Breaking up a monolith without stopping the business
A rewrite from scratch almost always costs more than expected. Here is the order we use instead.
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A backup you have never restored is not a backup
Almost every company has backups. Far fewer have ever actually tried restoring one.
Data protection law for company sites: what is actually required
The cookie banner is only the visible part. The larger duties sit behind it.
The maintenance cost that arrives later
Software that is quick to build is often expensive to maintain, and the bill lands when the company is busiest.
A handover that is actually finished
Handing over code is not a handover. It is finished when your team can continue without us.
Monitoring you can explain during an incident
A dashboard full of charts does not help if nobody knows which chart to look at first.
