Insights

Field notes from
the canopy.

On research-grade engineering, AI-native product design, and building software that's proudly, specifically Sri Lankan.

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Featured · Research

Why we submit our engineering to peer review

Client sign-off is a low bar. Here's why we put our work in front of ISPASS, MDPI, and IEEE reviewers — and what that discipline does to the products we ship.

8 min read
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AI-Native · 6 min

Building AI-native, not AI bolted on

Designing a product around AI from day one changes the architecture, the data, and the questions you ask first.

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Fintech · 5 min

Making Sri Lankan tax legible

Lessons from Salli on turning opaque local rules into a flow ordinary people can reason about.

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AI-Native · 7 min

Translation isn't understanding

Designing Katha meant going past literal translation to the meaning that slips between languages.

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Transformation · 6 min

Modernise without the rebuild theatre

Most legacy systems don't need a rewrite. They need the right seams cut and the right tooling around them.

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Culture · 4 min

What the langur taught us about systems

Moving fluently between layers of the canopy is a good model for moving between legacy and greenfield.

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Founders · 5 min

From napkin sketch to shipped product

What we do in the first four weeks with an early-stage founder — and why we tell you what your idea actually needs.

The dispatch

Notes from the studio,
occasionally.

Research, product thinking, and the odd field note. No noise.

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