Reflections, case studies, and engineering details on building reliable software systems for complex real-world workflows.
A small organisation does not necessarily need a complicated website.
Wix and WordPress are both widely used website platforms, but they solve the website-management problem in different ways.
The cost of a small business website in India can vary dramatically.
At first glance, databases and spreadsheets look similar.
ERP systems are powerful, but they are not automatically the right answer for every organisation.
There is no single price for custom software in India.
When an organisation needs new software, one of the first decisions is whether to buy an existing product or build something custom.
Custom software sounds attractive because it can be designed around exactly how an organisation works.
A spreadsheet can do more than store dates.
Many organisations spend hours every month preparing reports that contain almost the same information as the previous month.
Google Forms and Google Sheets make a useful combination for collecting information and processing it.
Google Apps Script is a cloud-based scripting platform that can extend Google Workspace applications such as Sheets, Forms, Drive and Gmail.
Workflow automation means using software to perform repetitive steps in a process with little or no manual intervention.
Spreadsheets rarely become a problem overnight.
Google Sheets makes collaboration easy, but collaboration and access control are not the same thing.
Google Sheets becomes much more powerful when routine work is automated.
A spreadsheet stores information in rows and columns. A database does that too.
Excel and Google Sheets can both handle budgets, lists, reports, calculations and operational data. The better choice depends less on which product is "better" and more on how your organisation works.
Spreadsheets are one of the most useful tools an organisation can have. They are inexpensive, flexible and familiar. For many teams, a spreadsheet is exactly the right solution.
