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Invited to Bhutan Part 1: How a Devon Software Team Ended Up Advising a Himalayan Kingdom

July 27, 2026 · 6 min read

This July, our Managing Director Henry Massey travelled to Bhutan with HRMNY, at the invitation of the country’s health and government leadership. This is the first of three articles about that trip: how it happened, what Bhutan is building, and what we found inside its hospitals. Three weeks ago I was standing in Bhutan’s Parliament […]

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AI Consultancy

Your AI Assistant Is Being Watched: What the US CLOUD Act Means for Your Business Data

June 26, 2026 · 15 min read

Microsoft admitted under oath that it can't guarantee your data is safe from US authorities. Here's what the CLOUD Act and FISA 702 mean for UK businesses using ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot — and the GDPR-compliant European alternatives.

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Web Applications

Why This Website Has No Cookie Popup (And Yours Might Not Need One Either)

March 2, 2026 · 7 min read

You’ve probably noticed something missing from this website. No cookie popup. No consent banner sliding in from the bottom of the screen. No “Accept All” button competing for your attention before you’ve read a single word. That’s deliberate. And it’s entirely legal. Cookie popups have become so ubiquitous that most people assume they’re a universal […]

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AI Consultancy

Self-Hosted AI: When Your Data Is Too Sensitive for the Cloud

February 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Every AI conversation in business eventually arrives at the same question: where does the data go? For most applications, the answer is straightforward. You send a prompt to OpenAI or Anthropic’s API, they process it, return a response, and (depending on your agreement) don’t retain it. For internal tools, marketing content, and general productivity, that’s […]

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CRM

From vTiger to Custom: When It’s Time to Migrate Your CRM

February 18, 2026 · 11 min read

We spent years customising vTiger CRM before the platform started holding the business back. Here's the decision framework and migration path we used to move to a custom Laravel CRM.

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WordPress

WordPress Performance: How We Got Our Site Loading in Under 1 Second

February 11, 2026 · 7 min read

Our old Elementor site was embarrassingly slow. Here's exactly how we rebuilt it — custom theme, no page builder, Tailwind CSS — and hit 95+ Lighthouse scores without the usual performance compromise.

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Web Applications

Choosing Between a PWA and a Native App in 2026

February 4, 2026 · 7 min read

PWAs have matured significantly. For most business applications in 2026, a well-built PWA outperforms native on cost, speed to market, and maintainability. Here's when each makes sense.

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AI Development

AI-Augmented Development: What It Actually Looks Like in Practice

January 28, 2026 · 7 min read

Everyone talks about AI development in the abstract. Here's what it actually looks like hour by hour — the tools, the workflow, and what gets faster versus what stays human.

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Case Studies

Why We Rebuilt Our CRM in Laravel (and What We Learned)

January 21, 2026 · 6 min read

After years of maintaining and customising vTiger for Blue Horizon/Smartblood, we built a custom CRM from scratch. Here's what drove that decision and what we learned along the way.

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AI Development

What Is Vibe Engineering? Why Experienced Developers + AI Beats Vibe Coding Alone

January 14, 2026 · 6 min read

Vibe coding means prompting AI and hoping for the best. Vibe engineering means experienced developers directing AI with architectural discipline. Here's why the difference matters.

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