Expert Opinion Aug 13, 2026
Your business logic is hiding in your database, and nobody can see itA database trigger runs on the database host, in database syntax, with no application log and no stack trace. When it breaks you do not hear it from your monitoring, you hear it from a customer. I moved a live SaaS off ten of them in about four weeks, one domain at a time, with no downtime. Here is how I chose the order, and why I left ten running on purpose.
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Expert Opinion Jul 21, 2026
The ticket said use SVG. The real fix was one line somewhere else.A one-line ticket asked me to switch thumbnails from PNG to SVG for better quality. Following it would have opened a stored XSS hole to fix a problem SVG does not even cause. The real cause was resolution, and the fix was one option. Here is how I checked the guess, and why I then did not build the better architecture I had already designed.
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Software Development Jul 14, 2026
What does it cost to modernize a legacy PHP application?Modernizing a legacy PHP app costs less than a rewrite and carries far less risk, because you keep the product earning while you fix it. Here is what actually drives the cost.
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Software Development Jun 30, 2026
How to modernize a legacy PHP application without a full rewriteA rewrite is the riskiest way to fix a legacy PHP app, and usually the slowest. Here is how I modernize a codebase that makes money, in place, without a rewrite and without taking it down.
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