Writing — Faisal SaleemEssays, notes and observations on technology, operations and commercial decisions.https://fsaleem.com/en-gbWhen the AI is wrong, who signs for it?https://fsaleem.com/writing/ai-wrong-who-signs/https://fsaleem.com/writing/ai-wrong-who-signs/AI produces answers quickly, but a person still owns the outcome. Who reviews AI output, who is accountable, and where AI should not decide alone.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayDoing business across the GCC: what changes at the borderhttps://fsaleem.com/writing/business-across-the-gcc/https://fsaleem.com/writing/business-across-the-gcc/Expanding technology services across GCC markets is not copy and paste. What changes between countries in contracts, tax, billing, delivery and expectations.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTObservationBusy isn’t the same as movinghttps://fsaleem.com/writing/busy-isnt-moving/https://fsaleem.com/writing/busy-isnt-moving/A team can be fully occupied and still make no progress. How to tell activity from movement, and the small changes that get work moving again.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNoteWhy the cheaper proposal usually costs more in year twohttps://fsaleem.com/writing/cheaper-proposal-year-two/https://fsaleem.com/writing/cheaper-proposal-year-two/Cost rarely disappears in a vendor comparison. It moves into your team, your support model and your renewal. A simple way to compare three years honestly.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayCloud credits are not a strategyhttps://fsaleem.com/writing/cloud-credits-not-a-strategy/https://fsaleem.com/writing/cloud-credits-not-a-strategy/Cloud credits make the first year cheap and the second year a surprise. What credits really pay for, what they hide, and how to plan for the day they end.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNoteThe contract is the architecture document nobody readshttps://fsaleem.com/writing/contract-architecture-document/https://fsaleem.com/writing/contract-architecture-document/The signed agreement decides more about a technology project than the design does. Why delivery teams should read it first, and what to look for.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayMost DR plans are tested against the wrong failurehttps://fsaleem.com/writing/dr-tested-wrong-failure/https://fsaleem.com/writing/dr-tested-wrong-failure/Disaster recovery tests usually prove that servers come back. Real outages are messier. How to test DR against the failures that actually stop a business.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEssayMeetings happen. Decisions stay open.https://fsaleem.com/writing/meetings-happen-decisions-stay-open/https://fsaleem.com/writing/meetings-happen-decisions-stay-open/Many meetings end with discussion and no decision. A simple routine to close decisions in the room, record them and stop the same topic coming back next week.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNote