Build or buy: how to decide with numbers, not opinions
A five year comparison, the cases where each option wins, and a short scorecard you can run with your own team this week.
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Short, practical reads on software builds, business systems, cloud networking and AI infrastructure. No gated PDFs, no jargon.
What custom software costs in 2026, and what changes the price
Price bands for internal tools, web apps, mobile apps, integrations and modernization, plus the four factors that move a quote most.
ReadThe five systems where growing companies lose the most time
Hiring, sales, marketing, IT onboarding and the month end close: the symptoms, the real cost and the smallest fix for each.
ReadHow we run 12 production sites on five VMs
Our own fleet: 12 public sites, 12 Postgres servers, 62 containers, one mail server and 12 Cloudflare zones on five VMs, and what one tuning pass moved.
ReadWhat cloud, security and AI consulting costs in 2026
Typical prices for cloud cost audits, security reviews, SOC 2 readiness, discovery sprints and monthly retainers, and what each should include.
ReadAgentic AI in the enterprise: a practical guide
What AI agents are good at, where they fail, and a step-by-step way to launch your first one safely.
ReadChoosing an LLM deployment: API, open weights or fine-tuning
A decision framework that weighs quality, cost, latency and data control when you put large language models into production.
ReadPrivate cloud connectivity vs. the public internet: a practical guide
When internet VPNs are good enough, when they are not, and how to decide which workloads deserve a private path.
ReadNetwork readiness for AI workloads: a checklist
Ten questions to answer before your next training run or AI rollout, so the network does not become the bottleneck.
ReadMulti-cloud data transfer costs: where they hide and how to plan for them
Egress, inter-region and cross-cloud charges explained, with a planning worksheet you can use this week.
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How-to guides, checklists and comparisons on cloud costs, security, SOC 2, software, AI agents and business systems.
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