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Here you will find shorter posts about Web Development, past projects, successes, lessons learnt, our services and future plans.

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Backups are like helmets. You don’t need them until you do.

10 June 2026

One nightmare every developer, sysadmin, or business owner shares is waking up to find that a production system is gone. ⚠️ Maybe it was hacked ⚠️ Maybe a database got corrupted ⚠️ Maybe someone accid…

Self-hosting is easy; staying self-hosted is harder.

27 May 2026

A really common tension in B2B software is the question of whether to self-host or use a Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS). Honestly, all options make sense, but it depends …

From simple migration to full performance investigation

6 May 2026

What started as a simple migration turned into a full performance investigation. The client needed to migrate from an outdated setup that no longer met their needs to a faster, more stable cloud setup…

Don't treat mobile app development like building a web app

15 April 2026

If you treat mobile app development like building a web app, you're going to have a bad time. Web frameworks love to promise "write once, run everywhere". This is fine in theory, but it can be painful…

The hidden costs of off-the-shelf B2B software

25 March 2026

Off-the-shelf tools feel like the rational choice. fast to deploy predictable pricing feature-rich But that’s only part of the picture. You are renting your core operations Your processes live in some…

Wireframes aren't just for frontends...

18 March 2026

When people hear wireframes, they usually think about UI/UX: layouts, buttons, and user journeys. That makes sense; most tools on the market are built with that in mind. But here's a hot take: Wirefra…

It worked… until it didn’t.

11 March 2026

We recently revisited the document management in one of our inherited projects. The workflow was a good example of "it works, until it doesn't". Users uploaded a ZIP file containing all documents. The…

Assumptions aren’t bad. Invisible ones are.

3 March 2026

We all make assumptions… in life, in business, and in software engineering. Without them, nothing would ever ship. In web development, assumptions shape architecture, APIs, UX design, performance, and…

EU Data Sovereignty is now more important than ever

25 February 2026

“Business as usual” is now a risk, and doing nothing can be costly. Here’s why you should care about your digital sovereignty. Why Digital Sovereignty matters Knowing the digital sovereignty status of…

When developers burn out, platforms burn down.

4 February 2026

Not immediately, not loudly, but inevitably. Burnout is dangerous precisely because it’s quiet. It rarely looks like dramatic quitting or someone collapsing at their desk. More often it looks like: 🚩 …

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