Praveen Puri

Monday, February 16, 2026

Robots At Chinese New Year's Show

Chinese robots are getting incredible:

Will Companies Use AI to Replace SaaS Subscriptions?

Like most decisions, it's not black or white. Bigger companies (especially in regulated industries like health care or finance) are not going to write their own versions of ERP or HR software because of complexity, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

But smaller companies that need a "lite" version of a SaaS, might write their own, unless they target this need.

Also, in this period of turbulent change, if SaaS companies don't keep up with the evolving needs of their customers, and large gaps open up between what they offer and what the clients need, they will be more tempted to create their own apps.

Friday, February 13, 2026

Using AI to Code: Context Engineering vs. Vibe Coding

The way software engineers are using AI to code now (context engineering) is very different from "vibe coding" by non-developers.

With vibe coding, someone might ask, "create a sales website," and it might work, but not have security, stability, etc. issues.

With context engineering, developers first think through the approach with AI (including security, stability, scaling, etc), get the agent to document what they discussed, then close the agent, and open a fresh one, to clear out the old memories.

This is the key. They manage the context (info in the agent's memory) to keep it from filling up and containing different ideas. This limits hallucinations and keeps them focused on one task.

Then, they ask the fresh one to use the design to come up with the plan. After the detailed plan, with check boxes, is developed, they have it written out, and then shut the agent.

Then, they run a loop where a new agent is spawned, works on one item, checks it off, creates notes for its successor, then shuts it down, and spawns a fresh one (with no memory) to read the notes and take off from where the previous one left off. It's thus a fully automated, but controlled process.

Monday, January 19, 2026

Strategic Simplicity® #34

Your PMO isn’t fixing chaos. It’s institutionalizing it.

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Most Valuable Skill in 2026?

The most valuable skill in 2026 isn’t writing code; it’s the ability to articulate the problem clearly enough that an AI can solve it.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Strategic Simplicity® #33

AI won’t save your strategy. Relentless focus will.

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Why is Health Care and Health Insurance so Messy?

Ultimately, the issue also is that health insurance is a different animal than other forms of insurance. Could you imagine if your home insurance was run like health insurance? Then, instead of just covering fires, etc, every time you needed the heating fixed, or plumbing done, you would have to see if the company was covered under your insurance. The plumber would have to have staff just to handle different insurances. Insurance companies would employ plumbers who would have to read through the issue submitted by your plumber, and pre-approve the work. The costs would be contractually negotiated between the plumber and insurance company.