 min read

Brand & Consistency

Morph Batch Boundary: Defining Upper Limit Displacement in Latent Space Derived from a Perceptual Tolerance Vector

When does a brand's visual variant cross from fresh iteration to broken identity? We introduce the perceptual tolerance vector—a metric to define the upper limit of latent space displacement in morph batch boundaries.

Gary Hui· May 7, 2026 · 12 min read

Performance & Metrics

Federated Learning & Aggregation Noise: Estimating Landing Attribution From Coarse Output Alone

Can you attribute conversions without access to granular data? Federated learning with aggregation noise offers a privacy-compliant path to estimate landing attribution coarsely.

Gary Hui· May 6, 2026 · 13 min read

Case Studies

Case Study: A Month of 50-30-20 Rule (Hero-Benefit-UGC) in Static Feeds Generated 40% More Add-to-Carts

How mixing hero, benefit, and UGC ads in a 50-30-20 split boosted add-to-carts by 40% in just one month.

Gary Hui· May 5, 2026 · 12 min read

Creative Strategy

Static ads are not dead — they are your most scalable creative

Everyone chases video. Meanwhile, disciplined static ads remain the most testable, scalable, and cost-effective creative you can run.

Gary Hui· May 4, 2026 · 2 min read

Creative Strategy

Creative Dimensionality Mapping: How Many Visual Styles You Need to Cover All Funnel Stages Efficiently

Discover how many visual styles your DTC brand needs to cover every funnel stage without ad fatigue or creative waste.

Gary Hui· May 2, 2026 · 13 min read

Creative Testing

The creative-testing framework: hooks, angles, and iteration

A structured framework for what to test first, how to iterate winners, and how to avoid drowning in inconclusive data.

Gary Hui· Apr 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Performance & Metrics

Asset Dependency Tracker: How to Map Static Creatives to Landing Pages and UTM Tags Before First Delivery

Avoid wasted ad spend: discover how to build a simple asset dependency tracker to connect static creatives, landing pages, and UTM tags before launch.

Gary Hui· Apr 29, 2026 · 12 min read

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