Perspectives

Perspectives

Essays and policy submissions on AI governance, regulation and production cloud delivery, from Vivegavalen Vadi Valu and John Nathan. Executive implementation notes are circulated privately; request the current note.

Policy submission · Vivegavalen Vadi Valu · July 2026

A purpose-anchored runtime governance duty for high-impact AI

A submission to the public consultation on Malaysia’s proposed AI Governance Bill (UPC Consultation No. 234): the policy gaps, five operational provisions, and a suggested legislative formulation.

AI governance · Vivegavalen Vadi Valu · 24 June 2026

AI fails in production, not on paper

Why approved AI drifts out of control: the four failure modes, the operating layer that closes them, and the case for starting with one consequential use.

Cloud & data engineering · John Nathan · 10 June 2026

What happens the day the consultants leave

The technical checklist that separates a platform your team owns from one it merely hosts: decision records, runbooks bound to alarms, rehearsed recovery, and the acceptance test that gates our exit.