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Advice, thoughts and opinions on software, AI, industry and the work behind it.
An AI readiness checklist for Queensland SMEs
Before buying AI software, check whether the business has the data, permissions and process clarity to make it work.
Agritech data integration for Queensland farms and food businesses
Most agritech value gets stuck between systems. The useful work is joining the signals that change a decision.
RAG for regional knowledge bases: making local documents searchable
RAG is useful when it turns a messy document set into answers staff can trace back to the source.
Claude Fable 5 looks like a big jump for visual work and coding
Fable 5 looks unusually strong when visual judgement and code sit in the same job. The catch is the cost.
Custom business apps vs spreadsheets: a Toowoomba decision guide
Spreadsheets are not the enemy. The problem starts when they become the system of record for work they cannot safely control.
WordPress is more than a CMS. Treat it like a PHP framework.
Bad WordPress feels like plugin soup. Good WordPress is a PHP application runtime with an admin UI, content model and extension system already in place.
What AI agents can actually do for business operations
AI agents are useful when they have narrow jobs, clear permissions and a human-readable record of what they did.
Your staff are putting client data into AI. You own the fallout
Shadow AI can turn a harmless time-saving shortcut into a privacy breach, client trust problem and regulator headache.
Your agency should not own your website
A tidy monthly hosting deal can turn ugly when the client does not have the code, server access, domain control or a clean exit path.
Beware the bespoke CMS and CRM trap
Custom software is valuable when the job demands it. It gets expensive fast when an agency sells bias as technical advice.
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