Guides From the Engineering Team

Practical, plain-spoken guides on the problems we solve every week: aging systems, disconnected tools, and data that's harder to use than it should be.

Guide · July 2026
Taking Over an Undocumented Codebase
The rescue sequence: access, source control, mapping, safety tests, stabilize, roadmap.
Guide · May 2026
How Much Does Custom Software Cost?
What drives the number, fixed-bid vs time-and-materials, and the maintenance costs nobody mentions.
Guide · March 2026
Replacing an Access Database with a Web Application
The 2 GB wall, multi-user pain, and the staged path to SQL Server and the web.
Guide · January 2026
How to Modernize a Legacy .NET Application (Without a Risky Rewrite)
Assess, stabilize, and migrate incrementally instead of betting the business on a big-bang rewrite.

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