AI‑Powered Platforms & Automation for UK Businesses
Guides on building custom platforms, AI workflow automation, and Laravel support — written for founders and growing teams who have outgrown spreadsheets, lost a developer, or hit the limits of DIY tools.
What It Actually Costs to Fix a Vibe-Coded MVP
Emergency patch, structural refactor, or full production rebuild — three tiers, three very different price tags. Why "how much to fix my app" has no single answer without an assessment, and what each tier actually involves.
· 14 min read · Platform Rescue
How to Hand Over a Laravel Application to a New Development Team
Your developer is leaving — or has already left. The application works, but nobody else understands it. Here is the handover process that separates a three-week transition from a six-month crisis.
· 16 min read · Laravel Support
How to Brief a Web Development Agency Properly
Requirements failure — not coding failure — is the single most documented cause of software project disaster. Here is what to put in the document that prevents it.
· 10 min read · Custom Platforms
How to Calculate ROI on AI Automation Before You Commission Anything
Most automation projects don't fail because the technology breaks. They fail because nobody ran the numbers first — and the numbers didn't justify the spend.
· 13 min read · AI Automation
When to Build Custom vs Stick with SaaS: A Decision Framework for UK SMEs
SaaS list prices rose 12.2% in 2024 — more than four times general inflation. But "custom is cheaper" is not the same as "custom is right." Here is the honest framework, with the maths and the specific thresholds where the answer changes.
· 12 min read · Custom Platforms
Why Your Vibe-Coded App Keeps Breaking Every Time You Fix Something
Every AI fix has a measurable chance of breaking something that was working. Four documented mechanisms explain why — and none of them respond to more prompting.
· 14 min read · Platform Rescue