myBytes Research
Research
Methodological articles we publish because we can defend them. Each with a documented truth-check, clear sources and a companion repository.
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01 Research Methodology
A Truth-Check Protocol for AI research output
How we publish nothing at myBytes we cannot defend. Seven steps from AI claim to publication, a tier system for sources and a truth-check on our own claims.
Guido Winger·11 min read· -
02 EUDR Supply-Chain Intelligence
EUDR without gut feeling
How an auditable per-pixel risk mask works. Hansen × FDP plantation, two example regions, a per-pixel audit trail.
Guido Winger·12 min read· -
03 EUDR Supply-Chain Intelligence
Six months before the new EUDR deadline
What really changed since December 2025 and what did not. What satellite monitoring has shown since, with a roadmap across four quarters.
Guido Winger·11 min read· -
04 Soft-Commodity Volatility
The single-GARCH limit on soft commodities
A GJR-GARCH-t passes the VaR discipline on four ICE soft commodities but delivers no early warning. What follows from that, with a reproducible companion repository.
Guido Winger·8 min read· -
05 Research Methodology
Seven questions decide whether your AI project fails
A reproducible data-quality audit for mid-cap data teams: seven dimensions, a traffic-light verdict, an open-source tool. Use only on backups or samples.
Guido Winger·9 min read· -
06 Soft-Commodity Volatility
The second layer: what a regime model really delivers in lead time
A hidden Markov model on the same four soft commodities, at the identical pre-specified endpoint as the GARCH baseline. Which lead-time figures you may believe, and why.
Guido Winger·10 min read· -
07 EUDR Supply-Chain Intelligence
EUDR compliance does not need prettier maps. It needs defensible pixels.
Why satellite maps alone do not create EUDR compliance, and why what counts is traceable, reproducible decisions at the pixel level.
Guido Winger·9 min read· -
08 Generative AI
Why 95% of GenAI pilots fail
Seven methodological causes why GenAI pilots fail, and seven concrete countermeasures for CFOs, COOs and CDOs - transferred from the replication-crisis diagnosis.
Guido Winger·10 min read· -
09 Fashion Intelligence
What fashion returns really cost
Recomputed on 2.33M real order line items: returns prevention in fashion sits on the economic edge. An honest cost range, the break-even and the real size lever instead of a millions promise.
Guido Winger·8 min read· -
10 Fashion Intelligence
What size recommendation actually does against returns
The 25% claim of personalised size recommendation, honestly measured: hit rate 28.8 vs 19.1%, realistically around 2% of all returns, theoretical ceiling 6.9%.
Guido Winger·6 min read· -
11 E-Commerce Intelligence
Why near-perfect conversion models mostly retell the basket
Reproduced on real shop data: the near-perfect conversion AUC is mostly basket tautology. What is actionable is the honest early prediction at 0.85, not the 0.96 at session end.
Guido Winger·6 min read·
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