AI labels, code counts
How we split work between AI and plain code when reading documents, and why we never let the model do arithmetic.
When we let an AI agent work alone, and when we don't
Our one rule for AI agents in production code: autonomy depends on how easily a machine can check the work, and how easily we can undo it.
Measuring AI accuracy before you buy
A vendor's accuracy slide is marketing until you test it on your own documents, calls or images.
Security basics for your app
Most app breaches are not clever attacks. They are common, well-known mistakes that a checklist would have caught.
Keeping your data in India
A vendor says your data is on the cloud, but has not said which country. For most Indian businesses, that detail matters more than it sounds.
What a clickable first version saves you
Seeing screens you can click through, before a line of real code is written, catches the expensive mistakes while they are still cheap to fix.
Fixed price or time and materials?
The contract type you pick decides who carries the risk when requirements change midway. Pick it on purpose.
How to write a good software brief
A vague brief gets a vague quote. A good one costs you an hour to write and saves weeks of back-and-forth later.
Tamil first, not translated later
Most of our users think in Tamil. Designing for that from day one changes fonts, layouts, AI prompts and even data models.
Flutter: one app for Android and iPhone
A vendor has asked whether you want your app built natively, twice, or once in Flutter. Here is why that choice matters more than it sounds.
Serverless hosting: pay only when your app is used
A server you rent all month, whether anyone uses your app or not, is a strange way to pay for software. Serverless hosting charges for actual use instead.
Tamil speech recognition: what works today
Spoken Tamil mixes dialects, English words and code-switching. Here is what recognition software actually copes with now.
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