Insights
Ideas, Analysis, and Conversations on Software Delivery
Written perspectives and podcast episodes from the Active Logic team, on engineering leadership, technology strategy, and building software that works.
Local vs. Remote Software Developers: Which Is Better for a Kansas City Business?
Written Insights
Articles
The Part AI Does Was Never the Hard Part
Slop is not what happens when a machine touches the work. It is what happens when you point AI at the part of the job that required knowing something.
How AI Is Changing Custom Software in 2026
Where AI belongs in custom software: built into the process, not bolted on as a chatbot. How to spot real AI depth, and when AI is the wrong answer.
Don't Tell Me What to Build. Tell Me What They Actually Want.
A client asked us to add a field to a report. Why the right move was to find what they actually wanted and fix it in the system itself, not the report.
The 80% Rule for Buy Versus Build Software
When to buy off-the-shelf software and when to build custom: the 80% threshold, the three costs that compound below it, and a half-day toolchain audit.
Open Source CXO
Podcast Episodes
Digital Transformation with Purpose: How Unbound Scales Global Impact
How Unbound, a nonprofit serving 280,000+ families across 17 countries, uses modern technology and AI to reduce photo processing from 90 days to just 3.
From Data Centers to Decision-Making: Tech Governance in Higher Education
Ottawa University CTO Adam Caylor on multi-campus IT infrastructure, technology governance, ERP challenges, and strategic IT leadership in higher ed.
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