2026
Building a Custom Claude Code Statusline
I was watching a YouTube video about someone’s Claude Code setup and noticed their statusline was packed with information - context usage with …
Sovereignty Is an Option, Not a Default
Most of the sovereignty conversations I have with customers begin as one question and turn out to be three. Separating them matters, because the right …
How to Set Up Kiro with IAM Identity Center (And Why Your Credits Depend On It)
If you are an AWS Hero or Community Builder, you have AWS credits. Kiro can run on those credits. But only if you authenticate the right way, and the …
Vibe Coding: It's Not a Dirty Word
Vibe coding is quite often used as derogatory terminology by people who are opposing the rise of AI in software development. It’s become …
Diversity of Thinking in a Box: Building an AI Advisory Board
This week I created a tool for us to use internally - a bit tongue-in-cheek. I created an external AI advisory board with personalities of well-known …
Building an AI-Native Company: Why Simplicity Beats Complexity
Building an AI-native startup gives possibilities to think different. Instead of acquiring a complex set of SaaS tools, building a shared AI memory …
Stop Overengineering AI Agent Pipelines
I originally wrote this observation in Finnish on LinkedIn, because I was frustrated after seeing yet another celebrated architecture diagram that …
2025
Stop Prompting, Start Commanding: How Agent Armies Build Better Systems
I had the honor of speaking at the Vibe Coding Finland event on November 25th, hosted at the Helsinki Architecture and Design Museum. The venue alone …
AI in English vs. Your Native Language - It Actually Matters
Here is a question I have been thinking about: do you communicate with AI in English or in your native language? For me, the answer has always been …
Eighteen Years in AI - Old Enough to Drink
I recently came across an old photo of myself, young and full of enthusiasm, in what was my first AI job eighteen years ago. That means my AI …
The Next Frontier: When AI Becomes the Advertising Medium
A lot of marketing content is now being created with AI tools by marketers. That’s table stakes at this point - if you’re not using AI to …
AI in Helsinki: Big Tech, Bold Ideas, and a Reminder of Our Nordic Edge
Earlier this month, we joined the buzz at the Microsoft AI Tour in Helsinki together with my colleague and co-founder Henri Peltomäki. Finlandia Hall …
Why I Read a Dozen Books a Month in the Age of AI
This is only a selection of books I’ve read recently. In total, I plowed through maybe a dozen books during January alone, including audiobooks. …