Hassan Syed · LinkedIn originals
Ideas tested in the real world.
Short field notes and long-form articles on enterprise AI, architecture, product delivery, governance, and the changing craft of software engineering.
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3 Feb 2026
Applied AI
Read the original on LinkedInContaining autonomous agents with a Control Tower
A practical hub-and-spoke experiment using isolated agents, policy enforcement, risk assessment, audit trails, and human approval for consequential actions.
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Long-form article · 1 Feb 2026
The Missing Discipline in AI-Assisted Software Development
AI agents should execute a complete, testable design—not invent the product as they code. A practical six-phase pipeline for faster delivery without compounding chaos.
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 26 Jan 2026
Agile is Dead. Long Live AI-Driven Waterfall.
I built a production SaaS for a charity as a volunteer in the last 3 days of this long weekend. Here's the methodology that made it possible and why it's still Agile where it counts (yes we still need…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 30 Nov 2025
Solving AI Hallucinations with Context-Rich Discovery Tools
Building Deep-Data-Spark: A journey from frustrated AI conversations to grounded, verifiable insights, through fun, experiments, hit & trials
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 13 Oct 2025
Cursor AI Said 'It's Working' 15 Times Before It Actually Worked - My Gen AI Development Reality Check
After spending several weeks developing and deploying a solution using Cursor IDE and Claude Sonnet 4.5 (and Sonnet 4, Grok 4, GPT 5, Gemini Pro - almost all of them do that), I wanted to share the real…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 8 Oct 2025
The Reality Check: When Your AI Plans Meet Enterprise Complexity
We don’t think AI is magic. We’ve done the research, built a solid pilot, and planned a realistic rollout.
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 30 July 2025
When AI Builds It, Tests It, Deploys It, and Uses It, like a human — I Just Watch - Part 1
I am currently helping build DeepSkill.AI, a generative AI-powered training platform. But this time, I didn’t just code a few features, write some tests, and move on. Instead, I asked AI to build the…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 16 May 2025
Do AI Coding Assistants Perform Differently With Different Tech Stack?
As we explore Gen AI code generation in pilot projects and new initiatives, I've been thinking about how our technology stack choices might influence AI assistant performance. Based on early observations…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 9 May 2025
AI Dev with Cline/Cursor - Efficient Context Management Is The Key
I’ve now spent a good amount of time working with Generative AI-powered automated coding and testing, experimenting with multiple tools. For small, focused tasks within a single file or component, both…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 18 Mar 2025
Essential Eight Compliance Assistant - A Free GPT that Makes Your Solution Architecture Assessment Easy!
I’ve developed an Essential Eight Compliance Assistant, a custom GPT, to simplify cybersecurity compliance and help organisations align with the Australian Cyber Security Centre's Essential Eight Maturity…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 6 Mar 2025
AI Showdown: ChatGPT vs. Grok-3 vs. DeepSeek vs. Claude – Who Makes the Best Charts?
I recently tested ChatGPT, Grok-3, DeepSeek, and Claude on data visualisation by asking them to generate tables and graphs for a same prompt.
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 22 Feb 2025
Comparing AI-Generated Spaceflight Animations: Grok 3 vs. DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and Claude AI
Introduction
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 21 July 2024
Revolutionising Customer Support with AI & NLP
Picture this: You're a customer support representative, starting your day with a fresh cup of coffee and a sense of determination. But soon, the reality of your job hits you like a ton of bricks.
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 2 June 2024
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) For Dummies. Demystifying A Key Design Pattern For Developing Enterprise AI Applications
Disclaimer: This book cover doesn't exist (we do need one!)
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 28 May 2024
Chain-of-Thought, Tree-of-Thought, and Graph-of-Thought Prompting for Health Triage at Home - A custom GPT App
When faced with a health issue at home, it’s crucial to decide whether to visit a doctor, consult a pharmacist, or manage the symptoms yourself. So, naturally I thought to leverage AI for this task too.…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 25 May 2024
Birbal - Your Trusted Advisor GPT - Powered by GPT-4o
(Birbal returns with a mirror.)
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 11 May 2024
Great Minds Lounge: Want to tap into Gates, Musk and Jobs' minds? Check out this GPT App
After spawning Elon Musk in the previous app, in this new ChatGPT 4 App 'Great Minds Lounge' you can meet the great minds' (AI replicas) and ask any thing.
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 8 May 2024
Elon Musk - Be My Guest : How AI Personas Can Improve Productivity in the Workplace
Beyond deepfake images, AI is poised to transform the enterprise landscape, where it can mimic and represent real-world people, teams, organisations, and products.
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 5 May 2024
Delta Lake :The Time Traveller's Data Guide
I often find myself navigating the choppy waters of big data, helping folks keep their data clean, consistent, and orderly. Today, I want to talk about something on Data, Delta Lake, a pattern that my…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 1 May 2024
Beyond the Hype: Real-World Application of ChatGPT-4 with my BYD Seal Assistant
When you have some free time at your hands, you have got some new tech toy (an EV), you are diving deep into some smart development stuff (Generative AI!) what do you do? You create an app! Here it is, my…
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 10 Sept 2018
FlyView 3.0 is here - Using SharePoint is a lot more easier now
I am glad to announce the release of FlyView for SharePoint 3.0 with SharePoint Modern Look support and advanced site navigation features.
Read on LinkedInLong-form article · 28 Sept 2015
The SharePoint Governance Puzzle
If you have been using or managing SharePoint then you would know how quickly content, customisations and their growth, if not properly governed, can get out of control. Today most organisations deploying…
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