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Websites · 5 min read
What should a business website help customers do?
A useful website answers the questions behind a buying decision, works on a phone, and makes the next step clear.
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Notes for developers and teams on designing, building, securing, and maintaining useful software. Each article shares practical principles for making sound engineering decisions.
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Read noteMobile applications · 6 min read
When does a business need a mobile application?
Start with the tasks people need to complete on a phone. A dedicated app makes sense when its mobile features, repeat use, or offline needs justify the extra work to build and maintain it.
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Read noteAutomation · 5 min read
Start with the process before adding automation
Automation is reliable when the work, exceptions, and recovery steps are understood before tasks are handed to software.
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Read noteApplication quality · 7 min read
How do you prepare software for growth?
A system scales when important workflows continue to meet agreed response-time, error-rate, and cost targets as demand rises. Establish that with measurements and tests, not assumptions about a framework, hosting plan, or AI-generated code.
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Read noteApplication quality · 6 min read
Before you launch an application built with AI tools
AI coding tools can produce a useful starting point, but generated code still needs the same engineering review as other code. Verify it against requirements, inspect its design and dependencies, and test its behaviour instead of relying on a convincing explanation.
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Read noteSecurity · 7 min read
What should an application security review cover?
A useful review follows users, sensitive data, and important actions across the interface, server, integrations, and production environment. A scanner alone cannot establish that an application is secure.