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Building an EV Charging Station with RFID Authentication: What We Learned

16h ago · 8 min read · Every six weeks or so, a founder messages us about building an EV charging network. Same set of questions every time: Should we use RFID cards, app-based authentication, or both? How do chargers actually talk to our backend? Why does every quote we g...

3 Clients Fired Us Last Year. Here's What Each One Taught Me.

1d ago · 7 min read · I want to start with the uncomfortable part: in 2025 we lost three clients. Not because the work was bad — actually I think the work was fine in two of the three cases. We lost them anyway. I've been turning over what happened in each of them for the...

Claude Code vs Human Developers: Where Each Actually Wins in 2026

2d ago · 7 min read · Every client conversation in 2026 starts with the same quiet question: 'Do we even need a developer anymore? Can't Claude Code just do this?' It's a fair question and it deserves a fair answer. We use AI coding tools every day on client work — we als...

Building a Laravel Admin Dashboard: Architecture Lessons from 5 Client Projects

3d ago · 6 min read · Admin dashboards are one of the most consistently underestimated pieces of any web app. The client-facing store gets the investment, the marketing polish, the design love. The admin panel gets whatever is left over — and then breaks under the weight ...

Next.js E-commerce vs Shopify: When a Custom Build Actually Wins

3d ago · 4 min read · Every six months a wave of 'Shopify is dead, go headless on Next.js' content washes across Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Every founder who sees it seriously reconsiders their stack. This is an honest look at when a custom Next.js e-commerce build i...