Software Engineering Blog, page 7
Notes on software engineering from the Atyantik practice.
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Ajay Patel
Custom vs off-the-shelf logistics: when to build or buy your WMS and TMS
Custom vs off-the-shelf logistics, decided per layer: three tests for each WMS and TMS workflow, five-year licence arithmetic, and when a build is wrong.
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Ajay Patel
Custom logistics software for 3PLs: what to build around your WMS and TMS, and what it is worth
Custom logistics software for a 3PL or distributor: five fit tests, the EDI, carrier and truck data limits it must honour, and how to value the build.
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Ajay Patel
Custom software development: what gets built, four types with real examples, and how to pick a route
Custom software development explained by what it builds: four types, each with a real public example and its costs, and a three-question route test.
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Ajay Patel
Software development RFP template with a completed example, and the RFP template for application modernization vendors
A software development RFP template filled in for one project, with a vendor scorecard on published weights and the price weight that flips the winner.
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Ajay Patel
The custom enterprise software development process: six steps, six decisions, and when to build
The custom enterprise software development process in six steps: what a CTO decides at each one, the advantages, and a build vs buy check to run first.
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Tirth Bodawala
React rendering on Cloudflare Workers: SSR, SSG or client-only, decided route by route
React rendering on Cloudflare, decided per route: measured render CPU against the Workers limits, live TTFB, and a working SSR and SSG split.
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Ajay Patel
How much does custom software development cost, and what will you really spend?
Custom software development cost from survey and wage data: where projects land, what hours cost, how often budgets slip, and five years of upkeep.
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Tushar Sharma
WordPress postmeta vs custom tables: making the call before it's too late
Postmeta vs custom tables in WordPress: count the joins a meta_query writes, read its EXPLAIN plan, and decide when a post type needs its own table.
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Tushar Sharma
WordPress Composer PSR-4 npm: how to structure a large plugin estate, and what the autoloader really buys
A WordPress Composer PSR-4 npm setup for large sites: map namespaces to folders, prefix bundled libraries, build assets, and time each autoload mode.
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Kalpesh Patel
The top AI programming languages, chosen for each layer of an AI stack
The top AI programming languages by layer: Python to train, C++ and CUDA for kernels, Rust for runtimes, TypeScript or Go to serve, with usage data.
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Ishan Chavda
Svelte AI streaming UX patterns: build a chat UI where every reply is a small state machine
Svelte AI streaming UX patterns for a chat UI: one $state class per reply, a SvelteKit stream route, AbortController stop, retry and a polite status line.
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Margi Varmora
How to fix MySQL performance bottlenecks and slow MySQL queries in production
Fix MySQL performance bottlenecks and slow MySQL queries in triage order: the slow query log, total time, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, an index, then memory.
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