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12/10/2026

A problem appears in production.

The first reaction is often:

"𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲."

But the code isn't always the cause.

The behavior could come from:

Configuration.
Data.
Permissions.
An integration.
An environment difference.
Infrastructure.
Or an assumption that is no longer true.

Changing code before finding the actual cause can create another problem on top of the first one.

A better debugging question is:

"𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱?"

Sometimes the answer is in the code.

Sometimes it isn't.

09/10/2026

A system can work perfectly and still depend too much on one person.

One person knows why an integration works the way it does.

They remember the production workaround nobody documented.

They know which configuration shouldn't be touched.

They know what happens when something fails.

Then they're unavailable.

Suddenly, routine questions become difficult.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆?

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘆?

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

That's more than a staffing issue.

It's an operational risk.

Critical system knowledge shouldn't exist in only one person's head.

08/10/2026

Automation looks simple when everything follows the expected path.

The difficult part starts with the exceptions.

A rule like:

𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 $𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹.

is easy to automate.

Then you discover that some customers have different terms.

Some orders are urgent.

The usual approver may be unavailable.

Required information may be missing.

Someone may need to use judgment.

You can keep adding rules, but eventually the automation itself can become difficult to understand and maintain.

Sometimes the better design is:

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 the predictable part.

𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 exceptions for review.

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱 when software can provide context but a person should decide.

The question isn't only:

"𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀?"

It's:

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆?"

06/10/2026

Software follows the rules it is given.

That works well until the business changes.

A pricing rule can calculate correctly while missing a sales exception that was introduced later.

An approval workflow can follow every step correctly while sending the request to someone who is no longer responsible for it.

A report can accurately show what's in the database while no longer answering the question the business needs answered.

Nothing is necessarily broken.

The software is simply following rules that no longer match how the business operates.

That's an important distinction when reviewing existing software:

𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲?

Those are two very different problems.

05/10/2026

Some lessons stay with us long after school is over.

A teacher who encouraged curiosity.

Someone who made a difficult subject easier to understand.

A mentor who taught us to ask better questions instead of simply finding quick answers.

Technology keeps changing, but the value of people who help others learn doesn't.

Today, we're recognizing the teachers and mentors who help people build knowledge, confidence, and the habit of asking, "𝗪𝗵𝘆?"

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 📚

02/10/2026

Some ideas become meaningful because people choose to act on them.

Gandhi Jayanti is a reminder that change doesn't always begin with something big. It can start with how we work, how we treat people, how we handle responsibility, and how consistently we do the right thing when nobody is watching.

Today, we remember Mahatma Gandhi and the values of simplicity, responsibility, and non-violence associated with his life and work.

𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗶 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶. 🇮🇳

01/10/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗽𝘀.

Everything works. Users can log in. APIs respond. Data moves where it should.

And yet, there may still be questions worth asking:

Who has access to sensitive information?

Are old user accounts still active?

Are credentials stored safely?

Are third-party dependencies up to date?

What happens when someone tries to access something they shouldn't?

Security isn't only about what happens when something breaks. It's also about looking closely at what the system allows when everything appears to be working normally.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

A good time to look beyond whether your software works and ask whether it behaves the way it should from a security perspective.

30/09/2026

"Custom software" can sound like starting over.

It doesn't have to be.

Sometimes the existing system is doing most of what the business needs.

Maybe one workflow needs to be automated.

Maybe two systems need to exchange information.

Maybe an older component needs to be modernized.

Maybe a specific capability needs to be built because nothing available fits the requirement.

The goal isn't to replace software for the sake of replacing it.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀.

29/09/2026

Adding AI to a product usually starts with what it can do.

Write this.

Summarize that.
Recommend something.
Answer a question.

But there's another side that deserves attention before the feature goes live:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴?

Does someone review the result?

Can the user tell that the answer may be unreliable?

What information can the AI access?

How do you know if its performance changes over time?

Who is responsible when an AI-generated result affects a real business decision?

Those questions aren't about making AI less useful.

They're about deciding how the product should behave when things don't go as planned.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁?

25/09/2026

Sometimes a software problem looks like a feature problem.

A screen doesn't show the right information.

A search doesn't return what someone expects.

A document isn't where the team needs it.

It's tempting to fix each issue separately.

But sometimes the real problem sits underneath those individual issues.

How information is stored.

How systems exchange it.

How data gets synchronized.

How different parts of the application understand the same information.

We recently worked on a project where looking at the individual features wasn't enough. The bigger challenge was how information moved through the platform.

That changed how the problem needed to be approached.

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