Running agile delivery inside a fixed budget
Fixed budgets and iterative delivery are compatible if scope is the variable. Fixing all three is what causes trouble.
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Why cloud migrations overspend, and the three decisions that prevent it
The overspend is rarely caused by the cloud itself. It is usually set in motion by three decisions taken in the first few weeks, often by people who did not realise they were making them.
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AI & Data
Retrieval-augmented generation: architecture that holds up in production
A working retrieval pipeline is straightforward. Making it reliable enough to trust with business questions is where the engineering is.
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Architecture
Modular monolith or microservices: choosing on team shape
Microservices solve organisational scaling problems and introduce distributed systems problems. Most teams should start with a well-structured monolith.
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Web Development
Core Web Vitals: what each metric measures and how to fix it
LCP, INP and CLS measure different failures with different causes. Knowing which metric is failing tells you almost exactly where to look.
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Cloud
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle: choosing without a religious argument
All four run the same workloads competently. The decision usually follows existing commitments, data residency and the skills already in your team.
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Drupal
Upgrading from Drupal 10 to Drupal 11: what actually changes
Drupal 11 is a far smaller step than the Drupal 7 to 9 migration was. Here is what the upgrade touches, what breaks, and the order to do it in.
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DevOps
Designing a CI/CD pipeline developers will not route around
A pipeline succeeds when it is fast enough to trust and strict enough to matter. Getting that balance wrong is why teams disable checks.
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Design
Usability testing when you have no research budget
Five participants and an afternoon will tell you more about your product than a quarter of internal debate.
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Web Development
Choosing a headless CMS: the questions that actually matter
Most headless CMS comparisons focus on features every product has. The decisions that matter are about content modelling, editorial experience and exit cost.
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Drupal
Content modelling in Drupal: the decisions that shape everything else
Most difficult Drupal builds are content-modelling failures, not code failures. How to model entities, fields and taxonomies so a site stays maintainable.
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AI & Data
Retrieval is not enough: what makes an enterprise AI assistant reliable
Connecting a language model to your documents is the straightforward part. The reliability work is everything after that, and it looks nothing like the demonstration.
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Mobile
Native or cross-platform: deciding on evidence rather than preference
Both approaches build excellent products. The decision follows device capability requirements, team composition and roadmap shape.
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AI & Data
Evaluating LLM systems: moving beyond it looks about right
Without an evaluation set, every change to a language model system is argued on anecdote. Building one is the highest-value early task.
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Architecture
Choosing a database: relational unless you have a reason
Relational databases handle the overwhelming majority of business workloads well. Alternatives should be chosen for specific reasons.
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Delivery
Requirements gathering: asking better questions
People describe solutions rather than problems. Getting to the underlying need is most of the analyst's job.
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