Writing on Custom Software Development
Articles on hiring and running a development team: dedicated developers or a retainer, the questions to ask first, and who should own the accounts.
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Does Your Firm Need an Accountant Client Portal?
An accountant client portal cuts document chasing by email. What one does, when you need it, and what the websites of 114 accounting firms showed us.
What LLM Guardrails Stop Your Support Chatbot Writing Code for Strangers?
LLM guardrails in three layers: a prompt rule, an output guard in code and a spend ceiling. Why each fails alone, and six tests to run on your chatbot.
Dedicated team or development retainer: which one your product needs
Same developers, same rate, different owner of the decisions. The one question that picks team or retainer, and the signs you chose wrong.
Five questions to ask before you hire a dedicated developer
Start date, notice period, replacement, code ownership and overlap hours: five questions that show which dedicated developer proposal will cost you more later.
The accounts your development team needs, and who should own them
Every account your software runs on (hosting, database, code, email, payments): who should own each, what access a developer needs, how to hand over.
Optimizing Node.js API Response Times Under Heavy Load: Lessons From Our Recent Deployment
Optimize Node.js API performance under heavy loads with faster response times, smart caching, and database optimization.
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