Insights

Writing that helps you make a decision

Not thought leadership. Specific, opinionated pieces on the decisions our clients actually face — including the ones where the right answer is to do less.

  • 5 min read

    How to evaluate a software development partner

    Most selection processes measure the wrong things. Here are the questions that actually predict whether an engagement will go well — and the answers that should worry you.

    Buying softwareDelivery

  • 5 min read

    How to move from a business idea to a software MVP

    The gap between "we should build something" and a defensible plan is where most budgets are quietly lost. A practical sequence for closing it — and the three places it usually goes wrong.

    ProductDelivery

  • 5 min read

    When microservices are appropriate — and when they are not

    Microservices solve organisational problems, not code-organisation problems. A decision framework, the costs nobody budgets for, and the modular monolith that is usually the right answer.

    ArchitectureModernization

New writing, roughly monthly

One article at a time, on whatever decision keeps coming up in client conversations. No sequence, no drip campaign.

Tell us what you are trying to build or fix.

A 30-minute call is enough to tell you whether we can help, what it would take, and what the sensible first step is. No obligation, no pitch deck.