The Hidden Cost of Systems That Don’t Talk to Each Other
Disconnected software rarely fails all at once. It costs you slowly, through retyping, side spreadsheets, and decisions made on numbers that don’t match.
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Plain-English notes on business software.
Short, practical articles for people who run a business and rely on software to do it. They come from my own work, minus the jargon.
New articles are added from time to time.
Field notes
Ideas for building systems that hold up.
Written for owners, managers, and operations leads, not just developers.
Old Software: Fix It, Replace It, or Leave It Alone?
Old doesn’t automatically mean bad. Here’s how I help businesses decide whether an aging system needs a repair, a replacement, or nothing at all.
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Building Software Connections You Can Rely On
Behind most businesses, systems are constantly passing information to each other. Here’s what makes those connections dependable, explained without the jargon.
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Why Is the System So Slow? Finding the Real Cause
When a screen or report starts dragging, quick fixes are tempting. A calm, step-by-step approach finds the real cause and keeps it fixed.
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Making RFID Data Useful: From Tag Reads to Answers You Can Trust
An RFID reader tells you it saw a tag. It doesn’t tell you where your stock is. Turning one into the other is where the real work happens.
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What You Should Get From a Software Review
A review of your software should leave you with clear decisions, not a thick report full of diagrams. Here’s what a useful one includes.
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