Field notes
Things we learned, written down.
Long-form notes from inside the engagements. We write a couple of times a month when we have something we wish a younger version of us had read.
29 Apr 2026
Why we write a proposal before we write code
A defence of an 8-to-14 page document at the start of every engagement, and what goes in each section.
11 Mar 2026
On boring technology
A short post about why our default stack changes much less than the industry default stack.
04 Feb 2026
How we read an old codebase
The first three days of every modernization project are reading. Here is how we structure them.
12 Dec 2025
Never promise uptime in months when you can promise it in nines
A small note on SLA writing — the difference between "we've been up for six months" and "99.9%".