Field notes on AI, data engineering and SaaS onboarding
Custom Software Development: Cost, Steps, and a 2026 Guide
What custom software actually costs, how a project runs week by week, and the signs that custom is the wrong answer. With real price ranges instead of "it depends".
Hugo MatthaeyCypress Testing: A Guide From a Team Running E2E in Production
Tutorials stop at the first passing test. The work starts after that: tests that fail one run in three for no reason, screenshots nobody compares, a suite that logs in fifty times. Here is what we learned industrialising all of it.
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What Is Kubernetes? A Guide From a Team That Runs It in Production
Most explanations stop before the two questions that matter: what it costs, and when not to use it. We have both answers with numbers, because we moved some workloads off Kubernetes.
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Third-Party Application Maintenance (TMA): The Guide, With Prices
Every guide on application maintenance explains the principle and stops before the one number you came for. Here is how it works, the distinctions that matter in a contract, and our rates.
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What a Vibe-Coded App Really Costs Once It Is in Production
Building it yourself was the right call. The bill arrives later, in the subscription, the seat count, and the code nobody can change safely.
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Business Process Modeling: Method, Example, and Tools (2026 Guide)
Mapping a process is easy. Running it afterward is a different job. Here's a simple method, a real commented example, and what happens after the diagram.
Hugo Matthaey
Low-Code, No-Code, or Custom Software: How to Choose
No-code and low-code have become the default reflex. Often rightly so. But they have a ceiling, and AI has changed what custom costs. Here's how to decide.
Hugo Matthaey
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