Sam Sabey
Founder, otageLabs
AI-native software engineering
Melbourne, AU
I build software for businesses with complex operations — conventional code for everything that must come out the same every time, AI only for the judgment calls. Thirty years across the full stack, and I scope, build and run every engagement myself.
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- Advisory
- Where AI actually pays in your business — and where it does not.
- Build
- Ingestion, workflow and process systems. Hybrid software and agents.
- Run
- Hosted, monitored and supported under retainer. No handover cliff.
Latest writing
Clag is not the glue to hold your business together
5 Aug 2026
The Singular Taste
31 July 2026
Writing software post solstice. 2026.
3 July 2026
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