What's intelligence?
Watching large language models spew words at each other hasn't improved my understanding of them.
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Jamie Tso built 4 legal AI tools in 2-3 months using vibe coding. My redlines library took 3 years. The 30-90x velocity gap comes down to one question: am I building a tool or infrastructure? Most lawyers ask infrastructure questions for tool problems.
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08
Jan
My 2026 Legal AI Predictions (From the Trenches, Not the Boardroom)
Stanford predicts AI's measurement era, Forbes predicts transformation, Above the Law warns about hallucinations. Nobody's predicting what will actually happen for resource-constrained practitioners. Here are five testable predictions with public accountability.
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31
Dec
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.
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26
Dec
When Building Gets Cheap But Knowing Stays Expensive
In 2024, I spent hours crafting a 3-page prompt to generate an M&A term sheet for a legal tech competition. The result was a 4-page HTML document with timeline diagrams, color-coded risk tables (red/yellow/green), and professional typography that no standard Word template could match.
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22
Nov
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.
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