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Perspectives

Engineering insights, architectural deep-dives, and perspectives on AI, platform engineering, and modern systems.

LatestEnterprise AI7 min read

Autonomous business models need control

Autonomous business models only work when decision evidence, domain boundaries, and rollback are engineered into the operating model.

Enterprise AI8 min read

GenAI's trough is a governance gap

The GenAI trough shows that financial institutions need governed AI platforms, not another round of isolated pilots.

Enterprise AI8 min read

AI obsolescence is architectural

AI obsolescence is caused by tight coupling, weak governance, and delivery systems that cannot absorb model churn.

Platform Engineering4 min read

The Strangler Fig Playbook for Core Banking

Core banking modernisation works when the new platform grows around live operations, proving each boundary before legacy capability is retired.

Enterprise AI3 min read

Why Agentic AI Initiatives Fail and What Survivors Share

Agentic AI initiatives survive when teams constrain autonomy, encode governance into runtime paths, and measure production behaviour before scale.

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Field Notes

Practical observations, lessons learned, and technical notes from the field, captured as they happen.

Intermediate10 min read

Turning Database Schema Changes into Release Artefacts with Flyway

How a small Spring Boot Flyway service turned PostgreSQL schema changes into versioned, reviewable release artefacts across regulated Kubernetes environments.

Advanced17 min read

Multi-Provider, Multi-Agent: Scaling the agent-fabric in Production

What changes when agent-fabric has real traffic, multiple LLM providers, a second agent path, and cost controls that need to survive production use.

Intermediate3 min read

AI Code Review in Regulated CI/CD

AI code review became useful only after we made it policy-aware, evidence-led, and subordinate to human ownership.

Advanced16 min read

From Localhost to Live HTTPS on GCP with One Terraform Apply

How agent-fabric moves from localhost to live HTTPS on GCP with Terraform-managed Cloud Run, load balancing, secrets, DNS, and observability.

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In the News

ICA (International Compliance Association)2024

Economic crime prevention platform shortlisted at the ICA Awards

The economic crime prevention platform built by Bugni Labs for Lloyds Banking Group was shortlisted at the International Compliance Association Awards, recognising the platform's impact on screening modernisation, orchestration and compliance outcomes.

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TechPros / FintelligenX2023

Delivering economic crime prevention innovation with Lloyds Banking Group

An in-depth interview with the Product Owner for List Screening at a major UK bank, describing how a four-month collaboration with Bugni Labs delivered a next-generation screening engine with advanced matching, explainability and dynamic configuration: "groundbreaking and a path to the future."

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TechPros / FintelligenX2023

Modernising economic crime prevention for a digital-native bank

Interview with the Engineering Lead for Economic Crime Prevention, detailing how Bugni Labs helped architect and deliver an e-crime prevention as a service platform, including code generation and modern runtime design that dramatically reduced engineering effort and delivery timelines.

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TechPros / FintelligenX2023

CEO Spotlight: Abhay Chrungoo on AI-Native Engineering and the future of financial services

An in-depth interview with Abhay Chrungoo, CEO of Bugni Labs and FintelligenX, exploring the vision behind AI-Native Engineering, the role of domain-driven design in regulated industries, and the future of engineering organisations in financial services.

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Resources

ChecklistCustomers

AI Adoption Readiness Checklist

A comprehensive checklist for enterprise teams evaluating their readiness to adopt AI and LLM capabilities. Covers data governance, infrastructure, talent, risk management, and organisational alignment.

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GuideCustomers

Platform Engineering Maturity Guide

A structured framework for assessing your organisation's platform engineering maturity across infrastructure, developer experience, governance, and operational readiness. Includes self-assessment rubrics and a prioritised improvement roadmap.

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