Guides
What it costs, with the sources.
Published market prices, dated and linked. What drives the cost. And what a quote should show you before you sign anything.
Legacy modernization · cost guide
AngularJS end-of-life migration cost: published prices and what moves the number
AngularJS support ended in January 2022. Published migration prices by application size, what drives the cost, and why retiring unused screens is the cheapest saving.
13 October 2026
AI pilot rescue · guide
Amazon Bedrock RAG pilot to production: what changes between the demo and real users
Why an Amazon Bedrock retrieval (RAG) pilot that answered well in the demo stalls before production, the five areas that decide go-live, and how to restart with one workflow.
13 October 2026
Prototype rescue · guide
Taking a Bolt.new or v0 app to production: what the tools now check, and what is still yours
What Bolt.new and v0 do for you before launch, what their own documentation leaves to you, and the areas to settle before real users and real data arrive.
13 October 2026
For founders · buyer guide
After Builder.ai: how to evaluate an AI-assisted software development service
What Builder.ai's 2025 insolvency taught buyers of AI-assisted development, and six questions to ask any service before you hand over money, ideas or code.
13 October 2026
Legacy modernization · guide
Delphi modernization: your options, and what drives the cost of each
Delphi is still actively developed, so modernizing an old Delphi application has more options than most legacy stacks. The four paths, and the four things that drive cost.
13 October 2026
Pricing · buyer guide
Fixed price vs time and materials: which software contract fits your project
How fixed-price and time-and-materials contracts move risk between you and the vendor, when each fits, and the protections to ask for under either.
13 October 2026
Quality · buyer guide
GDPR requirements in a software specification: what to write down before anyone builds
Why GDPR belongs in the specification rather than a policy written after launch, five examples of requirements to write down, and what the European Commission says the law expects.
13 October 2026
Quality · cost guide
HIPAA app development cost in 2026: published prices and what compliance adds
Published 2026 prices for HIPAA-compliant app development, what one firm says compliance adds over a standard app, the ongoing costs, and what drives the number.
13 October 2026
Legacy modernization · guide
Java 8 to Java 17 or 21: what the migration involves and what drives the cost
Where Java 8, 17, 21 and 25 stand on Oracle's support roadmap, the three changes that make the jump from Java 8 real work, and how to choose a target version.
13 October 2026
For founders · cost guide
MVP development cost in 2026: published prices, and what makes an MVP minimal
Published 2026 MVP development prices by complexity and product type, what pushes an MVP into the next bracket, and how to keep the first release small.
13 October 2026
Legacy modernization · cost guide
PHP 5 to PHP 8 upgrade cost: what the jump involves and what drives the price
PHP 5.6 lost support in December 2018. What one published benchmark charges per version upgrade, why PHP 5 to 8 is several jumps, and what decides the cost.
13 October 2026
Quality · buyer guide
SOC 2 readiness for a startup app: what it adds to a software quote
What SOC 2 actually examines, published audit prices, the observation period, and which parts of SOC 2 readiness belong in your development quote — and which do not.
13 October 2026
How it works · buyer guide
How to get a software development quote without a sales call
Why most development firms insist on a call before quoting, what you can send instead to get a written quote, and what a quote should contain when nobody has talked you through it.
13 October 2026
Portable Spec Pack · buyer guide
Take your software specification to any vendor: what makes a spec portable
Why a specification you can take to any vendor protects you, what a build-grade specification contains, and what changes when someone else builds from it.
13 October 2026
Legacy modernization · guide
The strangler-fig pattern, explained for buyers: replacing an old system without a cut-over day
What the strangler-fig pattern is, why it lowers the risk of replacing a legacy system, when it is the wrong choice, and what to ask a vendor who proposes it.
13 October 2026
AI pilot rescue · guide
Stalled Agentforce implementation: why agents stall after the demo, and a way forward
Why Salesforce Agentforce projects stall between demo and production, what Salesforce's own research says, and how to restart with one workflow and a measured result.
12 October 2026
Prototype rescue · guide
Rescue or rebuild an AI-generated codebase? How to decide without starting over by default
When an AI-built app is worth rescuing, when a rebuild is honest, and the middle path most teams end up taking — with the signals for each.
11 October 2026
Pricing · buyer guide
How to compare software development quotes when every vendor quotes a different project
Why software quotes for the same project differ by multiples, the six things to line up before comparing totals, and the questions that expose a low quote.
10 October 2026
AI pilot rescue · guide
Stalled Microsoft Copilot rollout: a recovery plan that starts with one workflow
Why Microsoft 365 Copilot rollouts stall after the pilot, what the surveys say, and a four-step recovery plan built around one measured workflow.
9 October 2026
Prototype rescue · guide
Is Lovable code production-ready? The areas to look at before real users arrive
What a Lovable app usually has on day one, the areas that decide whether it is ready for real users and real data, and what Lovable itself says is your job.
8 October 2026
Pricing · cost guide
How much does it cost to build an app in 2026?
Published 2026 app development prices, why two firms quote the same simple app $15,000 or $40,000, and what decides where your app lands.
7 October 2026
AI pilot rescue · guide
AI pilot to production: why pilots stall, and what a fixed-scope path out looks like
Why most AI pilots never reach production, the three causes that are rarely the model, what to fix first, and how a fixed-scope sprint takes one workflow live.
5 October 2026
Software quotes · guide
What is an assumptions register in a software project?
What an assumptions register is, how it differs from an exclusions list, what a good one looks like, and a template you can ask any vendor to fill in.
5 October 2026
Legacy modernization · cost guide
VB6 migration cost in 2026: why forms, controls and reports matter more than lines of code
Published VB6 migration prices per line, why two apps of the same size can differ in cost by 2.8×, and what to have ready before you ask for a modernization quote.
5 October 2026
Software quotes · guide
What is an exclusions list in a software quote?
What an exclusions list is, why most software quotes leave it out, how it differs from assumptions, and a template you can ask any vendor to fill in.
2 October 2026
Prototype rescue · cost guide
What it costs to take a Lovable, Bolt or v0 app to production
Published 2026 prices for vibe-code rescue, what actually drives the cost, and five questions to ask before you accept a rescue quote.
2 October 2026
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