Blogs
Plain-English guides on AI voice agents, automation, Next.js, hosting, security and keeping business systems healthy. Where a price, date or rule matters, we link the source and say when we checked it.
The biggest crypto theft on record began with a tampered developer tool and a fake recruiter. What happened, step by step, and the practical defences any business can put in place this month.
Read article →Published fees for Rezdy, Checkfront and Bókun, a worked example of what booking fees cost a growing operator, and a clear way to decide between renting software and owning it.
Read article →What drives the price of a bespoke web application in the UK, the day rates behind most quotes, three worked budgets and the running costs that arrive after launch.
Read article →Hosts and developer platforms disclosed several breaches in the last fortnight. A calm, practical checklist for the first hour, the first day and the following week if your provider tells you it has been hit.
Read article →Two critical PHP flaws are being actively exploited. Here is which PHP versions are affected, which are fixed, how to check your own site in seconds, and what to do if you cannot update straight away.
Read article →The UK's copper phone network switches off on 31 January 2027. What stops working, what to check beyond the phone itself, and why the move is the right moment to make sure every call gets answered.
Read article →A practical budget for keeping a website or web application safe and working: the fixed costs with published prices, the time it really takes, and the costs of putting it off.
Read article →WordPress 7.1.4 fixes a weakness in the upgrade process that can lead to remote code execution. What changed, who is affected, how to check your version and how to update safely.
Read article →Article 50 of the EU AI Act has applied since 2 August 2026. Here is what it says about chatbots and voice agents, what the Commission's guidelines add, and what UK data protection and PECR rules mean for the same system.
Read article →A plain-English guide to the three ways a voice agent is built in 2026, what each is good at, and the design decisions that matter more than the choice of model.
Read article →Official list prices as at 10 October 2026, a worked cost example, and a vendor-neutral way to choose and switch AI models without being trapped by the first one you try.
Read article →MCP is an open standard for connecting AI applications to your systems. This guide explains what the 2026-07-28 specification changed, when MCP is worth using, and how to roll it out read-only first.
Read article →The strangler fig approach replaces an old system piece by piece while it keeps running. Here is how it works, when it does not suit, and how the routing, data and testing steps fit together.
Read article →What actually changes when a Next.js application moves to version 16, in what order to do it, and why the patch cadence matters as much as the upgrade itself.
Read article →Prompt injection may never be fully fixed, so the safe approach is to limit what an AI agent can do. A practical guide to the risk and the controls, drawn from the NCSC and OWASP.
Read article →A practical checklist of the controls that keep a business web application safe, working and understood, with owners, frequencies and the evidence you should expect to see.
Read article →A decision framework for hosting a Next.js application: what each option includes, what self-hosting makes you responsible for, and the questions that matter more than the monthly bill.
Read article →Why brittle glue between CRM, payments, and operations becomes critical infrastructure, and how to design integrations that fail loudly and recover cleanly.
Read article →How to structure crawlability, templates, and internal linking when one business offers many services, without creating thin duplicate pages.
Read article →When voice agents help service businesses capture demand, and how to design escalation, CRM hand-off, and trust so automation does not embarrass the brand.
Read article →How to set, enforce, and defend performance budgets on Next.js products, so Core Web Vitals do not silently decay after launch.
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