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Simple Beats Clever Every Time

It’s tempting to build clever systems that automate everything... until they break. Simpler tools are faster, easier to maintain, and keep your team moving without constant fixes. Here’s why simple always beats clever.

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Simple Beats Clever Every Time

Weekly Newsletter Friday 14th Nov 2025 - Automation That Quietly Saves Your Week

Great developers stand out long before you see their code. Look for curiosity, honesty, and practical problem solving if you want to spot the right person before you hire.

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The Hidden Costs of Cheap Hosting

Cheap hosting looks like a bargain — until your site crashes, slows down, or disappears. That £20 a month you saved can quickly turn into thousands lost in downtime, poor performance, and damage control. Here’s why paying a little more for reliable hosting is worth every penny.

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The Hidden Costs of Cheap Hosting

Weekly Newsletter Friday 7th Nov 2025 - Fewer distractions. Faster delivery. Better results.

Cutting scope isn’t about doing less, it’s about finishing what matters. When you stop saying yes to every idea, you protect your team’s focus, move projects forward faster, and ship work that actually makes an impact.

Trimming the excess doesn’t mean lowering your standards or thinking smaller. It means being clear about what truly adds value, and having the discipline to ignore everything else until the important work is done. That’s how great teams build momentum, one focused release at a time.

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Modernizing Shopify Inventory: Using inventorySetQuantities

Shopify is consistently improving its APIs to offer developers more robust and granular control over store data. A key area of change is inventory management. The older inventoryActivate mutation is now deprecated in favour of more explicit and flexible mutations like inventorySetQuantities. Read more
Modernizing Shopify Inventory: Using inventorySetQuantities

Small Tweaks, Big Wins in Development

Small changes in your code, UX, and workflows can add up to major gains in performance, conversions, and team efficiency. Here’s how to spot those tweak-sized opportunities and turn them into big wins for your business. Read more
Small Tweaks, Big Wins in Development

5 Signs Your Business Needs Workflow Automation Now

Boost productivity, cut errors, and stop drowning in spreadsheets. Here are five clear signs it’s time to automate your workflows — and what to fix first. Read more
5 Signs Your Business Needs Workflow Automation Now

Why Bespoke Software Beats SaaS: The Smarter Long-Term Investment

SaaS platforms promise quick wins, but over time they can drain budgets and limit flexibility. Bespoke software, built around your unique needs, offers a smarter long-term investment that drives efficiency, scalability, and competitive advantage. Read more
Why Bespoke Software Beats SaaS: The Smarter Long-Term Investment

Weekly Newsletter Friday 5th Sept 2025 - Welcome (and Why Most Software Projects Fail)

Picture this. Six months in. Tens of thousands of pounds gone. The deadline’s behind you. And what do you have? A half-finished app that doesn’t work the way you hoped.

I’ve seen this play out too many times. And here’s the kicker: projects don’t usually fail because of bad developers or dodgy code. They fail because of people.

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