Deployment and support
Rolling back without making it worse
Every deployment guide says "just roll back". The ones that have actually done it know the hard part is the database, and that the technique has to be practised.
2 min read
Before you brief anyone
Notes for the person deciding whether to build something, and what to build first. Software development cost, timelines, the trade-offs nobody mentions until the invoice arrives. Nothing here is written for other developers: if a piece cannot help you decide something or ask a better question, it does not get published.
4 articles so far, in four groups: what an internal tool costs and how it is scoped, what changes when the product lives on a phone, how automated tests earn their keep, and what it takes to release and keep something alive. New ones arrive every few days — the schedule is set, so the queue does not depend on anybody remembering.
AllWeb developmentMarketplace developmentCRM developmentClient portalMobile developmentTest automationDeployment and support
Deployment and support: what it costs and how long it takes
Deployment and support
What to monitor on a small product, and what to ignore
An alert nobody acts on is worse than no alert, because it teaches everyone to look away. A deliberately short list of what should be able to wake someone.
2 min read
Deployment and support
Do you actually need Kubernetes?
It is the default answer to a question most products have not asked yet. Four checks that tell you whether it would earn its keep, from people who chose not to run it.
2 min read
Deployment and support
What it costs to stop deploying by hand
Two weeks and a low four-figure sum buys most small products a pipeline, a tested rollback and alerts that reach a person. Here is what sits in that number and what pushes it up.
2 min read
What we build
Web developmentMarketplace developmentCRM developmentClient portalMobile developmentTest automationDeployment and support
Reading rather than deciding? The case studies are the same arguments applied to two real products, with the prices, the timelines and a demo you can open on sample data.