Building MedixAI in Public, Week 1: The SOAP Engine That Wants to Kill Paper in Every Filipino Clinic
A product feature report from the desk of the founder.
Koleen Paunon's Substack
My personal Substack
Live Last read · last published · next check
Latest posts
The Quiet Revolution: How the Philippine Government Is Learning to Code the Future
A ground-level story and report on blockchain adoption inside Philippine government institutions — the people behind it, the real survey data, and what the next chapter looks like.
Philippine Counterterrorism 2016–2026
From Marawi to Maritime Defense: A Decade of Strategic Evolution
I Rewatched Homeland. Some Things Hit Too Close to the Present.
I recently rewatched Homeland. I didn’t expect it to feel this current.
Is Blockchain Really “Unhackable”?
January 2026: DICT said that their blockchain implementation and blockchain in general is 101% safe and un-hackable.
Blockchain for Government: Lessons From My Talk at Commission On Audit (COA)
Today, I had the opportunity together with the Bitskwela team to speak at the Commission on Audit (COA) about Blockchain Architecture, Components, and Government Use Cases and the experience made something very clear:
✨ Turning Code into Jobs: Building the RPT System for Abra
A few months ago, we started a simple goal: digitize the Real Property Tax (RPT) system for the Province of Abra.
Planting Seeds of a Decentralized Future in Cagayan de Oro
By Koleen Baes Paunon — Builder. Mentor. Dev-Founder.
Onchain Financial Inclusion: How Builders Can Accelerate the Philippines' 2028 Vision
Last 2022, the Philippine government launched the National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI 2022–2028) — a six-year roadmap aimed at bringing 90% of Filipinos into the formal financial system.
AI is Not a Threat to Developers. AI is Our Ultimate Leverage
AI is Not a Threat to Developers—It’s Our Ultimate Leverage