Author · Max Hilton
4 posts by Max Hilton.
Founder, minidesk.
Platform30 July 20267 min readThe data isolation is the product — and what it costs to ship one
Most AI products treat the data isolation as a feature. We treat it as the product — and the difference shows up in what we are willing to give up to keep it.
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Build28 July 20265 min readThe plugin model, explained to a bookkeeper who has never heard of a plugin
What a plugin is, in plain language. How minidesk plugins work. Why the model that lets a thousand developers build is the only one that respects the people who actually know the work.
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Build25 July 20266 min readThe translator problem — when the installed base has no API
Malaysia's dominant accounting and POS software does not expose a remote API. The translator is not middleware — it is a Windows agent, sitting on the business's own machine, reading and writing on its behalf.
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Story22 July 20265 min readThe local-software AI wedge, and why every market has one
Every country has a dominant local accounting or POS vendor that ships no AI layer on top. That vendor is the wedge. The same content shape wins in every market — we just have to find the right partner to write it.
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