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How we build, and why.
How we approach infrastructure, deployment, systems integration and building with AI coding agents. Written from production experience, for the engineers and the people who have to sign off on their work.
The specification is the product
EngineeringWhen AI writes the code, the real work moves to what you fix up front. From a platform we are building fully spec-driven.
ReadWhy custom software instead of a WordPress plugin?
For business ownersWhere plugins stop, what a stack of plugins really costs you, and the cases where WordPress is exactly the right choice.
ReadYour integration silently failed — how to catch it sooner
For business ownersThe most dangerous integration is not the broken one but the silent one. How integrations stop unnoticed, and the four questions that prevent it.
ReadThe difference between a web designer and a software engineer
For business ownersThey both make "something on the internet", but they are two trades. How to tell them apart, and how to avoid hiring the wrong one.
ReadWhat does custom software cost?
For business ownersAn honest price range, the factors that drive it, and the cases where custom software is not worth your money. From someone who builds it.
ReadWhen Excel is no longer enough
For business ownersFive signs your business has outgrown its spreadsheet, what a web application changes, and when Excel remains exactly right.
ReadAI agents in real projects
EngineeringWhat works, what fails, and where a human stays essential. From a platform we are building with agents right now.
ReadThe stack you pick before you know how big it gets
Strategy & decisionsApplications start small and grow when they work. Why that decides the framework question up front, and why switching later costs so much.
ReadThree working apps, all of them on localhost
Strategy & decisionsCoding agents can write the software. Getting it running somewhere other people can reach is still a human job, and that is the part worth automating next.
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