How to tell whether your workflow actually needs custom software
Five practical tests for deciding whether to build, configure an existing tool, or change the process instead.
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Practical writing on when custom software is worth building, where AI genuinely belongs in a product, and what operating real workflows teaches about product design. Written by Peter Basl — engineer, professor, and the person who builds and runs every JW Soft product.
Six signs your operation has outgrown its spreadsheet
Six concrete signals that a spreadsheet has become infrastructure without the safeguards of a real system.
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A practical framework based on the cost of being wrong and who remains accountable for the result.
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Why courtside conditions, operational bottlenecks, and real events reveal requirements that feature lists miss.
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