Short pieces from practice, between software and the physical product.
Most AI-first programmes are run as tooling projects. The part that actually changes the economics sits somewhere else entirely.
ReadAlmost every hardware company I have seen from the inside lost its subscription business at the same point — and it was never the technology.
ReadThree regulatory dates that land inside product roadmaps, not inside legal departments — CRA reporting, the Data Act access-by-design cut-off, and the AI Act delay.
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