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A first for Asia's venture capital community.

Takeaways from the Asia Venture Capital Summit 2026 on cross-border investment, stablecoins, Taiwan’s startup ecosystem, and what VCs are watching.

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Field Notes20 JUL 2026

Building a measurable content workflow for a service business

How to move from ad hoc posts to a repeatable content workflow: technical source material, automated handoff, published assets, and workflow health analytics.

9 min read
Case Study17 JUL 2026

Automated field scheduling for wind turbine O&M operations

How we built a single Excel Gantt chart that coordinates vehicles, cranes, and crews across an offshore wind operation.

8 min read
Data13 JUL 2026

Power BI, MCP, and where AI can really make a difference.

Where structured report data opens up useful AI work, and where it does not.

9 min read
AI06 JUL 2026

AI Cost Control in Healthcare Data Analytics

How healthcare teams can make the cost of AI analytics visible and manageable.

8 min read
Data29 JUN 2026

What You Can Build On Top Of Prompt EMR

Unified reporting, analytics dashboards, and custom workflows without replacing the underlying system.

10 min read
Field Notes25 JUN 2026

Two days at VivaTech 2026: notes from the floor

A field report on where European technology is heading.

9 min read
Compliance22 JUN 2026

ABA compliance and data security on Azure, AWS, GCP, and beyond.

A practical architecture guide for compliant ABA client data and workflows.

12 min read
Case Notes15 JUN 2026

Therapy Practice IT: Automating Clinical Workflows at Scale

How connected systems reduce manual clinical documentation work.

9 min read
Data08 JUN 2026

Beyond Excel: Building a Real Reporting Stack.

What to put in place when spreadsheets and pivot tables stop holding up.

10 min read
Compliance20 MAY 2026

GDPR Compliance as an Engineering Discipline

A practical guide to compliant data systems without grinding engineering velocity to a halt.

9 min read
Data04 MAY 2026

When Fivetran Makes Sense. And When It Does Not.

How to evaluate managed ELT tooling as your data platform grows.

8 min read
Case Study18 MAR 2026

Building an AI Voice Tutor That Actually Teaches

How we built a conversational tutor that remembers progress and adapts.

11 min read
AI26 FEB 2026

Running Local AI Coding Models on Your Mac

An experiment in a fully self-hosted coding workflow on Apple Silicon.

8 min read
Strategy10 DEC 2025

The Rise of the Forward-Deployed Engineer

Why embedded senior engineers shorten the path from idea to value.

6 min read
Design19 NOV 2025

Design in the Era of Vibe Coding: Why UI/UX Still Matters

Why product design still demands human judgment, empathy, and context.

7 min read
AI28 OCT 2025

The Great AI Prototype Trap

Founders can build applications in hours, but speed creates a new set of risks.

8 min read
Cloud15 SEPT 2025

Building a Secure, Auditable Cloud Data Lake for Regulated Environments

Architecture for sensitive data is a business and liability decision.

12 min read
Strategy12 AUG 2025

How to Build a Data Strategy That Actually Works

Turn scattered data into structured insight with a strategy that scales.

9 min read
Strategy04 JUL 2025

The CTO’s Dilemma: Full-Time Hires vs. Consultants

A serverless perspective on building flexible technology teams.

7 min read
AI02 JUN 2025

AI Automation: How Businesses Can Optimize Workflows and Decision-Making

How companies reduce manual work and make faster, data-driven decisions.

6 min read
AI01 MAY 2025

Building Voice AI Applications: Infrastructure and Telephony Considerations

What it takes to deliver fast, natural conversations at scale.

9 min read
Field Notes20 JUL 2026

Building a measurable content workflow for a service business

How to move from ad hoc posts to a repeatable content workflow: technical source material, automated handoff, published assets, and workflow health analytics.

9 min · Read →
Case Study17 JUL 2026

Automated field scheduling for wind turbine O&M operations

How we built a single Excel Gantt chart that coordinates vehicles, cranes, and crews across an offshore wind operation.

8 min · Read →
Data13 JUL 2026

Power BI, MCP, and where AI can really make a difference.

Where structured report data opens up useful AI work, and where it does not.

9 min · Read →
AI06 JUL 2026

AI Cost Control in Healthcare Data Analytics

How healthcare teams can make the cost of AI analytics visible and manageable.

8 min · Read →
Data29 JUN 2026

What You Can Build On Top Of Prompt EMR

Unified reporting, analytics dashboards, and custom workflows without replacing the underlying system.

10 min · Read →
Field Notes25 JUN 2026

Two days at VivaTech 2026: notes from the floor

A field report on where European technology is heading.

9 min · Read →
Compliance22 JUN 2026

ABA compliance and data security on Azure, AWS, GCP, and beyond.

A practical architecture guide for compliant ABA client data and workflows.

12 min · Read →
Case Notes15 JUN 2026

Therapy Practice IT: Automating Clinical Workflows at Scale

How connected systems reduce manual clinical documentation work.

9 min · Read →
Data08 JUN 2026

Beyond Excel: Building a Real Reporting Stack.

What to put in place when spreadsheets and pivot tables stop holding up.

10 min · Read →
AI27 MAY 2026

Automating Invoice Processing With AI.

How AI agents handle invoice intake from extraction and review through finance-system sync.

8 min · Read →
Compliance20 MAY 2026

GDPR Compliance as an Engineering Discipline

A practical guide to compliant data systems without grinding engineering velocity to a halt.

9 min · Read →
Data04 MAY 2026

When Fivetran Makes Sense. And When It Does Not.

How to evaluate managed ELT tooling as your data platform grows.

8 min · Read →
Strategy08 APR 2026

SaaS Is Not Dying. But the Lazy Version of It Is.

What the changing cloud software market means for product builders.

7 min · Read →
Case Study18 MAR 2026

Building an AI Voice Tutor That Actually Teaches

How we built a conversational tutor that remembers progress and adapts.

11 min · Read →
AI26 FEB 2026

Running Local AI Coding Models on Your Mac

An experiment in a fully self-hosted coding workflow on Apple Silicon.

8 min · Read →
Case Study21 JAN 2026

From AWS ECS to OVH Kubernetes: A Startup's Migration Story

A practical infrastructure migration walk-through.

10 min · Read →
Strategy10 DEC 2025

The Rise of the Forward-Deployed Engineer

Why embedded senior engineers shorten the path from idea to value.

6 min · Read →
Design19 NOV 2025

Design in the Era of Vibe Coding: Why UI/UX Still Matters

Why product design still demands human judgment, empathy, and context.

7 min · Read →
AI28 OCT 2025

The Great AI Prototype Trap

Founders can build applications in hours, but speed creates a new set of risks.

8 min · Read →
Cloud15 SEPT 2025

Building a Secure, Auditable Cloud Data Lake for Regulated Environments

Architecture for sensitive data is a business and liability decision.

12 min · Read →
Strategy12 AUG 2025

How to Build a Data Strategy That Actually Works

Turn scattered data into structured insight with a strategy that scales.

9 min · Read →
Strategy04 JUL 2025

The CTO’s Dilemma: Full-Time Hires vs. Consultants

A serverless perspective on building flexible technology teams.

7 min · Read →
AI02 JUN 2025

AI Automation: How Businesses Can Optimize Workflows and Decision-Making

How companies reduce manual work and make faster, data-driven decisions.

6 min · Read →
AI01 MAY 2025

Building Voice AI Applications: Infrastructure and Telephony Considerations

What it takes to deliver fast, natural conversations at scale.

9 min · Read →