The Judgment, Not the Summary: How Zeeker MCP Can Change the Way you do Legal Research
Singapore's Employment Claims Tribunal was built to be simple enough that lawyers weren't needed. The first published ECT judgment runs to 414 paragraphs of dense legal reasoning. Here's how to query it in plain language.
From One Source to Three: When the Right Agent Showed Up
I've written about data.zeeker.sg for months without ever saying: go use it. Three databases now live. Here's the agent architecture that finally made solo ownership tractable enough to invite people in.
OpenClaw Field Notes: A Lawyer Tries to Tame an Autonomous AI Agent
Turns out the hard part isn't prompt engineering. It's designing the harness — a problem most lawyers, even lawyer-coders, aren't equipped to solve yet.
October 3 Changed Everything: How One $800 Fine Flipped Singapore's AI Coverage from Adoption to Accountability
On October 3, 2025, a Singapore lawyer paid $800 after an AI hallucination reached court. That single sanction flipped legal coverage from 89% adoption focus to 82% accountability warnings in eight weeks.
What I Learned at SMU's Legal Database Launch (And My Decision About zeeker.sg)
After 150+ hours building data.zeeker.sg, I attended SMU's SOLID database launch to see institutional legal data infrastructure in action. I applied my decision framework and made my choice: I'm continuing. Here's what I learned about when solo builders should persist alongside institutions.
Building data.zeeker.sg: Technical Architecture
The complete technical stack behind Singapore's first public legal news API: zeeker CLI standardizes data collection, Datasette serves SQLite straight from S3, and canned queries make legal research accessible without SQL. Built solo, runs on $6-12/month, designed to scale from 1 to many sources.
When Institutions Enter Your Passion Project Space
Domain renewal: $110. But the real cost is over 150 hours and zero users. Now SMU is building what I tried solo. Here's my framework for deciding: continue, collaborate, or gracefully close.
