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Notes from the space between business and engineering — on translating fuzzy requirements into systems that ship, delivering with AI without losing rigour, and what teaching communication taught me about client work.

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Pros Cons Laravel VS Next in cPanel
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Engineering

Why We Chose Laravel Over Next.js for a cPanel Deployment

Next.js was the default choice for our stack. Here's why we picked Laravel instead once the client's hosting reality entered the conversation.

Aug 2026 · 4 min read
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One Pattern, Two Systems: Role-Based Portals for a Music Course and a Boarding School

Two systems I built at Triglobs, Allegra's music-course booking and the SISTER student information system, turned out to share one pattern: a single source of data and a portal per role.

Oct 2026 · 2 min read
Most software projects don't fail on code — they fail on the brief
Consulting

Most software projects don't fail on code, they fail on the brief

The most expensive bug in any project is the one written into the requirements before a single line of code exists. Here's why I spend the first weeks of an engagement not building, and what I'm listening for.

Aug 2026 · 4 min read