Articles & Case Studies
Practical perspectives on software, data, and AI for South African SMEs.
Why the first version of something is supposed to be wrong
There's something uncomfortable about shipping software you know isn't finished. The version one of any system is, at best, a well-informed hypothesis.
Read more → Case StudySigns your tech has become a bottleneck (and what to do about it)
It usually doesn't announce itself. There's rarely a moment where the system fails and everything stops. Instead, it's a slow accumulation of small frictions that become so routine that the team stops noticing them.
Read more → How-ToWhat the first month of a project actually looks like
Most people who've worked with a software agency before have experienced the moment where the first sprint looks very different from what they'd imagined. The first month is real work — but it mostly isn't code.
Read more → Thought LeadershipWhy scalability isn't something you add later
There's a version of this conversation that happens a lot. A business builds something and it works well enough at first. Then the system starts to creak. The reason this happens isn't usually negligence.
Read more → Thought LeadershipThe problem with the solution you've already decided on
When someone reaches out to us about a new project, they usually arrive with a solution already in mind. The thing is, what they know and what we know don't always overlap in the right places.
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