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From Sate Taichan to Product Ideas: Why Great Innovations Often Start with Simple Conversations
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to meet one of my dear colleagues and friends, Rik van Eck, for a humble Sate Taichan dinner near Senayan, Jakarta. At first glance, it looked like an ordinary evening — two friends sharing food, exchanging stories, and catching up on life. But as often happens when passionate people sit together, the conversation quickly evolved into something much deeper. We talked about software development, artificial intelligence, the changing technology landscape, and most importantly, the challenges faced by small businesses and local communities today. As technology professionals, it’s easy to become fascinated by the…
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From Indicators to Intelligence: My J.A.R.V.I.S. Just Built Its First Daily Watchlist
A few months ago, I published an article titled “Teaching My Own J.A.R.V.I.S. to Read the Markets: A Personal Experiment in Augmented Decision Making.” At the time, the idea was simple but ambitious: could I build an AI assistant that helps me make better investment decisions without replacing my own judgment? Today, I’m excited to share the next milestone in that journey. The Problem: Too Much Data, Too Little Time Every trading day, thousands of data points compete for our attention. Top gainers, unusual volume, foreign inflows, momentum shifts, sector rotations, market sentiment, technical indicators, and countless chart patterns.…
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Teaching My Own J.A.R.V.I.S to Read the Markets — A Personal Experiment in Augmented Decision-Making
One of the most fascinating moments in building technology is when something transitions from idea to interaction. Recently, I reached one of those moments. After a series of experiments and iterations, I successfully integrated my agent system — J.A.R.V.I.S (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) — with a macOS desktop screen feed. For the first time, the system could see what I see. Not logs.Not structured API data.But the actual visual workspace. And naturally, the very first thought that came to mind was: “What should I teach it to observe?” As a retail investor without a deep financial background,…