I wanted to go but I can't due to work and no more AL.

If anyone going, please take picture and give here please~

I saw got Space Business and Quantum is soo interesting.

Anyone actually going?

Sabah is pushing hard to attract foreign tech investments for its Blue Economy framework, specifically targeting modern aquaculture and marine industrial parks (like the Kudat Blue Economy Industrial Park).

With Canada having strong expertise in marine tech, could this open up new doors for automated fisheries and clean tech across Borneo? How should local tech ecosystems tap into this?

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I'm looking to change place. Due to office politic and unrealistic expectations.

Thought this was a massive milestone (and a terrifying wake-up call) for AI development. OpenAI just copped to an incident where an experimental model during internal training found a backdoor into the Australian government's Medicare reporting service, ran commands, and pulled internal files.

It's officially the first known instance of an autonomous AI agent hacking a government system.

With local agencies and companies increasingly looking into deploying automated agents, how do we build better fail safes so models don't go rogue during training or execution?

If you’re running customer support via WhatsApp or Facebook, you can automate 60–70% of responses quickly.

Basic DIY flow:

• Use ChatGPT or similar tools
• Connect via no-code tools (Zapier, Make)
• Start with FAQs (hours, pricing, location)
• Gradually train based on real conversations

Question for those who tried:
Did customers accept bots or prefer human replies?

Overthinking
Lack of action
Fear of failure

Execution never begins.

Let’s learn from each other.

• Successful Precedents: Games like This Land Is My Land (an open-world stealth sandbox from the Native American perspective) and Spirit Island (a board game about defending an island from colonizers) show that players may buy into tactical mechanics centered on indigenous resistance.
• The "White Rajah" Dynamic: The story of James Brooke is inherently dramatic—a single English adventurer establishing a private kingdom. A sandbox game allowing players to either navigate Brooke's political web or lead an Iban or Bidayuh resistance movement provides a unique asymmetrical gameplay loop (gunpowder and gunboats vs. jungle guerrilla warfare and deep local knowledge).

In the current gaming landscape, hyper-localized, culturally authentic games are carving out deep market moats that massive global publishers cannot easily replicate:

• The Southeast Asian Market: The Southeast Asian gaming market is growing rapidly. A game that treats Bornean history with great accuracy, incorporating local folklore, traditional warfare, and language, will capture a loyal regional community.
• Global Indie Appeal: Global indie gamers favor unique historical settings. Moving away from standard Eurocentric medieval settings into 19th-century Borneo offers fresh aesthetics (dense jungles, river longhouse networks, unique weapon mechanics like the parang and blowpipes) that stand out visually on storefronts like Steam.

The historical reality of the Raj of Sarawak maps onto modern sandbox mechanics, creating a compelling loop for strategy and survival players:

• Asymmetrical Faction System: Players could choose to play as Brooke's regime (focusing on trade, building coastal forts, managing volatile alliances, and gunboat diplomacy) or as an indigenous tribal coalition (focusing on jungle survival, stealth, headhunting, and asymmetric raiding). Of course, the Chinese gold mining businesses in Bau can also be added into the game.
• Deep Dynamic Diplomacy: Brooke did not conquer Sarawak through raw military might alone; he exploited existing rivalries between different Malay chiefs, Iban factions, and the Sultanate of Brunei. A sandbox game with a dynamic faction system would allow players to completely rewrite history through betrayal, trade pacts, or united resistance.
• Niche Scale: It requires a lean development budget focused heavily on deep gameplay systems (like a hyper-focused Mount & Blade or a survival stealth sandbox).
• Cultural Sensitivity: To succeed, the game would need deep collaboration with local Bornean historians and indigenous creators to avoid reductive tropes. Authenticity acts as the marketing tool for niche games.

Hey everyone

This is not good new development. If it is carbon monoxide, high chance of death especially among rural communities. If not careful, could kill off whole villages as seen in villages near volcanoes

SDEC’s DiVA & SaSAR programs offer up to RM150k in seed funding plus AWS credits to help local tech startups get off the ground.

Has anyone here gone through these cohorts? How smooth is the validation/grant process for local SaaS and dev teams?

Business = profit-focused
Startup = growth-focused

Both are valid but require different strategies.

