Software and automation blog
Practical ideas about software, smarter workflows and the choices behind a useful application.
Here we write about software making, connecting systems and automating work that is still happening by hand. No product news, but what we find in practice when building custom software, web applications and Links.
The articles are about choices that cost you money or save you money in the long term: when you’re better off building nothing, why an export that you run manually every week is more expensive than it seems, and how to keep your software up when your business grows. Do you run into something you want to read an article about? Let me know..
What determines the cost of a customer portal?
Understand customer portal cost factors: workflows, permissions, integrations, documents and maintenance, with a clearly scoped first-release example.
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Plan your move from Excel to an application: map workflows and formulas, prepare data, test results and agree a controlled switchover.
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A conversation before the first line of code
Regular conversations don’t start with a problem, but with an answer. “We want an app for our mechanics.” “We want a dashboard where everyone has insight.” “Can you…
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Intercompany charges from recorded hours
Two or more e.g., one entrepreneur, and at the end of each quarter an employee who puts the hours registrations next to each other to find out who…
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