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The Brain Dump

Real talk on software, business efficiency, and the stuff that actually drives growth. No content marketing fluff. Just things we have found useful, interesting, or worth writing down.

Jason Wheeler, co-founder of Dev Partners
What you will find here: Practical articles on custom software development, Shopify, Laravel, WordPress, business efficiency, ecommerce, and the occasional honest opinion piece from Rob and Jason.
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Shopify inventorySetQuantities: A Practical Guide (2026)

If your ERP, WMS or spreadsheet is the source of truth for stock, inventorySetQuantities is the Shopify mutation you want. It sets an absolute number ("this item has 42 available at this location") rather than adding or subtracting. The catch is that it changed twice this year, so most of the examples floating around the internet no longer work.

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How to Choose a Bespoke Software Developer in 2026

Choosing a bespoke software developer comes down to a handful of plain questions. Who writes the code, who owns it, who holds the keys, how do they use AI, how do they charge, and what happens when the project ends. Get straight answers to those and you'll avoid most of the expensive mistakes.

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Legacy Software in the UK: Keep It, Fix It or Replace It?

If your business runs on software that's older than some of your staff, you're not alone, and you don't have to rip it all out next month. But you do need a plan, because "it's worked for twelve years" stops being true on a very specific day, usually a busy one.

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Missing Access Controls: The Thing We Find Every Single Time

If we only had time to check one thing in an AI-built application, it would be this. Code that fetches data without checking whether the person asking is allowed to have it is the most common serious flaw we see, and it is a GDPR problem sitting quietly in the corner.
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Why AI Never Adds the Database Index You Need

Indexes are the least glamorous thing in software and one of the most consequential. AI almost never adds the ones you need, for a reason that has nothing to do with how clever the model is. Here is the plain-English version.
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BPC Energy
Energy services
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Working with Dev Partners to redesign and modernise our WMS system: the whole process has been thoroughly professional from the outset and a delight to work with. Cannot recommend enough.

Seacon
Warehouse management
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Great agency. Have used Dev Partners for several years and they have built 20+ sites for us, in addition to taking on our legacy websites, upgrading and maintaining. Easy to work with and some great practical ideas to improve our digital offerings.

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Blackwell's Jewellers
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We have been working with Rob and the team for about 10 years now. Dev Partners helped us build a completely bespoke CRM from scratch which manages our daily business and is always well maintained. We have been able to use the system and roll it out in our new franchise branches.

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Pet supplies
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I have been working with the team at Dev Partners for the last 3 years and we have always been impressed with the speed in which they act on things for us, along with the honest open communication. The team are a valuable and vital part of our supply chain.

Nexa Solutions
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Electronic security
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OTB Concrete
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Design Arc Brands
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Red Creative
Creative agency
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MIT Publishing
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Circ Data Fusion
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We have worked with Dev Partners for 7 years and can highly recommend them for their expertise and excellent customer service.

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