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I came across a take in one of the tech talks going around lately that stuck with me: software engineers in Malaysia are still a bit behind when it comes to agentic AI. I get why someone would think that. Scroll Threads or X and it feels like everyone else is shipping apps with Claude Code over the weekend while our local dev scene stays quiet. But I don’t think “behind” is the right word. Quiet, yes. Slower to roll it out at work, sometimes. Behind? That depends on which 10% of the market you are looking at. ...

I built an iPhone app without owning a Mac. Then I made it run on Android too. The whole thing took about nine days, and most of it happened on Linux servers I talk to from my phone. That sentence would have sounded like a scam a couple of years ago. Now it’s just how my week went. What CaptionCam does CaptionCam is a small app I wanted for myself. You record or import a video, it transcribes the speech on the phone, you fix the captions, and it exports an MP4 with the subtitles burned into the picture. The ones with the yellow word that follows along as you talk, like every other short video out there. ...

First, it’s not an OS Cloudflare OS is an open-source AI productivity environment, originally built for Cloudflare’s own staff. Think agent chat, workspaces, and small apps you can build and share with other people. Cloudflare calls those apps “Gadgets”, with “Gatekeepers” controlling what agents and apps can access. Disclaimer before anyone gets excited: this is not an operating system like Linux or Windows. You are not installing it on your laptop to replace Ubuntu. The OS name is about managing AI workloads and company productivity. Fair enough, but quite a name to live up to. ...

If your opinion of AI still comes from a chatbot giving you broken code a year ago, it might be time to try again. My development workflow has changed enough that I can’t treat AI as a novelty anymore. And I think refusing to use it out of pride could become an expensive decision. It’s been a while since I posted here. Fatherhood has kept me busy, but I’ve also been changing how I work. Over the past year or two, I’ve gone from asking AI for suggestions to letting agents do work directly on my machines. ...

Recently, I’ve been keeping one eye glued to the EA/DICE news cycle like a hawk that just discovered Red Bull. Why? Because I’ve been patiently (read: obsessively) waiting for the announcement of the next Battlefield installment. The franchise that once defined chaotic, large-scale warfare with the boys is finally making its grand return and yes, it’s officially happening. Battlefield 6 is on the horizon. Now, I’ve been around the Battlefield block a few times. In fact, I’ve been playing the series since the early 2000s, back when loading screens were long enough to let you finish a sandwich and maps had names you still mispronounce today. At this point, I’m basically a veteran. I’ve lived through the days of buggy launches, questionable balance patches or the lack of it, and “one more game” turning into 6 a.m. sessions where the sun greets you like an unwelcome alarm clock. ...