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Notes on engineering and business technology.

Practical questions about choosing, planning, and maintaining software. Our first articles are being prepared.

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  • Business automation

    Which business processes are worth automating?

    Start with repetitive work, clear rules, and costly handoffs—not technology. A practical look at choosing where automation can help.

    • Map the current workflow
    • Find repetition and exceptions
    • Define a useful outcome

  • Software strategy

    Custom software or off-the-shelf?

    Fit, ownership, integration, and ongoing maintenance all matter. Questions to ask before choosing an existing tool or commissioning your own.

    • Separate needs from preferences
    • Evaluate integration and ownership
    • Consider the full lifecycle

  • Digital commerce

    Before you build an e-commerce website

    A storefront is only one part of selling online. Plan the catalogue, checkout, fulfilment, and everyday operations before design begins.

    • Organize products and variants
    • Plan payment and fulfilment
    • Make browsing accessible

  • Enterprise systems

    Planning ERP and HR systems around real work

    Reliable business systems begin with clear records, permissions, and workflows. Consider the people using the system as carefully as its features.

    • Agree on records and ownership
    • Define roles and permissions
    • Plan migration and adoption

  • Engineering process

    A clearer plan before the first line of code

    Turn a broad idea into a focused scope. Explore how priorities, constraints, and acceptance criteria create a better starting point for development.

    • Describe the problem clearly
    • Prioritize a focused first release
    • Agree how success is checked

  • Long-term engineering

    Software that stays maintainable

    Good technical decisions should outlast the first release. A look at readable structure, sensible dependencies, and the choices that make change easier.

    • Keep boundaries understandable
    • Document important decisions
    • Test behaviour that matters

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