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Guides: what to know before building custom software

The answers to the questions we get on the first call, written so they are useful even if you never work with us.

  1. 01

    What is a software factory: how it works on the inside

    What it is, how it works on the inside, how it differs from hiring developers by the hour and when it suits you. With the 3D factory, so you can try it.

  2. 02

    CTO as a service: part-time technology leadership

    What a part-time CTO does, which companies it makes sense for and how it differs from an in-house CTO and from your IT provider.

  3. 03

    What a technology audit is and what it should include

    What it is, what it should include, what you should get from it, how to tell it from a sales proposal in disguise and when it suits you.

  4. 04

    How much custom software costs: what the price depends on

    What drives the price up, the three ways it is charged, what the quote leaves out and how to ask for a price that doesn’t move.

  5. 05

    Custom software or an off-the-shelf program: how to decide

    When an off-the-shelf program is enough, when it is worth building to measure and the middle way: connecting what you already have.

  6. 06

    How to migrate from WordPress: the options, the steps and how to keep your rankings

    When it is worth leaving WordPress, the four options (and why, in most cases, we recommend a website with custom software and an admin panel), the migration steps and how to keep your Google rankings.

  7. 07

    From spreadsheet to application: when it is time to switch

    The signs that the spreadsheet can no longer cope, what you gain and what you lose with an application, and how to switch without stopping work.

  8. 08

    How to automate processes in your company: where to start

    Which processes to pick, how to map them out before touching anything, the three ways to automate them and the mistakes that cost dearly.

  9. 09

    How to get started with AI in your company without wasting money

    Where to start: one process, the data you already have and a small, measured trial. Where it works, where it is not worth it and what to do about confidentiality.

  10. 10

    How to connect the ERP to the online shop, without changing ERP

    What has to pass from one system to the other, the three ways to connect them, how often, and what to do when an order fails.

  11. 11

    How to choose a custom software company: the questions to ask

    Ten questions to ask before signing, and the warning signs: who owns the code, how you are charged, who will work on it and what happens after handover.

  12. 12

    Veri*Factu and custom software: what your invoicing program has to comply with

    When it becomes mandatory and the announced postponement, the two modes, what a program that issues invoices must do, who signs the statement of compliance and the two routes for custom software.

  13. 13

    Digital time recording in Spain: what is mandatory today and how to prepare

    What has been mandatory since 2019, where the royal decree on digital recording stands (not yet approved), what a good record must already have and when it is worth building it into your software.

  14. 14

    AI to transcribe and summarise sessions in a health centre: what the GDPR and the AI Act say

    What you need before bringing AI into the sessions of a psychology, speech therapy or physiotherapy centre: the GDPR, the impact assessment, recordings and minors, the AI Act after the Digital Omnibus and the questions to ask your provider.

  15. 15

    How to show up in ChatGPT and Gemini: what we learned from our own websites’ data

    How ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot choose their sources, what we saw in the logs of seven of our own websites over two months (with every bot verified by IP), what helps, what you don’t need and how to measure it. With a free tool to check your website.

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