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Notes on building practical AI and software.

Field notes, frameworks, and essays from real implementation work — on AI adoption, engineering, growth systems, and building founder-led technology in the Philippines and abroad.

AI Adoption · Featured

What AI adoption actually looks like inside a Philippine SME

Forget the demos. Real AI adoption starts with one workflow, one team, and a clear answer to what it's replacing. A field account of getting AI into daily operations — and what made it stick.

Field note / 3 min read / Jun 2026
7 posts
Engineering
Building software products with AI-assisted engineering, without losing the plot

Speed is easy. Maintainability is the hard part. How I keep AI-assisted builds shippable past the first demo.

2 min
May 2026
Growth Systems
The CRM is not the problem — the workflow around it is

Most "CRM problems" are workflow problems. A framework for fixing the motion before blaming the tool.

2 min
May 2026
AI Adoption
Start with the bottleneck, not the model

The most useful AI question isn't "which model?" — it's "where does work actually slow down?"

2 min
Apr 2026
Founder Notes
Why I started XataTech

On the gap between knowing how to build software and helping a whole business actually use it.

2 min
Apr 2026
Growth Systems
Connecting sales, ops, and data without building another silo

Every new tool promises to connect things. Here's how to make sure it actually reduces friction.

2 min
Mar 2026
Engineering
Shipping agents that do real operational work

A build log: what it took to move an internal agent from clever demo to something the team relies on.

2 min
Mar 2026
AI Adoption
AI adoption in the Philippines: practical over hype

Why the opportunity here is implementation, not imitation — and where local businesses should start.

2 min
Feb 2026
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