Colorado Software Development
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Practical thinking on custom software, security-first development, and legacy modernization.
When Off-the-Shelf Software Stops Working
SaaS tools are great until they are not. Here are the signs that your business has outgrown off-the-shelf software, and what to do about it.
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Security Is a Process, Not a Feature
Bolting security on at the end of a project does not work. What security-first development actually looks like in practice.
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Modernizing Legacy Systems Without the Big Bang
Full rewrites fail more often than they succeed. Incremental modernization gets you there without betting the business.
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The Compounding Cost of Deferred Maintenance
Skipping updates feels free until the bill arrives all at once. Why software maintenance behaves like interest, not rent.
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Why We Insist on a Staging Environment
Testing in production is a plan until the first bad Friday. What a proper staging setup costs, and what it quietly prevents.
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Least Privilege, Explained for Business Owners
Most breaches do not defeat security. They walk through access someone forgot to take away. The cheapest control you are probably not using.
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Where AI Actually Fits in Business Software
Past the demos and the hype, a few AI use cases are quietly earning their keep. How to tell them apart from the expensive ones.
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The ADA Web Accessibility Deadlines Are Real
The Department of Justice has put dates on web accessibility for public entities. What the rule requires and why waiting is the expensive option.
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Data Migration Is Where Modernization Projects Fail
The new system is rarely the hard part. Moving twenty years of imperfect data into it is. How disciplined migrations stay boring.
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The Attacks That Actually Happen to Small Organizations
Forget the movie version. Real incidents at small organizations follow three dull scripts, and all three have known defenses.
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Drupal 7 Is Officially End of Life. Now What?
January 5, 2025 has come and gone. If you are still on Drupal 7, here is what actually changed and your realistic options.
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Fixed Bid or Time and Materials?
Both contract models can serve you well, and both can go wrong. How to choose based on what is actually known about the work.
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Drupal 11 Is Here. Should You Upgrade?
Drupal 11 shipped in August 2024. What is actually in it, and why the answer for most sites is calmer than the announcement cycle suggests.
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Multi-Tenant Architecture: One Codebase, Many Front Doors
How one application can serve many customers with separate branding and data, and when that design pays for itself.
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Dependency Updates Are Security Work
Modern applications are mostly other people's code. Why the unfashionable habit of updating it is a security control, not housekeeping.
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A Discovery Phase Is Not Paperwork
The cheapest place to fix a software project is before it starts. What a real discovery engagement produces, and what it saves.
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When Your Phone System Should Talk to Your Software
For phone-heavy businesses, the gap between the phone and the database is where customers and revenue quietly leak.
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Drupal 7 Got a Reprieve to 2025. Do Not Waste It
End of life has moved to January 2025. Why the extension is a planning window, not a reason to relax.
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Backups Are Not a Disaster Recovery Plan
Having backups and being able to recover are different claims. The second one is the only one that matters, and it has to be rehearsed.
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Five Signs Your Website Has Become a Liability
Websites age the way buildings do, quietly and then suddenly. The concrete symptoms that mean yours is costing you customers.
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