A few years ago, a popular casino operator in Macau (also known as the “Gambling Capital of the World” and the “Vegas of Asia”), quietly powered down an entire section of its gaming floor overnight. There were no announcements and no press statements. The slot machines simply went dark. The reason was not hardware failure. It was not a…
Recently, I walked out of a boardroom after a meeting with a fintech startup founder who confidently declared that traditional banking is slowly losing relevance. His exact words still echo in my head: “If banks do not innovate, fintech will replace them.” The statement may sound bold, yet the market numbers prove him right. Studies indicate global fintech adoption…
When I was evaluating a Ecommerce replatforming proposal for a large U.S. consumer electronics merchant last week, I stumbled upon a number that immediately caught my attention. Over 68 percent of ecommerce businesses that migrated between 2023 and 2025 reported regretting their platform choice within the first 18 months. That statistic was unsettling, and it reminded me how frequently…
Not a long time ago, during a major release for a fintech client, one of our senior developers made what seemed like a harmless change; a single missing null check. Within hours, part of the client’s payment gateway integration went down, disrupting thousands of transactions. What made it worse? The change had passed our code review checklist. That day,…
Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of working with dozens of SaaS founders, from early-stage startups to scaling success stories. I’ve seen teams go from idea to $1M ARR in less than a year, sometimes with just three or four people and a laser-focused vision. One client built a niche AI analytics platform that scaled to…
