Ardee Aram dot DEV - Legal Tech Engineer | AWS Certified Solutions Architect Pro

What's keeping me busy lately

Ardee Aram (@ardeearam)

Jul. 6, 2026

On VP Duterte Impeachment #001: “Kapag ang isang empleyado ay nagkamali sa paggamit ng pera ng kumpanya, siya ay pinagpapaliwanag. Kapag ang isang barangay treasurer [ay] hindi maipaliwanag ang nawawalang pondo, siya ay iniimbestigahan. Kapag ang isang principal ay naglustay ng pera ng bayan, kahit limang libo lang iyan, siya ay pinaparusahan. … Kung ang ordinaryong PIlipino ay pinapanagot, bakit hindi ang pinakapangyarihang opisyal ng pamahalaan?“ Watch the full opening statement of the prosecution here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loi8W9xBR3c

Ardee Aram (@ardeearam)

Jul. 6, 2026

I wonder how Intellegal stacks up against existing solutions such as http://Anycase.ai and Legaldex. Worth watching closely. https://technology.inquirer.net/147567/intellegal-launches-verifiable-ai-legal-research-assistant-for-philippine-legal-professionals

Ardee Aram (@ardeearam)

Jul. 6, 2026

The "how" of software development is becoming commoditized and cheap. Knowing "how" to build software is quickly becoming zero value due to AI. The value is now on "why" we build software (as a solution to the specific needs of specific industries) and on "what" components need to be built as actual solutions to industry-specific problems. One cannot be a generic software engineer anymore in 2026. One needs to be a niche software engineer in a specific field with knowledge of the business domain (in my case, law) to retain value.

AI in 2026: The 3X Lawyer

Jul. 2, 2026

Eric Xiyu Li revises his earlier "10X lawyer" thesis to "3X lawyer," arguing that while AI excels at overhead, drafting, and analysis, the limits of verifiable legal judgment and irreplaceable human trust mean current AI in law delivers roughly threefold productivity gains rather than the revolutionary leap seen in engineering.

The Token Cost Panic Is Wrong

Jun. 30, 2026

Ryan McClead argues that the legal industry's "token cost panic" doesn't hold up to actual math: even under worst-case assumptions (1,000x agentic token multiplier, no caching, doubled prices), AI compute costs remain a small fraction of deal fees, and the real reasons to optimize token usage are data minimization, output quality, latency, and environmental impact, not cost.

The rise of shadow AI

Jun. 26, 2026

As employees quietly deploy unauthorized AI tools to accelerate their workflows, organizations face a critical turning point where they must move past absolute bans and instead implement robust, proactive data governance to secure the new frontier of corporate intelligence.

Will Artificial Intelligence and Universal Basic Income remove social inequality?

Jun. 19, 2026

In this short video, Rickie Ho briefly predicts how social hierarchy and distinction remain in a world run by Universal Basic Income.

Guidelines for the use of AI systems in courts and tribunals

Jun. 19, 2026

UNESCO's AI-in-courts guidelines are no longer abstract - with eCourt PH now live and mandatory, Philippine government lawyers have a stake in shaping the international benchmark their own system will be measured against.

Guidelines on Scraping Publicly Available Personal Data Issued by NPC | Quisumbing Torres

Jun. 15, 2026

Under NPC Advisory No. 2026-01, the National Privacy Commission explicitly rules that publishing data on public social media channels does not constitute implied consent for web scraping, thereby mandating a valid lawful basis under the Data Privacy Act for all automated data extraction and downstream AI training operations.

We're Right About AI's Risks. We're Wrong About What That Means for the Legal Market | LinkedIn

Jun. 13, 2026

In his analysis, Robert Plotkin argues that generative AI will displace the mass market for commoditized legal labor, drawing a historical parallel to how the Industrial Revolution phased out mass-market human tailors while leaving only elite, bespoke artisans who provide highly customized, high-end strategy.