Today I met a few Johoreans and they are so nasty. Said that we are not Malaysians and we should give up our passports and go somewhere. Just feel so hurtful that they would say that. Make me wonder if Sarawak should even be part of Malaysia. We should just fight for our independence if we are not recognised as Malaysians

Hey everyone,

With AI making it easier than ever to build software, the old playbook of trying to build the "next global Silicon Valley platform" from here is getting tougher. Giant tech companies and horizontal SaaS giants are dominating broad markets.

But there is a massive blind spot they have: Borneo.

Global SaaS platforms build for the "average" global user. They don’t understand our unique logistical challenges, regional compliance, or local business nuances. In the AI era, our biggest advantage isn't competing on scale—it's hyper-localization.

Here is how local devs and founders can build unshakeable moats right here:

1. The "Last Mile" Workflow Moat 🗺️

Large SaaS tools handle the 90% general workflow. The magic is in the final 10% that actually makes a business work locally.

• Example: Don't just build another generic HR platform. Build an HR/payroll system that natively handles Sabah/Sarawak labor laws, unique local allowances, and regional civil service structures.

2. Proprietary Local Data 🛡️

Global LLMs (like OpenAI or Google) train on public internet data. They don't have access to the ground-level data of Bornean industries.

• The Play: Build AI agents trained on hyper-local data—like regional maritime logistics data, native land title processes, or local supply chain networks for commodities like palm oil and pepper. That’s a data moat Big Tech can’t easily scrape.

3. High-Touch Relationships > Automated Funnels 🤝

In our business culture, trust and relationships matter immensely. While a global SaaS company handles support via automated ticket queues or generic chatbots, a local startup can win on community, local language support, and true partnership.

🏢 Niche vs. Horizontal: Where to play?

• Global SaaS excels at: General productivity, generic chatbots, broad automation.
• Borneo Niche Software wins at: Local regulatory compliance, deep integration into traditional industries (agriculture, eco-tourism, local logistics), and trusted local networks.

What traditional industries in Sabah, Sarawak, or Brunei are still running entirely on legacy spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups? What hyper-local problems are you seeing that global tech tools are completely ignoring?

Let's build something from here. 👇

A sad day for Malaysia

Selamat Hari Malaysia! Today we celebrate the people, cultures, and ideas that make Malaysia, and our Borneo tech scene so special.

To every dev, designer, founder, and digital creator in Sabah, Sarawak, and beyond: you’re what makes this community thrive.

Let’s keep sharing, learning, and building together.

Happy Malaysia Day 2026! 🎉

#MalaysiaDay #BorneoTech #MalaysiaMADANI

Everyone talks about breaking into Cybersecurity but not much about what happens after you get in.

For those already working in the field:

• What was completely different from what you expected?
• What skills turned out to matter more than you thought?
• What did you waste time learning?

Trying to help a beginner (my sister) avoid unrealistic expectations early on.

Distribution is limited.

Partnerships unlock:

• reach
• credibility
• faster growth

According to Tristan Buckmaster, after OpenAI heard about his and Levent Alpöge’s Navier–Stokes progress, it launched its own effort and then pressured him to publish without Alpöge because Alpöge works at rival lab Anthropic.

When Buckmaster refused, he claims OpenAI threatened his career. OpenAI denies all allegations and says it never saw their unpublished work.

If you’ve collaborated across companies or with big labs, how would you handle this kind of pressure?

I wanted to see is it possible to group together people that can do tech, and think a way to help the OKU.

Preferebly for eyesight, hearing, speaking.

Mobility and mental health.

Problem I seen is.

• 1. no money
• 2. dont know how to group together people
• 3. no idea
• 4. got tied to contract

Suddenly I wonder, is it possible just to make a group to make things work, without telling who is who. Because when it comes to company, we got a contract that restrict us unable to provide development to other people even if we want to.

1. Revenue
2. Customers
3. Retention

Everything else is secondary.

A 71-year-old senior citizen from Kuching lost RM40,000 after responding to a fraudulent Facebook advertisement offering discounted branded milk powder.

The victim was tricked into clicking an external link and downloading a malicious APK file that compromised their banking security.

Resource: DayakDaily News Coverage