The Death of the AI Hype: Why Indonesia’s Tech Scene Finally Got Real
Let’s take a moment to look back at 2023. It feels like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? Back then, the energy in Jakarta was absolutely electric, if a bit frantic.…
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Let’s take a moment to look back at 2023. It feels like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? Back then, the energy in Jakarta was absolutely electric, if a bit frantic.…
Remember back in 2024 when we all collectively decided it was the “Year of AI”? It’s funny to look back from the vantage point of February 2026 and realize just…
I was sitting in a packed Warung Indomie in South Jakarta the other day, the kind of place where the humidity is as thick as the smell of frying garlic,…
We’ve officially crossed the Rubicon, and honestly, there’s no turning back now. If you’d told me just two years ago that my typical morning routine wouldn’t involve the frantic ritual…
I was sitting in a crowded coffee shop in Senopati last week—you know the kind of place, where the aroma of overpriced Arabica competes with the frantic tapping of mechanical…
Let’s be honest for a second: we are currently wading through the “shove AI into every single corner” era of the internet, and it’s getting a little exhausting. You know…
I found myself staring at a terminal window this morning, nursing a lukewarm cup of coffee, and it suddenly hit me just how much the world has shifted since the…
If you’ve been feeling like the AI hype cycle was finally starting to lose its steam—maybe you’re tired of every single app on your phone adding a half-baked “AI assistant”…
It’s a Tuesday morning in Jakarta, and if you walk into any high-end coffee shop in the SCBD, the vibe is noticeably different than it was three or four years…
I still think about that afternoon in 2023, sitting in a packed, humid coffee shop in South Jakarta. I was nursing a cold brew and watching this teenager—she couldn’t have…