Guides
Longer pieces on how this work actually goes: what drives cost, which architectural decisions are expensive to reverse, and what to ask a vendor before signing. Written from systems we have shipped rather than from a keyword list.
Choosing an agency
- How to choose a web development agency — evaluating on evidence rather than claims, and why "best agency" lists are advertising
- How to hire an offshore development team — vetting checklist, contract terms, red flags, and when not to
- Choosing a custom software development company — when custom beats off-the-shelf, and the questions worth asking
Costing a build
- What software development actually costs — why quotes vary 5x, and the costs proposals leave out
- What offshore development actually costs — where the saving is real and where it evaporates
- Build vs buy — the three cases where building wins, and why buying wins the rest
- MVP development for startups — which corners are safe to cut and which force a rewrite
Building it
- Web application development — architecture, performance and the parts clients forget to budget for
- Ecommerce and marketplace development — when to build custom, and what a marketplace really requires
- Shopify vs custom ecommerce — the four cases for building, and the signs you have outgrown the platform
- Website design and UI/UX — where design decisions become performance problems
Healthcare software
- Hospital and clinic management software — modules, data integrity and audit trails
- HIPAA and healthcare software — what the rule requires of software, and why nobody can sell you compliance
- EMR and EHR development — append-only records, patient identity, interoperability
- Laboratory information systems — reference ranges, verification chains, critical values, amendments
- Pharmacy management software — batch and expiry, prescription-linked dispensing, regulated bills
- Migrating clinic software — what to move, identifier collisions, cutover
Where we work
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