Guides

Straight answers, including the ones that cost us work

Questions business owners actually ask, answered properly. If the honest answer is that you should buy something off the shelf, or that you do not need what you came to ask for, that is what these say.

29 August 2026

Should you build software or buy something off the shelf?

A straight answer to the build-or-buy question, including the cases where buying is obviously right and we would tell you so.

29 August 2026

Six signs your spreadsheet has quietly become a business system

A spreadsheet stops being a spreadsheet long before anyone notices. Six specific signs, and what each one is actually costing.

29 August 2026

What actually changes when your software company is down the road

Being able to meet in person matters less than people think, and more than nothing. An honest account of what local actually buys you.