Practitioner notes from the studio

How we deliver software remotely without losing the plot

Our teams ship for clients in Johannesburg, Nairobi, and London without sitting in their offices. Here is the operating rhythm that makes remote delivery boring, in the best way.

The real cost of custom software

Quotes for the same system can differ by a factor of five, and the build price is only half the story. Here is how custom software is actually priced, in rand, with the numbers most proposals leave out.

Data warehouse or data lake? Pick the one you can run

Most mid-size companies ask us this question with a budget of R80k to R400k and one overworked analyst. Here is how we decide, with the trade-offs spelled out.

UX research on a budget: what five users can tell you

You do not need a research lab or a R200,000 budget to stop guessing. Here is the lean research kit we use on projects of every size, and what it actually costs.

The cloud migration checklist we actually use

After twenty-plus migrations, the failures all happened before anyone touched a server. This is the checklist we run with clients, from inventory to the first 30 days after cutover.

Scoping an MVP that ships in 90 days

Most MVPs slip because the scope was never really decided. Here is the scoping method we use to get a real product in front of real users in 12 weeks.