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Notes on software engineering from the Atyantik practice.
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Ajay Patel
Laravel Livewire vs Blade, decided one feature at a time
Laravel Livewire vs plain Blade, decided per feature by what crosses the wire, with the Livewire 3 and 4 release dates and the 3 to 4 upgrade steps.
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How to choose a CRM: run cost, fit and exit
How to choose a CRM using three tests you can run in a trial week: the three-year run cost, a real deal recorded as shipped, and a clean export.
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Robotic process automation (RPA) in healthcare
When RPA works in healthcare and when it fails. Learn about eligibility, claims, integrations, and the compliance questions that surface later.
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Supply Chain Management: ERP, WMS, TMS and SCM Fit Together
Master data decides whether your supply chain software works. Learn how ERP, WMS, TMS and SCM fit together, and where integrations usually fail.
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Software development methodologies compared by what each one needs to work
Software development methodologies compared by what each one's own guide assumes, with survey data, a worked project and a checker for your own.
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Computer vision in retail: which uses pay back, and why integration costs more than the cameras
Computer vision in retail pays back where a miss is cheap and feeds one task list. See the evidence, the integration bill and three numbers for a pilot.
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Cloud-Based POS Systems for US Retailers
Cloud POS systems are now the default for retail. Test offline mode, processor lock-in, data ownership, and integration scope before signing.
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Edge vs origin: count the sequential round trips
Edge vs origin is settled by one countable property: the sequential round trips a request makes to its data. Here is the arithmetic and the counting rule.
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How to Choose Legacy Modernization Partners: the Questions to Ask and How to Evaluate Proposals
To choose legacy modernization partner firms, test every proposal on five points auditors use, with the questions to ask first and a ten-point scorecard.
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Nearshore vs Offshore vs In-House: An Honest Comparison
Nearshore vs offshore vs in-house: which model trades cost, overlap, and retention correctly for your work. A comparison that does not pretend one answer fits.
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Custom software development timeline: how long each phase takes and what stretches it
A custom software development timeline is the phase plan plus measured drift. See how long each phase takes and score the five drivers that stretch it.
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The agentic SDLC: how AI agents change specification, verification and governance
The agentic SDLC stage by stage: what AI agents are handed, what they emit, which check proves it, who signs, and what the extra review costs.
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