Written from
the trenches.
No hype threads. No AGI takes. Notes from running production systems — AI, security, teams — out of Port-Louis, Mauritius.
Fractional CTO in Mauritius: What It Costs and When You Actually Need One
What a fractional CTO does, what it costs in Mauritius, and the signals that you need one — written by a CTO running a 4-country platform from Port-Louis.
Building a Production RAG Chatbot: 7 Lessons from Shipping an HR & Payroll Assistant
Hard lessons from building a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) assistant inside an HR and payroll company — grounding, citations, refusal behaviour, and evals that matter.
ISO 27001 for Startups: The Playbook I Used Across a 4-Country Platform
How to run an ISO 27001 implementation without drowning: risk register, policies people actually follow, audit evidence, and mapping the standard onto multiple privacy laws.
Hiring Software Developers in Mauritius: Rates, Talent, and Red Flags (2026 Guide)
A CTO's field guide to hiring developers in Mauritius: realistic salary ranges, where the talent actually is, how to interview, and the red flags that cost you a year.