All tagged ikirugai
After what seemed like half my life, but what was probably in fact an hour or so, I got fed up of the different suggestions and was about to rage-quit it all until I remembered to go back to basics - what was it I was trying to do - lock down the browser. The browser being the issue, and as Firefox on Linux didn’t provide the flexibility or heightened restrictions required, I needed a browser that did.
I built BIMChat as an experiment in building with AI and integrating AI into applications and now I want to share it with anyone that might make use of it. It’s a simple interactive web app that allows you to view information about your BIM model in a structured way that doesn’t need to render enormous 3D graphics, doesn’t need an expensive modelling program and can run on even a modestly appointed laptop.
This week, that story came from Australia. Deloitte Australia agreed to refund part of a £215,000 government report after it was found to contain AI-generated fabrications including made-up academic papers, false citations, even a fictional quote from a federal judge.
I decided to build something different. Not a competitor to the big platforms, but a personal news system. Something that could filter stories on a granular level, pull out only what I actually want to know about, and then wrap it all in a bit of editorial framing so that I don’t just get the raw feed—I get perspective.
And two quotes from the show’s lead engineer really hit me. “Computers aren’t the thing, they’re the thing that gets us to the thing.” and “The future [is] squarely in the hands of those who know computers, not for what they are, but for everything they have the potential to be.” Now, if you swap the word computers for AI, those lines could be dropped into a keynote today without raising an eyebrow.
TetherSwim – the Apple Watch app built to solve the frustration of tracking distance in tethered swimming. Discover how a simple idea turned into a smarter way to measure your swim without fake turns or guesswork.
AI can forget your code as fast as it writes it. Learn how to beat the context window problem in AI-assisted development by treating your AI like a new hire and giving it an Eli5 brief every time.
Learn why building with AI is safer than building on AI. Discover how GPT-5’s changes highlight the risks of over-reliance on AI models and how applying API versioning lessons can futureproof your product.
In mid-2025, Toren Consulting partnered with Ikirugai Ltd to explore ways of improving the efficiency and consistency of our internal proposal development process. The collaboration focused on delivering a working prototype that could reduce preparation time for pitch materials while maintaining the high standard our clients expect.
what’s the right approach? In a world where technology is adapting and evolving at an incredible rate, what’s the sense in a 5-year plan? Rather than spending time trying to predict the future you can instead re-focus on what’s important and what is now.
I miss snowboarding.
There’s something about being on the mountain, hurtling down the slopes with the edges carving into the snow. It’s a feeling that sticks in your bones, even when the season’s long over. So when I found myself daydreaming about mountains on a hot July afternoon in London, I did what any rational adult would do:
I went looking for a snowboarding simulator.
I want to give a real-world example of using AI to solve a problem. You can then try it yourself and perhaps you can translate it to a real-world business need. For this example, I’m going to focus on the power of Visual Analysis.
