Why Fundamentals Matter Most When the Pressure’s On

The trophy is easy to see. The work that earned it isn’t. When you watch a championship game played in brutal conditions, the lesson is obvious. The teams that survive aren’t the flashiest. They’re the ones that can execute the fundamentals when everything else breaks down. The 2025 Patriots are a good example of a […]

The Cost of Shipping ‘Almost’ Working Software

Before going any further, I’ll name the product I’ve been circling to and hinting at the past several posts. The system I’m building is called CoffeeBreak. It’s a human-in-the-loop AI teammate designed to assist across the entire software development lifecycle. I’ve avoided leading with the name because this problem exists whether CoffeeBreak ever ships or […]

The Problem Most Teams Are Trying to Solve Without Naming It

Most software teams aren’t short on tools. They have ticketing systems, CI/CD pipelines, observability dashboards, documentation platforms, chat tools, and now a growing set of AI-powered assistants layered on top of everything else. And yet, many teams still feel slower than they should. The Work Between the Work When teams describe their challenges, they often […]

7 Tips for Making the Workflow Automation Transition a Smooth One

Businesses begin business automation projects to improve their workflow. In the long run, they always aim for tangible gains such as improvement of employee satisfaction by being engaged in more meaningful work compared to before. Other gains would include savings on labour costs, improved accuracy, and standardization of operations, as well as faster workflows. Before […]

Why More Businesses Are Turning To Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

The IT Infrastructure of any organization is mainly composed of the computing power needed, storage space, and the networking required to make it all work. Businesses traditionally had to set up all that infrastructure on-site, meaning investing physically in computers, storage, and networking components. They also had to have the skilled manpower to setup and […]