Notesfromthework
An occasional set of notes on software delivery, architecture decisions, and the operational detail that does not usually make it into marketing pages. Written by the people doing the work.
Build vs buy software in 2026: a decision framework for CTOs
An opinionated build vs buy decision framework for CTOs at 50-300 person B2B companies. Score strategic importance, differentiation, five-year total cost, and team capacity, with a worked example for a 120-person operations system.
Why web apps get slower over time, and what actually fixes it
Slowness is usually one of three problems, and teams misdiagnose the expensive one. A diagnostic framework for web applications that have quietly decayed.
Software Development in 2026: Faster, Smarter, and Harder to Trust
AI writes a large share of new code in 2026, but developer trust has dropped to 29%. The real shift is not speed, it is verification. What the data says.
Build vs. buy vs. integrate: a decision framework for growing teams
Build-vs-buy is the wrong question for most growing teams. Here is the decision framework we use, and when custom is honestly the right call.
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