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33 scrolls from the field on AI, careers and building things: the Dushy from the Field newsletter and my essays for Symprio Insights, newest first.
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Mario, Jev, and the AI That Refuses to Talk
Every week there's a new AI model everyone says will change everything. I usually read the launch post, nod, and move on.
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Dushy from the Field
Personal essays on learning, careers, business and building with AI.
SEP 2026
Mario, Jev, and the AI That Refuses to TalkEvery week there's a new AI model everyone says will change everything. I usually read the launch post, nod, and move on.
SEP 2026
Before Google, We Had Kobi SirI already wrote about learning once. A while back I put up a piece called "I Was 23 Before I Learned How to Learn.
SEP 2026
Why Learn AI If AI Already Knows Everything?A question I get at almost every KL meetup, usually from someone under 25: "If the AI already knows everything, why do I need to learn anything?" It's a fair question.
SEP 2026
What a Dead Hard Disk Taught Me About BusinessMy first computer had a 160GB hard disk. In my friends circle, that made me a rich man.
AUG 2026
Two Interviews in Twelve Years, and the Egg That Broke MeTwelve years in this industry. Two formal interviews.
AUG 2026
I Was 23 Before I Learned How to LearnFor the first 23 years of my life, I was a very good student and a very bad learner. I didn't know those were two different things.
AUG 2026
Ten Episodes, One Ringgit, Zero RegeneratesI have a habit I'm not proud of.
AUG 2026
Twelve Years in IT, and My Brain Still Runs on TamilLast week I typed one word into ChatGPT. Dei.
AUG 2026
We Bought the Software. Ravi Still Runs the Company.I once watched a man print an email so he could sign it, scan the signed page back in, and email it to the person sitting two desks away.
AUG 2026
AI Workshops Are Getting Hard to UnderstandI have been noticing something lately.
AUG 2026
Stack Overflow Was Our Temple. Nobody Prays There Anymore.I still remember the order. C first.
The Symprio gazette · 22 essays
Symprio blog
Enterprise AI at Symprio
OmniFDE, AI product economics, sovereign AI, testing AI products and agentic automation.
AUG 2026
Deep AI vs Applied AI: The Difference That Sets Your BudgetDeep AI vs applied AI: most 'AI products' rent intelligence through an API; deep AI builds it.
AUG 2026
ILMU API: Malaysia's Sovereign AI Stack, Priced in RinggitILMU API puts language, vision, speech, and embeddings on Malaysian soil, billed in ringgit.
JUL 2026
AI Total Cost of Ownership: The Real Price of AI ProductsThe pilot is the cheap part.
JUL 2026
AI-Powered Development vs AI-Enabled Products ExplainedAI-powered development speeds up how you build. AI-enabled products change what you sell.
JUL 2026
Full-Time Report: Build with Code, Our UiPath Coded Agent Deep-DiveInside Build with Code — Symprio's UiPath coded agents meetup in KL: prompt-to-workflow builds over MCP, a Kahoot shootout, and the winners' podium.
JUL 2026
AI-Driven vs Human-Driven Product Development in 2026AI-driven product development has collapsed build, test and release timelines.
JUN 2026
BPMN Symbols Explained: A Practical GuideA clear tutorial on BPMN symbols — what each shape means, how to use events, gateways and tasks, and how to connect nodes with sequence and message flows.
JUN 2026
Frontier AI Is Going Private — Build ResponsiblyWhy frontier AI models like GPT-5.6 and Claude Fable are going private, what US AI governance really says, and why disciplined builders win in 2026.
JUN 2026
LLM vs Engineering: Why the Model Is the Easy PartEvery LLM can write code and reason. So why do most AI products fail?
JUN 2026
Fable 5 Is Suspended. Will It Actually Hurt Your Business?The US has suspended Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5.
JUN 2026
Release Day Should Feel GoodAn executive briefing on test automation as a compounding asset — and why the calmest release days belong to the teams that test the most.
JUN 2026
Stop Fighting the Same Boss Every ReleaseManual regression testing is the slow grind nobody enjoys — and bugs in production are the boss fight you keep losing.
JUN 2026
Are We Moving Towards Industry 5.0?Most Malaysian factories never finished Industry 4.0 — yet the world is already debating 5.0, and researchers are sketching 6.0.
JUN 2026
Giving Everyone ChatGPT Is Not AI Transformation95% of enterprise AI pilots fail. Rolling out ChatGPT to your org is adoption, not delivery.
JUN 2026
Testing AI Products: The Five Layers Most Teams SkipHow to test AI products built on LLMs and agents.
MAY 2026
Every AI Model Carries a PassportThe AI model map just split into four blocs — each strong on a different axis.
MAY 2026
Your Company Isn't AI-Enabled. It's AI-Aware.A short story about the question every board will eventually ask — and why most companies can't answer it.
MAY 2026
The Wrong AI Question95% of enterprise AI pilots fail — and most of them fail at the question stage.
MAY 2026
OmniFDE: The Vendor-Neutral Future of Forward Deployed EngineeringVendor FDEs are tied to one car. OmniFDEs can read any car in the paddock.
MAY 2026
Agents Think. Robots Do.Why agentic AI is the new floor for enterprise automation — and where UiPath fits.
MAY 2026
Built, Not Bought: The AI Product ImperativeWhy enterprises in 2026 must build AI-enabled products — and how vibe coding compresses time to value.
MAY 2026
Why 85% of Malaysian Banks Are Stuck in AI Pilot Purgatory (And How to Escape It)