AI & Tech8 min read
The Rise of AutoML: What It Means for Small Teams
Google's AutoML launched this year. Suddenly ML is accessible to non-experts. Is this genuine democratization, or just marketing genius? Here's my honest take.
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Nine years of writing about AI, building custom ERP systems, and shipping mobile products. By Abhi Asok.
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Mobile7 min read
Why Hybrid Mobile Apps Lost and Native Won
Cordova is fading. Hybrid development peaked. Here's why the native vs. hybrid debate settled and what it means for your mobile strategy going forward.
ERP8 min read
ERP Migrations: The Honest Guide
You're stuck on legacy software. Migrating terrifies you. Here's the unvarnished truth about what an ERP migration actually involves and how to survive it.
AI & Tech7 min read
BERT, NLP, and the Future of Enterprise Search
ELMo launched in February. The NLP revolution is accelerating. Here's how language models will transform how enterprises find and process information.
ERP8 min read
What We Learned Building Our First Custom ERP
We just shipped our first major custom ERP system for a 200-person manufacturing company. Here's what surprised us and what we'd do differently.
Mobile8 min read
Why We Chose Flutter Before Flutter Was Cool
Flutter was barely stable in early 2018. Everyone else dismissed it. Here's why Arvension bet on it before the rest of the industry caught on.
ERP7 min read
Data Is The New Oil—But Most ERPs Are Burning It
Every enterprise collects mountains of data. But most ERP systems lock it away, making it useless. Here's how to turn it into a competitive asset.
Mobile9 min read
Five Mobile UX Mistakes Enterprise Apps Still Make
Enterprise mobile apps are famously unusable. Here are the five most common UX failures I see, and why they're easy to fix.
AI & Tech9 min read
AlphaGo Zero and What It Means for Business AI
AlphaGo Zero taught itself from scratch. No human data. Self-supervised learning just became the frontier. That changes everything for enterprise AI.
ERP9 min read
The Problem with Generic ERP Software
Clients ask why they need custom ERP when SAP exists. I explain the real cost of software built for everyone and no one.
Mobile8 min read
React Native: One Year In — An Honest Review
We've been using React Native for a year on an enterprise app. Facebook's using it. Airbnb's using it. But there are costs nobody talks about.
ERP9 min read
Building ERP on Microservices: What I Learned
Docker, Kubernetes, microservices everywhere in 2017. We built an ERP on them. Here's what actually worked and what we'd never do again.